you've got a killer doll in your closet
and you know what we gotta do
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
smartest horror movie decisions that
still got people killed
all right let's hit it
there you are come on
for this list we're looking at moments
in horror films where wise choices were
made
but nevertheless had dire results and
since we'll be describing specific plot
details this
is your spoiler alert which clever bit
of thinking did you think was actually
going to work
let us know in the comments number 10
disabling and disposing of a killer doll
child's play
when it comes to murderous dolls
chucky's kill count is hard to beat
and while you'd think defeating a
pint-sized toy would be easy
you'd be wrong leave it to a couple of
kids to make the smartest decision
in putting an end to the demented dolls
atrocities you've got a killer doll in
your closet
and you know what we gotta do in 2019's
child's play reboot
andy fallon and pug are so horrified by
chucky's actions
that they disable the corrupt buddy doll
and promptly throw it in the trash
it's a simple yet effective solution
that would have worked had the creepy
building repairman
not made the foolish decision to restore
the toy thus allowing chucky to strike
again
and again and again if they don't let us
play they all go away
number nine developing a
humanity-proving test
the thing that was one of those things
out there trying to imitate him gary
what to do when an otherworldly
parasitic life-form has assimilated
itself in a member of your crew
but you're not sure which one why just
develop a surefire test to draw the
creature out
we're going to draw a little bit
everybody's blood
we're gonna find out who's the thing
that's the decision r.j mcreedy made
when he tied up a team of men
in order to confirm their humanity the
helicopter pilots experiment included
prodding everyone's blood samples with a
heated wire
to see whose dna would react defensively
the test was ultimately successful
but unfortunately resulted in the alien
creature
violently exiting one crewman and
savagely mauling another
clever idea fatal oversight we're going
out to get blair the test
he tries to make it back here and we're
not with him
number eight sending a curse viral video
truth or dare
desperate times call for desperate
measures and in the blum house produce
horror film truth or dare
olivia baron finds herself in one very
desperate situation
thanks to a cursed game of truth or dare
a group of college friends must follow
through with their twisted tasks
or else face dire consequences so now
the game won't end until
all the players are dead
in an attempt to substantially delay her
turn olivia decides to upload a youtube
video
in which she utters the forbidden phrase
thus condemning everyone who watches it
it's an admittedly smart move albeit one
that sentences a large number of people
to certain doom
talk about a game of life and death i'm
so sorry but i have to ask you
truth or dare number seven fortifying
the house
the purge system is working without a
hitch you're going to be locked in tight
tonight
during a night in which all crime is
legal including murder
perhaps the best thing to do is ride out
the madness someplace safe
well the first installment of the purge
horror franchise
actually sees james sandon make the
smart decision of barricading his gated
community home
complete with fortified shields and
metal plating
okay kids now i know bad things do
happen tonight
but we can afford protection so we'll be
fine just like always no worries okay
unfortunately the father of two and top
employee the defense systems company
later admits to his family that their
setup isn't as effective as it looks
it works 99 of the time it looks good
it's strong people stay away
it looks good it's not built for worst
case scenarios
add in a vengeance seeking stowaway and
a pack of determined intruders
and the sand and home became anything
but a safe haven
on this fateful purge night number six
using surveillance cameras to see bird
box
first recorded in romania there's now an
alarming spread of incidents into europe
and siberia
the sandra bullock starring phenomenon
that is birdbox
definitely upped the on-screen terror by
pitting humans against invisible
entities that
well if you see them you die and while
some characters get around by wearing
blindfolds and using satellite
navigation
there was a much smarter solution out
there in theory of course
listen we can't look at whatever it is
with the naked eye but maybe we can
with a translator pixels and heat maybe
won't even show up
well we're not gonna find out until one
of us
takes a look it's early on that b.d
wong's character greg
comes up with the genius idea to watch
the monsters through the home security
feed
explaining that it's likely harmless to
do so given he's just going to be seeing
pixels and heat
greg even ties himself up to be on the
safe side unfortunately
he was wrong so very wrong that's
something you cannot see
number five creating a makeshift hazmat
suit
10 cloverfield lane just let me go okay
i won't tell anybody
i promise having to escape the confines
of a strange man's bunker is bad enough
but being led to believe the outside
world is now a toxic wasteland
that's worse in the spiritual successor
to cloverfield
michelle finds herself in quite the
predicament when she is told that she's
been rescued from the aftermath of a
dangerous attack
that's left outdoor air unsafe to
breathe an attack
a big one i'm not sure yet if it's
chemical or nuclear
down here we're safe planning to flee
she smartly begins to craft a makeshift
hazmat suit
but when michelle's work is discovered a
dire set of circumstances unfolds
including her heroine discovering that
her extracurricular suit making
wasn't needed as it's actually hostile
aliens that pose the real threat
nice try though
come on number four lowering one's body
temperature
splinter
are you okay if horror films have taught
us anything it's that deadly alien
organisms are not easily outsmarted a
couple of characters in the 2008 cult
favorite splinter came rather close
however
after a freaky fungus wrecks havoc at a
gas station
it's hypothesized that the organisms
hunt based on temperature
attacking the warmest thing it can find
and so the character seth smartly packs
himself with ice bags to lower his body
temperature
the goal sneak past the creature and use
a police car radio
problem he didn't plan on eating the car
keys alas
it's not long before his body
temperature rises and the lethal chaos
continues
yeah come baby
number three leaving the house sinister
sometimes the best decision in a horror
film
is to just get up and leave that goes
double if you're in a home where
mysterious occurrences start happening
make that triple of set occurrences are
paired with creepy old tapes of heinous
murders
and so in the deeply frightening movie
sinister true crime writer alison oswalt
makes the smart choice to take his
family out of their new home
upon seeing a demon in his loft get the
kids
pack the car we have to leave
go unfortunately it turns out that by
moving
he's actually set off some kind of evil
ritual where death
is the ultimate end result whoops listen
mr oswalt
you just moved out of the last house in
line if if this guy is still out there
you
not only just sped up his timeline you
put yourself in it
number two meeting in public the
invisible man
he has figured out a way to be invisible
the clever choices made in lee winnell's
take on the invisible man are actually
plain to see
it's in this modern retelling that the
tormented cecelia
makes some well thought out decisions
including meeting her sister in a packed
restaurant
this of course is a smart attempt to
ensure that her invisible tormentor
adrian doesn't try anything while others
can bear witness
i found something that can prove what
i'm experiencing
that can prove that adrian
is stalking me only it has the opposite
effect
as invisible adrian makes quick work of
her sister and slips the weapon into
cecilia's hand
our heroine was able to use her smarts
again on a later occasion though
this time by faking an attempt to end
her life in order to draw adrian out
there you are it was a shrewd move
but unfortunately another that resulted
in mass casualties
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
pulling up at the sheriff's house
halloween for the return of michael
myers
isn't all this a little paranoid if
you'd seen that police station you
wouldn't even ask
planning a surprise ambush dr sleep
deserve it you deserve it i love you
creating a noisy distraction a quiet
place
distracting freddy krueger through
humiliation freddie versus jason
i mean come on get real you're not even
scary
you're not even scary finishing the game
saw three
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number one nuking the planet from orbit
aliens
it's just one of those things managed to
wipe out my entire crew in less than 24
hours
and if the colonists have found that
ship then there's no telling how many of
them have been exposed
do you understand exhibiting sound
advice and keen instincts throughout the
alien film franchise
ellen ripley is considered one of the
smartest protagonists in horror cinema
history
so things were actually looking up in
the sci-fi thriller second outing
when corporal hicks heeded ripley's
suggestion to call in a dropship
and nuke the sight of the deadly
xenomorphs from orbit what are we
talking about this for
i say we take off and nuke the entire
site from orbit
little did they know a rogue alien would
cause the drop ship to crash
into an armored personnel carrier
naturally the one housing all of the
marines weaponry
with the occupants of the ship no more
and everyone else stranded on a hostile
alien planet without artillery
this became the ultimate case of a good
idea
gone bad that's it man game over man
it's game over
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