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today we'll be counting down our top 10
horror movie cliches getting another
beer you want one yeah sure I'll be
right since this is a horror list please
be advised that it contains mature
content number 10 nudity and sex equal
death let's kick off our list with the
cliche that's probably the greatest
reason many of us enjoy watching gore
fests to begin with horror films always
have people specifically young adults
getting it on and baring it all not just
eye candy it mirrors team fears about
sexuality as a result most horror flicks
push the parent approve message of a
students don't believe us then why does
the film's always blonde quote unquote
poor get axed and the prudish but keen
minded lunette always survive gave it up
now you no longer die those are the
rules number nine the black character
always dies if you think promiscuous
blondes have it bad
well the non-white character is even
more likely to meet their bloody end
before the credits roll while there are
so few non-white characters to begin
with they're always stuck playing the
second fiddle as the best friend no
matter their part in the story these
characters seem to exist to fill in a
stereotype until the monster or murderer
affirmative ly actions them out of
commission
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number eight hiding from death it's the
point they're all the same some stupid
killer stalking some big-breasted girl
who panicked who's always running up the
stairs when she should be going out the
front door it's insulting now that we've
discussed the cliches as to who will die
first let's take a look at how they die
namely cornering themselves by trying to
hide like children specifically under
the bed in the closet or by running
upstairs we get it they're scared but a
game of hide-and-seek is not likely to
tire out undead killers or vicious space
aliens now is it what they should really
do is get the hell out there seems to be
only one way out of a hiding place and
that is in a body bag
number seven two left feet
sometimes the victims do decide to run
assuming they can escape their hiding
place and power to them the problem is
that this brings up another horror movie
cliche it seems that no movie character
is capable of running more than a dozen
feet without face-planting equally
cliche is the fact that the sprint
doesn't give them any distance over the
attacker he's almost always walking how
does Jason ever get anywhere at that
pace
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number six knives only is there no fifth
amendment in the United States of the
horror movie world save for zombie films
granted it's called the slasher genre
for a reason
this means that it's not likely for
anyone to be taken down by lead leaving
steel as the leading cause of boo-boos
why doesn't anyone ever own a gun a
notable exception to this cliche is the
police but that never does in many
favors either number 5 inept authorities
carrying on that thought from the last
entry this cliche has been established
for so long that we don't even ask
ourselves why people don't run to the
police anymore
we expect that anyone with a badge might
as well have a target on their backs as
the killer likes to take him out with
extreme prejudice
same thing goes for the brave member of
the group who always winds up not as
alive as he started number four also
scares everyone knows that the first
half hour or so of a horror film is all
build up and it's too early for anyone
to bite the dust with the exception of
the opening ten minutes to keep up the
tension fake scares are sprinkled in to
keep us guessing and use near the end to
keep us paying attention just think of
how many times characters bump into each
other and that sharp sound kicks you in
the ass number three middle of nowhere
the only war films to take place in open
environments or at the mall have zombies
there's no other way to put it the
reason for isolated and creepy locations
is simple it allows the story to cut the
victims off from society and takes the
characters and in turn the viewers out
of their comfort zones these abandoned
settings are a character in and of
themselves and we don't see them
disappearing any time soon
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number two let's split up to make sure
this place is safe let's see if the
doors over this way I walk down there
maybe I'll show you regret on that
direction check for if there's one thing
we wouldn't do if we were stalked by a
blade carrying psychopath it would be
split up why make it easier to get off
one by one
I guess that removes a lot of the
suspense and adds a sense of
vulnerability but isn't there a way to
force the members to split off rather
than have them randomly scatter like
cockroaches when the lights turn on we
should split up you can cover more
ground that way yeah yeah good idea
really number one why won't he die
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taking the top spot on our list is the
cliche that all horror villains have to
come back again after being killed for
an encore
moreover they always somehow survived
leaving the door open for a possible
sequel we get it they want viewers to
relax before cranking the terror dial to
11 and that it's not a satisfying ending
unless the bad guy goes down hard and
it's gotten so bad that we can't even
take most killers seriously anymore this
is the moment when the supposedly dead
killer comes back to life for one last
scare agree with our list what do you
consider to be the most overdone horror
movie cliche for more entertaining top
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