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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHorror movie tropes we've seen way too many times.
The group of teenagers decide to explore the old abandoned building they were warned not to enter.
Theres a thunderstorm in the background..
Someone escapes being chased, finds a car, jumps in, and the engine wont start
..
mercuryblues
(16,098 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Jeebo
(2,549 posts)And the girl(s) who DO have sex are always among the victims of the mad slasher.
Ron
Marie Marie
(10,806 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)House of Roberts
(6,353 posts)'It's what you do' is the tagline.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,953 posts)It's in the script!
johnp3907
(4,192 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Love your Bobby Hill avatar!
johnp3907
(4,192 posts)I chose it because it looks a bit like me with my Flying V! 🤣
Skittles
(168,951 posts)but the walking perpetrator easily catches up
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Skittles
(168,951 posts)darkstar
(5,745 posts)We see their reflection in cabinet mirror over sink.
They open cabinet for pills.
They close mirror, and we see baddie in reflection behind them now.
nuxvomica
(13,825 posts)Side view of character opening the refrigerator door but when they close it, murderer is standing there.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,029 posts)is out of range at crucial desperate moment(s).
Turns out male killer has mommy issues.
Killer explains motivation for killing in lengthy monologue to final victim, who ends up vanquishing killer, escaping and surviving.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)nuxvomica
(13,825 posts)Allowing the murderer to enter quietly. Once the character realizes the murderer is in the house, they head upstairs so that they have no escape route.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Running upstairs .. makes no sense either.
marble falls
(70,074 posts)catbyte
(38,464 posts)Moral of the story? Never run in heels. Or just don't wear them, full stop.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Sometimes she needs her boyfriend to pick her up and carry her! And then in the next scene she is walking just fine!
skypilot
(9,089 posts)..."a group of teenagers".
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Harker
(17,216 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,029 posts)Usually mutilated. I hate that!
Except in "Bad Moon," Thor the German Shepherd is the hero.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,953 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)marble falls
(70,074 posts)... while the box o'popcorn is only a handful of corn less and half the price.
I'm tired of seeing the concession stand.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)NBachers
(19,108 posts)The lights go out. "Must be a fuse. I'll go down into the basement and check it out."
While running away, someone gets injured. The woman tears her skirt off up to upper-thigh level to wrap the injury, thereby exposing her tawny shapely legs.
The phone rings. Nothing but heavy breathing comes across the line.
Skeptical authorities refuse to believe it's really happening - until it's really happening to them!
The monster shuffles away carrying the fainted woman, her high heels visible as her legs dangle.
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Ever notice when theres a group of teens, the boys are wearing blue jeans and jackets while the girls are wearing short shorts and tight tank tops?
BOSSHOG
(44,363 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,363 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,029 posts)"I'm going to the police and tell them everything about you!!"
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)Auggie
(32,778 posts)or, stand in wonderment as another person or or a group comes running by, screaming "RUN!"
Diamond_Dog
(39,505 posts)But those idiots stand and stare or scream their heads off.
Auggie
(32,778 posts)or, it's "What's wrong?" "What's going on?"
Run first. Ask questions later.
Jeebo
(2,549 posts)... a script for a generic mad slasher movie! Which is a hint for screenwriters: When writing scripts for mad slasher movies, BE MORE ORIGINAL!
Ron
Marthe48
(22,529 posts)and they'll meet in person. But they die before the meeting. If you're on the phone, tell them!