Annoying Horror Movie Cliches

[HEKTIK15]

Running upstairs instead of going out the front door that they usually have to pass.

Ha ha....no shit on that one , that's the most annoying one

[iamspoonbender]

Not closing, and locking the door behind you when 'the killer' is chasing you into the house.

[Truegho]

Everything that annoys me has already been listed here. But my most hated cliche though is not killing off the villain when he,she, or its cleary knocked out.

Agreed. And I hate it when the protagonist stupidly ventures over to the knocked-out villain to grope for car keys, or tries to step over the slumped body (another stupid action, for you just KNOW he's gonna wake up and grab her ankle), or runs back into the house and up the stairs and into the attic or somewhere equally unwise. Blimey, talking about painting themselves into a very dangerous corner!

[Truegho]

I am totally with you on the sex-obsessed, gabby teenagers. I have lost count of the times a horror movie has been totally ruined for me by this stupid, irritating behavior. The trouble with a lot of contemporary horror movies is this infuriating superfluity of sex-mad teens. The vampire romance craze hasn't helped either (make vampires SCARY again, for God's sake, instead of diluting them down to pretty-faced, misunderstood - but very toothy - pinup idols). We need another actor of Peter Cushing or Boris Karloff's calibre to make horror movies scary again.

[Truegho]

I totally agree with you about that "padding out" of the early part of the film, with those annoying teenagers going on and on - their words often peppered with the most disgusting language - about their sex lives. Totally unnecessary, and detracts considerably from the horror.

Sadly, these teen-dominated horrors are becoming all too frequent now in Hollywood. Thank God for good old Hammer and Amicus movies.

[choptop2]

No Bars!! Since 2000 every audience member asks why don't they just call someone? So every script answered with "ugggh, no service!"

[DMHead777]

I said this before, but nothing ruins a horror movie for me faster than a black person shouting, "WHY IT'S CAUSE IM BLACK?", "Why do I have to go first? Cause I'm black?", "Let the brother go first, I see".

In too many films and literally makes me sigh every time I watch it.

[HKreturns]

I don't find cliches truly annoying. I like them in moderation. It reminds me of the films that first used them.