Horror Clichés:
- In a scary movie, if someone is looking in the refrigerator for a late night snack, when they close the refrigerator/freezer door, the killer will be standing there OR a friend/parent will be standing there, startling them.
- Surprise cat appearances. Almost always shrieking for no good reason.
- At tense moment, phone rings (very loudly)
- Person is backing away, not looking where they are going, and will turn and be face to face with monster/killer
- Character stepping lightly past killer’s body only to have him reach out and grab their ankle
- Character in vehicle, glances in rear view mirror, nothing suspicious, character reaches for something (radio), sits back up, eyes go back to rear view mirror, killer’s eyes looking back.
- Hey what’s that noise, I’ll go check it out. If I’m a female, I’ll only be wearing panties and a tiny t-shirt.
- I know, let’s split up
- Let’s see, where should I hide? How about under the bed! Or some other place with no hope of escape.
- Finding a good hiding place but abandoning it so you can run and get killed
- For some reason, when a killer is on the loose, a thunderstorm will cause the power to go out.
- Go skinny dipping and die.
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