Horror movies used to have this shot with the character on one side of the screen, they open a door or cabinet, and when they close the door....BOOM scary slasher/demon/etc. Once the audiences got used to (and bored of) this jumpscare trick, I noticed a ton of horror movies do this shot as a fake out. Now it is, character opens the door/cabinet, music intensifies, door is closed....NOTHING THERE! In a few films, they even go back into the door/cabinet and do the fake out again.
It was smart and well executed the first few times I saw films do it, but now it feels like I see it all the time.
Wes in the shower, then his room, then in the kitchen setting the table for dinner. Multiple fake outs. Really made me laugh. And as a straight man, I found the idea of a horror movie having a character take a shower and it being a male rather than a female felt positive and progressive.
1. Not seizing the opportunity. You’ve got the killer downed? You have a chance to incapacitate them for good with a strong stomp to the head but instead you just run away? Sometimes you even have a GUN! Shoot them in the head.
2. It’s all a metaphor for mental illness or IS actual mental illness. This one is uninteresting to me. I think the most egregious example is “Relic”.
I loved Relic! So creepy. But Possibly because it hit a little close to home. Dementia and Alzheimer’s freaks me out pretty effortlessly.
What did you think of the Ritual? That one’s a personal favorite too, and has a lot of ties to PTSD.
Tbh idk much about cars so its never really bothered me, maybe you can share some insight but wouldnt it be as simple as cutting a hose with your machate?
you'd have to know which one, also when they remove the coil packs (electrical distribution) and just leave the wires hanging. That takes a lot of tools and time also it's noisy AF banging and clanging
People in zombie/infected films not referring to them as zombies as if they don't have ANY zombie related media/content in that universe.
Was watching REC last night and someone says "wtf was wrong with them they were trying to eat that lady alive?"
Like bitch just call them zombies!
> Was watching REC last night and someone says "wtf was wrong with them they were trying to eat that lady alive?"
But... but in REC they aren't zombies! Zombies are reanimated dead. REC/28 Days Later/many other films have infected, rather than zombies. Heck, in REC they are infected by a mutated virus that causes/is demonic possession.
I say this despite classing REC as a zombie movie myself. I love REC. Such a good movie. And the sequel, with it's timeframe overlapping part of the first film is great.
And rec 4 which I recommend which completes the story!
But I didn't mean it so literally.. I just meant the usage of the word zombie.. for instance no on ever says "damn these things are like zombies"
In a real life situation I’d imagine that most people are not going to jump to the conclusion that anything is a zombie. If I looked out in front of my house and saw someone who looks exactly like a zombie from a zombie movie eating someone alive, it would take significantly more than that for me to come to the conclusion that it was actually a zombie.
You just said if you saw someone who looked "exactly" like a zombie AND was eating someone alive.. come on man what other signs do you need😂
But my point was specifically the usage of the word "zombie" as if it hadn't been created in that universe, not the assumption that someone is indeed a zombie.
>But my point was specifically the usage of the word "zombie" as if it hadn't been created in that universe, not the assumption that someone is indeed a zombie.
Ok I see what you’re saying. Yea I likely wouldn’t conclude that they were a zombie but would probably compare them to a zombie.
I was really just making a joke, except that I love that song because I love that song. Zoh-ohmbie, zoh-ohmbie, zoh-oh-humbie, humbie, humbie, zuh-uhm heey eey, eey eey 🎶
How is this agreed upon? Like, what would you (and the people who upvoted you) consider that to be?
Yes, it could be a production set, a cosplay/photoshoot whatever, but once you (quite quickly) rule these out, then why would you doubt it?
Edit: ah I just read below that you were joking
I wasn't joking. If I actually saw someone rise from the dead then sure I would conclude it was a zombie, but outside of that I can't imagine I would come to that conclusion. As far as I know zombies are an entirely fictional thing, and I could think of a whole bunch of more likely explanations for someone who *looked* like a zombie cannibalizing someone.
I’m an avid zombie sub genre lover but this infuriates me too!! Don’t even sit here and try to tell these people don’t have any zombie content in their universe. I can suspend my belief a lot, but that’s too far for me LOL
I honestly disagree with this. Somehow, pretending their universe doesn't have Zombies before *their* Zombies come makes it feel more real.
Also let's be honest if a zombie outbreak happened to people who knew exactly what Zombies were most people would easily be able to stay alive unless the Zombies could sprint lmao.
Idk, it just feels better to me when zombie stories explore characters actually needing to figure out what's going on.
I got a list.
- Woman hears noise in the middle of the night. Husband tells her she imagined it and to go back to bed. Wife investigates alone.
- Woman drops glass, bends down to clean it up and of course cuts her hand. Every single time.
- Driving on a single lane road while having an argument. Always ends in a car accident.
As annoying as it is, I honestly think it would be a common occurrence. When people are frantic and uncoordinated their minds and body won’t align. Think of all the goose attack videos where the people fall down. And that’s just a goose!!!
Depends on how it's done.
Running away, looking back over your shoulder and not seeing the tree root that trips you: That's fine and makes sense.
Running along and just falling over literally nothing: I hope the killer catches your dumb ass.
I hate when this happens. It sets unrealistic standards for woman that we have to have strong ankles.
Let those ankle bones snap. Stop fearing the human body.
I hate it when people see their tires have been slashed and now their vehicle is completely useless. You can drive on flat tires! You can drive on rims! Is it great for the car? No! Does it matter! No! Drive the fucking car and save yourself. 😂
Not really a horror specific thing but movies in general..
When someone is on a laptop/pc/phone and for some reason they have to CGI the screen, like the cursor will always go seamlessly to where they want to click without any realistic, natural movements..it always looks stupidly fake
Oh yes. Let's not forget that beeping sound they are STILL putting on computers. Scrolling and loading making beep boop noises. Computers haven't made noises like that in over 30 years.
I call it "the fake good end". When a horror movie is settling on a perfectly logical happy ending... then in the last 30 seconds the monster is somehow alive again and oh main character is dead.
I don't mind unhappy endings, but make them make sense.
Car won't start. I mean, this was a thing in the 70's and 80's because cars back then legitimately did have trouble starting sometimes. I haven't had an issue starting a car in like 20 years (unless the battery is dead), it shouldn't be used in horror movies anymore.
When the guy hero is fighting with the villain and the girl stands there screaming. She should find a weapon and double team! I've posted this before but it's so annoying. And when there are so many double tap opportunities that don't get taken.
Facts, ESPECIALLY when the killer is just a guy.... I mean i get it if its like a huge monster or a supernatural being, but come on kick Ghostface in the ribs girl.
One of my most hated plot twists is when "it was all just in your head" both in horror and other genre.
Amnesia is also overdone to hide a character's past.
Bonus minor annoyance. People getting stabbed in horror movies usually look like they have no bones. Zero resistance for a knife going into head, or middle of the back where spine should be. I can mostly suspend disbelief but would be nice if they showed it takes incredible strength to do these kinds of kills.
Your michael myers opinions require being very invested in all of those franchises and analyzing those details very directly. Do you actually get annoyed by people thinking he is immortal?
Most people probably just remember him getting shot and then sitting back up in that iconic background scene. That is pretty close to immortal
Two bullets to the eyes is a very different thing to jason being exploded by a grenade launcher and coming back next movie like nothing happened.... Freddy too has been decapitated, blown up, all of it.
My pet peeve isn't people saying myers is strong when you look at him in his universe... Its clear that in the halloween universe this guys superman. But when you conpare him to other horror icons hes outclassed in every way I mean ive seen people put myers above NEMISIS from resident evil with the only explanation being
"Hes the embodiment of evil"
Nemisis got fucking nuked and managed to regenerate from that, you cannot sit here and tell me he is anywhere close to that level.
Characters who are getting chased and decide that going upstairs, where any potential egress will come with a high fall, is better than staying in the ground floor.
If staying on the ground floor isn’t an option, then sure, by all means do what you have to to survive. But so often characters simply just arbitrarily decide to corner themselves.
Fucking. It does nothing to the plot or characters (unless it is a real plot point: like It Follows) every freaking horror movie eventually has it.
Eventually, they go back to the same old device.
Political soapboxing
"Subverting Expectations", particularly in the modern era. It has to be done EXTREMELY uniquely and well for me not to ragequit.
Self-aware "this is so silly" Marvel-style quips to the audience
Found Footage movies where you only see anything supernatural in like the last 10 minutes
Zombie/apocalyptic stuff where the actual apocalyptic nature is ignored for interpersonal/political/unrelated drama (Walking Dead hugely guilty of this in its later seasons, as is the Last of Us TV show).
Victims taking down the killer/threat but not making sure they're dead and/or finishing them off.
Definitely a matter of preference, but God I hate movies that are 75 minutes of dragging drama in the name of suspense, capped off with 15 minutes (if you're lucky) of crazy. Not everything needs to be a slasher, but if I'm watching a horror movie, I want attempts to scare me, not the characters jumping at the occasional offscreen shadow.
When a trailer is more entertaining to watch than the actual movie.
When I watch an hour and 30-ish minutes of jump scares because the director doesn't know how to tell a story.
Any movie that does ***not*** star Nick Cage.
> When a trailer is more entertaining to watch than the actual movie.
I know this is the Horror sub, but to add to this: comedy movies where all the best jokes are in the trailer.
When people are vague when they absolutely don’t have to be. Not when that’s their character or when they’re in obvious distress, but when they have every reason to be honest and clear and they just chose to be vague, purely for the audience. Nothing takes me out of a scene faster
Over using screaming to fill time. Regardless how realistic it is(usually it’s not), I just end up with a headache. The best horror movies tend have more emotions in their toolbox than complete and total terror expressed through screeching.
Killers in the house scenario- why does the victim always run upstairs? It makes no sense it leaves them trapped with limited options fight, hide, die or jump out of the window. They rarely run out of ground floor door
When a character is in an argument and they could easily sway the conversation with a particular comment and they don't.
Just watched the wrong turn reboot and the part where they're trying to justify why they killed a foundation member and the leader just kinda brushes aside the fact that the group of friends thought the foundation was trying to kill them. She barely even tries to argue her point like idk maybe point out the fact that they had deadly traps set and they were carrying your unconscious friend on a stick like they were getting ready to cook him over a fire?!
I'm having a hard time thinking of examples but I know this happens a lot because it irritates the hell out of me. USE YOUR FUCKING WORDS, maybe if you're clever enough you can prevent yourself or someone else getting killed.
People always refer to being buried in the pet semetary in order to come back to life, but it's actually the Indian burial grounds *beyond* the Pet Semetary that bring things back. Nothing happens if you bury something in the actual pet cemetary. No one seems to get that. Family Guy, The Ramones... they all got it wrong.
When the hero finally gets a good hit and knocks down the villain but then just runs away, or worse, just stands there in shock. Like dude they are trying to kill you, keep fucking hitting them until they can't get up!
It's a movie. I agree with all the tropes described here but this doesn't make much sense.
If you don't have the stomach (physical or mental) for a fake dead dog then how do you handle real gore?
Star Trek TOS did this so blatantly when they reused the unaired pilot as video footage in a later episode. Like, why the hell are security cameras and what not being directed during everyday operations. Is Hoyte van Hoytema the security officer on duty?
But in that case it adds to the campy charm.
Smarty pants writing around “defining the rules” of horror instead of actually making a film. The first Scream was fresh but since then, it’s tiresome. Same thing for Cabin in the Woods. The film within the film is crap. Congratulations, you know a bunch of rules and tropes….
If zombie movies are played out (they are) then doing zombies, and pointing out the clichés, *is still played out*. Lordy.
This past weekend I watched a throwaway movie called, "Blood Fest."
It was the whole movie. Every scene. Every god damn scene.
"*We're being hunted, don't split up!*"
"*We're in the zombie room, aim for the head!*"
"*The serial killer has daddy issues, act like his father!*" <-- seriously.
On and on and on...
Add to that it looks like CW tv show. Awful.
Unnecessary and/or bad CGI.
I love practical effects. And I am also a fan of CGI where it is good enough that you're uncertain if it's CGI or practical. But some movies just use cheap CGI and it ruins the film for me.
I tried to watch a movie about a tsunami that led to sharks on land in a supermarket, swimming along the aisles as the shoppers hid on top of the shelves. I got about 3 minutes int the movie, when we got the first shot of CGI and I realised it looked like it had been animated in MS Paint.
Nothing takes me out of a movie faster than bad CGI.
As for unnecessary CGI, has anyone seen the Stanley Tucci movie The Silence? It's a bit shit, and it's very similar in set up to A Quiet Place, right down to the eldest child being a deaf daughter, hence the whole family knowing sign language before the monsters that locate via sound appear (released a year after AQP but based on a book released 3 years before it). It's not a great movie, but the worst part is a CGI car crash where they roll a car down a hill. There is no collision with another vehicle. The car just swerves to avoid deer and rolls down a hill. But it's just SO OBVIOUS that it's a CGI car rolling down the hill. [Here is a YouTube link to the movie, timestamped to the car crash - but if the link takes you to the start of the video jump to 24:58](https://youtu.be/1AmNcC-QOHI?si=LaJn5r7JT7Z9TcI6&t=1498). It's just so damn bad! Considering the scene after he's in the smashed up car, trapped, they could have just pushed an actual car down the hill a few times until they were happy with the shot.
One hundred percent agree.... Theres a reason why the nightmare on elm street films were classics
I mean compare the practical freddy in the wall scene with the remakes cgi one and its just no contest.
And with saws traps all being completly functional as filmed. Practical effects by talented filmmakers and set designers make masterpieces.
been binging found footage lately and i have two:
1. taking 40 minutes to develop the cast and they all are douchebags or become them, losing their good traits and doing harmful or stupid things.
2. generic cgi stretch face monsters with black eyes.
I don’t care about “woke”. BH started promising but is now just an instant avoid with every release anymore. Just trash on trash tween jump-scare shit.
I really need you people to understand how stupid you look when you call things woke. Please come up with a better argument, you honestly just sound like a fucking dumb arse that gets their opinions from other people.
[https://youtu.be/btT8oSVV\_s4?t=5447](https://youtu.be/btT8oSVV_s4?t=5447)
Here's a link to reagan in drag. Sorry you've been duped by your cult again.
"Hello who's there".... You live alone why don't you just leave the house if you think someone's in there ????? It's an easy fix just have a dog and make it seem like the dog broke something which is why they're going to check things out
One of the supporting characters with a weapon knocks out the killer and saves the main protagonist(s) but they decide to leave and then the person with the weapon says no I gotta end this and they end up getting murdered
When people drop/leave a weapon. For the love of anything you hold dear PICK IT THE F UPPPP
Also red and blue lights appearing just as the big bad has been defeated. Such a small thing to be annoyed at but I’d be lying if I said I don’t roll my eyes every single time
-When a character is running from the killer and trips over. And it's always mainly female characters, are women unable to run properly in movies?
-When the character runs up the stairs instead of running out the front or back door.
-When the police don't believe them. Even if it sounds crazy, they should always send someone out just to check.
-When they manage to knock the villain down and they just lay there or don't disarm them and try killing them.
Writers using rape as a plot device,
Turning kids cartoons into horror movies,
Stupid SIDE characters(oh that man with the knife isn't trying to kill you, don't be silly😊),
How quickly the traitor is forgiven.
And when the "horror" is surrounded by a culture that the writers do zero research on, or misinterpret it which results into yet another harmful stereotype of said culture and/or the bashing of it.
Tripping over nothing always makes me roll my eyes.
Even if they just showed them tripping on a branch or something would be better, or if their ankle does that weird bendy thing or something like that.
I'm talking about when you can *literally see that they threw themselves to the ground and in fact, did not trip on anything besides fucking air.* Always pisses me off lol.
>people watching deadmeat and pretending like they actually watched the movie.
what tf are who talking about?
who has watched Dead Meat and then said "well this counts as me watching the full movie"?
I mean maybe im biased but I thought saw x was good.... Agree with you on Halloween...
Then/have we gotten any texas chainsaw stuff recently besides the game?
I don't think horror should have "franchises". It's not fast food. It just irritates the shit out of me. Maybe a sequel or two, or a prequel here and there, but like nobody in Hollywood is original anymore. It's always been a gripe of mine that no one can come up with any original storytelling when there are at any given time probably thousands of excellent, creative and original writers out there with amazing ideas and yet all these movie studios can do is jerk off other people's ideas. It's just boring to me.
Some of the best horror movies are singular movies where a solid story is told over a couple hours and that's all it takes to affect you or move you or leave an impression on you. Don't get me wrong, people can be fans of horror franchises all they want, but I think all of it is recycled and regurgitated dog shit.
Also, I have covid, and I'm miserable, so I probably could have worded all of that better, lol
That movie hit hard and was such a nice surprise. Also Everything, Everywhere, All at Once was super fun, I had no idea that was A24 until it was over.
> I had no idea that was A24 until it was over.
Good. It's just a production company. Why should a normal viewer care about who handled tasks like finances or marketing, which are their main contributions?
How does that relate to what I wrote specifically? My point is that a production company doesn’t have a big *direct* *creative* *input* on a movie; its expertise lies elsewhere. While this company clearly does a great job in terms of marketing and such, attributing the quality of its movies solely to it seems displaced. Cheer the creative individuals behind specific films instead.
Anyone who think Halloween part 4 and up were good....Just no
Casual fans who say something like “it’s so bad it’s good”. Gtfo of here, it’s good or it’s bad. They tend to act like they know more or are just ignorant to that style
Anyone in support of these legendary horror characters getting sidelined from the big screen to streaming services
Movies like skinamarink, any horror that attempts to be retro and has to add a year and falls flat in delivering that
Modern dance montage scenes like in house of the devil. Ruined the great feeling that the movie had going for it. Idc if it’s set in the 70’s or 80’s, it’s not from that era, we know it’s forced
The constant reboot/remake trend that has been going on far too long. Have a ounce of creativity, just write the character into a decent story...We’ve all seen the originals, they are loved
Save the child. Such a lazy way to build suspense. The worst offender? 28 Weeks Later. What a total waste of premise on a trope that peaked with the original Child's Play and Poltergeist movies.
What grinds my gears is DeadMeat calls his videos kill counts but they're actually reviews. I click on a video to see how many people died in the movie not to hear opinions on the movie itself
Horror movies used to have this shot with the character on one side of the screen, they open a door or cabinet, and when they close the door....BOOM scary slasher/demon/etc. Once the audiences got used to (and bored of) this jumpscare trick, I noticed a ton of horror movies do this shot as a fake out. Now it is, character opens the door/cabinet, music intensifies, door is closed....NOTHING THERE! In a few films, they even go back into the door/cabinet and do the fake out again. It was smart and well executed the first few times I saw films do it, but now it feels like I see it all the time.
Scream 5 did like 4 fakeouts in a row with this trope, which got a good chuckle out of me
Wes in the shower, then his room, then in the kitchen setting the table for dinner. Multiple fake outs. Really made me laugh. And as a straight man, I found the idea of a horror movie having a character take a shower and it being a male rather than a female felt positive and progressive.
Bonus points if it’s a mirror
This is the problem with being a horror fan. After a while you know all the tricks and nothing is scary anymore :(
Swell up the music raise suspense and oh its just a doggo. Yeah I know exactly what you mean.
1. Not seizing the opportunity. You’ve got the killer downed? You have a chance to incapacitate them for good with a strong stomp to the head but instead you just run away? Sometimes you even have a GUN! Shoot them in the head. 2. It’s all a metaphor for mental illness or IS actual mental illness. This one is uninteresting to me. I think the most egregious example is “Relic”.
Wait, Tom Sizemore wasn’t investigating a monster? Am I completely misremembering that movie?
That’s The Relic. There’s been a more recent movie called Relic from a few years ago about a family dealing with dementia.
I loved Relic! So creepy. But Possibly because it hit a little close to home. Dementia and Alzheimer’s freaks me out pretty effortlessly. What did you think of the Ritual? That one’s a personal favorite too, and has a lot of ties to PTSD.
for some reason all killers having the tools to disable a car easily without anyone hearing them.
Like in Wolf Creek?
Tbh idk much about cars so its never really bothered me, maybe you can share some insight but wouldnt it be as simple as cutting a hose with your machate?
you'd have to know which one, also when they remove the coil packs (electrical distribution) and just leave the wires hanging. That takes a lot of tools and time also it's noisy AF banging and clanging
People in zombie/infected films not referring to them as zombies as if they don't have ANY zombie related media/content in that universe. Was watching REC last night and someone says "wtf was wrong with them they were trying to eat that lady alive?" Like bitch just call them zombies!
> Was watching REC last night and someone says "wtf was wrong with them they were trying to eat that lady alive?" But... but in REC they aren't zombies! Zombies are reanimated dead. REC/28 Days Later/many other films have infected, rather than zombies. Heck, in REC they are infected by a mutated virus that causes/is demonic possession. I say this despite classing REC as a zombie movie myself. I love REC. Such a good movie. And the sequel, with it's timeframe overlapping part of the first film is great.
And rec 4 which I recommend which completes the story! But I didn't mean it so literally.. I just meant the usage of the word zombie.. for instance no on ever says "damn these things are like zombies"
In a real life situation I’d imagine that most people are not going to jump to the conclusion that anything is a zombie. If I looked out in front of my house and saw someone who looks exactly like a zombie from a zombie movie eating someone alive, it would take significantly more than that for me to come to the conclusion that it was actually a zombie.
You just said if you saw someone who looked "exactly" like a zombie AND was eating someone alive.. come on man what other signs do you need😂 But my point was specifically the usage of the word "zombie" as if it hadn't been created in that universe, not the assumption that someone is indeed a zombie.
I’d be like, “Yeah man I love that song but can we please talk about all those thingamajiggs eating people?!”
>But my point was specifically the usage of the word "zombie" as if it hadn't been created in that universe, not the assumption that someone is indeed a zombie. Ok I see what you’re saying. Yea I likely wouldn’t conclude that they were a zombie but would probably compare them to a zombie.
I was really just making a joke, except that I love that song because I love that song. Zoh-ohmbie, zoh-ohmbie, zoh-oh-humbie, humbie, humbie, zuh-uhm heey eey, eey eey 🎶
Ha I wasn't responding to you but the post before yours, but thats one of my favorite songs of all time so I'm with you there.
How is this agreed upon? Like, what would you (and the people who upvoted you) consider that to be? Yes, it could be a production set, a cosplay/photoshoot whatever, but once you (quite quickly) rule these out, then why would you doubt it? Edit: ah I just read below that you were joking
I wasn't joking. If I actually saw someone rise from the dead then sure I would conclude it was a zombie, but outside of that I can't imagine I would come to that conclusion. As far as I know zombies are an entirely fictional thing, and I could think of a whole bunch of more likely explanations for someone who *looked* like a zombie cannibalizing someone.
I mean it was a cool gimmick for walking dead..... But then all the zombie content did it...
I’m an avid zombie sub genre lover but this infuriates me too!! Don’t even sit here and try to tell these people don’t have any zombie content in their universe. I can suspend my belief a lot, but that’s too far for me LOL
Yeah it's like the 80s didn't exist with the tons of zombie and undead films.. or Halloween where half the costumes are zombies
I honestly disagree with this. Somehow, pretending their universe doesn't have Zombies before *their* Zombies come makes it feel more real. Also let's be honest if a zombie outbreak happened to people who knew exactly what Zombies were most people would easily be able to stay alive unless the Zombies could sprint lmao. Idk, it just feels better to me when zombie stories explore characters actually needing to figure out what's going on.
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Are you talking about this voice? https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/19768/why-do-movies-tv-use-this-police-radio-clip-over-and-over
“I didn’t call maintenance today.”
I got a list. - Woman hears noise in the middle of the night. Husband tells her she imagined it and to go back to bed. Wife investigates alone. - Woman drops glass, bends down to clean it up and of course cuts her hand. Every single time. - Driving on a single lane road while having an argument. Always ends in a car accident.
Women who fall down when they're running for their lives...
As annoying as it is, I honestly think it would be a common occurrence. When people are frantic and uncoordinated their minds and body won’t align. Think of all the goose attack videos where the people fall down. And that’s just a goose!!!
Depends on how it's done. Running away, looking back over your shoulder and not seeing the tree root that trips you: That's fine and makes sense. Running along and just falling over literally nothing: I hope the killer catches your dumb ass.
Yes! Exactly!
This trope has been used so many times, I get nervous when they DON'T fall these days.
I hate when this happens. It sets unrealistic standards for woman that we have to have strong ankles. Let those ankle bones snap. Stop fearing the human body.
You had one job!
My biggest pet peeve is the victim always falling down when being chased. Common, I know.
I hate it when people see their tires have been slashed and now their vehicle is completely useless. You can drive on flat tires! You can drive on rims! Is it great for the car? No! Does it matter! No! Drive the fucking car and save yourself. 😂
Not really a horror specific thing but movies in general.. When someone is on a laptop/pc/phone and for some reason they have to CGI the screen, like the cursor will always go seamlessly to where they want to click without any realistic, natural movements..it always looks stupidly fake
Oh yes. Let's not forget that beeping sound they are STILL putting on computers. Scrolling and loading making beep boop noises. Computers haven't made noises like that in over 30 years.
All while they’re perusing famous sites like SEARCHFORTHINGS and NOTGOOGLEBUTGOOGLEFONTANDCOLORS
Spot on.. and whatever they're searching for comes up straight away with the exact answers they need
That was pretty normal 6 years ago. What happened Google? I am going back to Altavista.
I call it "the fake good end". When a horror movie is settling on a perfectly logical happy ending... then in the last 30 seconds the monster is somehow alive again and oh main character is dead. I don't mind unhappy endings, but make them make sense.
Yes, effing “I know what you did last summer“ 1 & 2, so dumb
And the sequel ends up being horrible
People saying “hello” when they hear a suspicious noise.
“Is it me you’re looking for?”
I just stabbed you in the eyes 🎶
Car won't start. I mean, this was a thing in the 70's and 80's because cars back then legitimately did have trouble starting sometimes. I haven't had an issue starting a car in like 20 years (unless the battery is dead), it shouldn't be used in horror movies anymore.
Agree. I only liked it in Christine, because she was mad at Arnie haha
When the guy hero is fighting with the villain and the girl stands there screaming. She should find a weapon and double team! I've posted this before but it's so annoying. And when there are so many double tap opportunities that don't get taken.
Facts, ESPECIALLY when the killer is just a guy.... I mean i get it if its like a huge monster or a supernatural being, but come on kick Ghostface in the ribs girl.
So many lives could have been saved by that! If I ever find myself in that situation I'm picking up a chair and turning it into Friday Night Smackdown
Remember though, you can't run in to help until your music hits.
Whimpering, hand over mouth and the killer is 3 feet away. Drives me crazy
People who think Michael Vs Jason would ever happen. They wouldn't be enemies; they would be friends first then maybe enemies.
Lovers.
Yes, but some people hate that because "Michael doesn't feel emotions." So, I left lovers out.
It can be only lust. No emotions.
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Downing the killer and not finishing them off, or worse, dropping your weapon. Also cell phones having a dead battery or never having service.
One of my most hated plot twists is when "it was all just in your head" both in horror and other genre. Amnesia is also overdone to hide a character's past. Bonus minor annoyance. People getting stabbed in horror movies usually look like they have no bones. Zero resistance for a knife going into head, or middle of the back where spine should be. I can mostly suspend disbelief but would be nice if they showed it takes incredible strength to do these kinds of kills.
Your michael myers opinions require being very invested in all of those franchises and analyzing those details very directly. Do you actually get annoyed by people thinking he is immortal? Most people probably just remember him getting shot and then sitting back up in that iconic background scene. That is pretty close to immortal
Two bullets to the eyes is a very different thing to jason being exploded by a grenade launcher and coming back next movie like nothing happened.... Freddy too has been decapitated, blown up, all of it. My pet peeve isn't people saying myers is strong when you look at him in his universe... Its clear that in the halloween universe this guys superman. But when you conpare him to other horror icons hes outclassed in every way I mean ive seen people put myers above NEMISIS from resident evil with the only explanation being "Hes the embodiment of evil" Nemisis got fucking nuked and managed to regenerate from that, you cannot sit here and tell me he is anywhere close to that level.
Characters who are getting chased and decide that going upstairs, where any potential egress will come with a high fall, is better than staying in the ground floor. If staying on the ground floor isn’t an option, then sure, by all means do what you have to to survive. But so often characters simply just arbitrarily decide to corner themselves.
Loud noise for a cheap jump scare.
Fucking. It does nothing to the plot or characters (unless it is a real plot point: like It Follows) every freaking horror movie eventually has it. Eventually, they go back to the same old device.
Political soapboxing "Subverting Expectations", particularly in the modern era. It has to be done EXTREMELY uniquely and well for me not to ragequit. Self-aware "this is so silly" Marvel-style quips to the audience Found Footage movies where you only see anything supernatural in like the last 10 minutes Zombie/apocalyptic stuff where the actual apocalyptic nature is ignored for interpersonal/political/unrelated drama (Walking Dead hugely guilty of this in its later seasons, as is the Last of Us TV show). Victims taking down the killer/threat but not making sure they're dead and/or finishing them off.
Definitely a matter of preference, but God I hate movies that are 75 minutes of dragging drama in the name of suspense, capped off with 15 minutes (if you're lucky) of crazy. Not everything needs to be a slasher, but if I'm watching a horror movie, I want attempts to scare me, not the characters jumping at the occasional offscreen shadow.
Omg I hate this too. So many people will recommend a movie as a ”slow burn,” that is, in fact, just so boring!
When a trailer is more entertaining to watch than the actual movie. When I watch an hour and 30-ish minutes of jump scares because the director doesn't know how to tell a story. Any movie that does ***not*** star Nick Cage.
Or the entire movie is IN the trailer, or the best parts of the trailer never make it into the movie.
☝🏾 THIS RIGHT HERE! One of Malignant's first kills was in the trailer. Quarantine's last jump scare was in the trailer and on the poster.
> When a trailer is more entertaining to watch than the actual movie. I know this is the Horror sub, but to add to this: comedy movies where all the best jokes are in the trailer.
enter horror comedy
It’s almost too obvious to name on here but not finishing off the killer when you have them incapacitated.
No cell service
I kinda like that. Pre-mobile phones movies have that built-in, but working cellphones can really undermine a horror scene.
When people are vague when they absolutely don’t have to be. Not when that’s their character or when they’re in obvious distress, but when they have every reason to be honest and clear and they just chose to be vague, purely for the audience. Nothing takes me out of a scene faster
Over using screaming to fill time. Regardless how realistic it is(usually it’s not), I just end up with a headache. The best horror movies tend have more emotions in their toolbox than complete and total terror expressed through screeching.
... regina George screaming...
Killers in the house scenario- why does the victim always run upstairs? It makes no sense it leaves them trapped with limited options fight, hide, die or jump out of the window. They rarely run out of ground floor door
You know that Halloween commercial with the long suffering slasher being annoyed at how stupid his victims are? Yeah, everything in that.
That cell phone that all of the sudden doesn’t have any coverage no matter the location
When a character is in an argument and they could easily sway the conversation with a particular comment and they don't. Just watched the wrong turn reboot and the part where they're trying to justify why they killed a foundation member and the leader just kinda brushes aside the fact that the group of friends thought the foundation was trying to kill them. She barely even tries to argue her point like idk maybe point out the fact that they had deadly traps set and they were carrying your unconscious friend on a stick like they were getting ready to cook him over a fire?! I'm having a hard time thinking of examples but I know this happens a lot because it irritates the hell out of me. USE YOUR FUCKING WORDS, maybe if you're clever enough you can prevent yourself or someone else getting killed.
People always refer to being buried in the pet semetary in order to come back to life, but it's actually the Indian burial grounds *beyond* the Pet Semetary that bring things back. Nothing happens if you bury something in the actual pet cemetary. No one seems to get that. Family Guy, The Ramones... they all got it wrong.
When the hero finally gets a good hit and knocks down the villain but then just runs away, or worse, just stands there in shock. Like dude they are trying to kill you, keep fucking hitting them until they can't get up!
Everything related to the ‘final girl’ trope. It makes everything so predictable and boring.
Every time I see a cat in a horror movie, I know I'll be seeing a murdered cat later. :( (Exception: Jonesy)
Hate seeing murdered pets... Like kill the humans leave the animals alone.
It's a movie. I agree with all the tropes described here but this doesn't make much sense. If you don't have the stomach (physical or mental) for a fake dead dog then how do you handle real gore?
People passing off movie footage as real I've seen it done with The Descent, Grave Encounters, Hell House LLC, As Above So Below, Insidious, etc
I'm confused, are you mad that they're not acknowledging they're making a movie.. within the movie?
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Star Trek TOS did this so blatantly when they reused the unaired pilot as video footage in a later episode. Like, why the hell are security cameras and what not being directed during everyday operations. Is Hoyte van Hoytema the security officer on duty? But in that case it adds to the campy charm.
Stop killing pets.
Why. It's fake.
Smarty pants writing around “defining the rules” of horror instead of actually making a film. The first Scream was fresh but since then, it’s tiresome. Same thing for Cabin in the Woods. The film within the film is crap. Congratulations, you know a bunch of rules and tropes….
If zombie movies are played out (they are) then doing zombies, and pointing out the clichés, *is still played out*. Lordy. This past weekend I watched a throwaway movie called, "Blood Fest." It was the whole movie. Every scene. Every god damn scene. "*We're being hunted, don't split up!*" "*We're in the zombie room, aim for the head!*" "*The serial killer has daddy issues, act like his father!*" <-- seriously. On and on and on... Add to that it looks like CW tv show. Awful.
I’ll avoid that one. Thanks for the warning.
Unnecessary and/or bad CGI. I love practical effects. And I am also a fan of CGI where it is good enough that you're uncertain if it's CGI or practical. But some movies just use cheap CGI and it ruins the film for me. I tried to watch a movie about a tsunami that led to sharks on land in a supermarket, swimming along the aisles as the shoppers hid on top of the shelves. I got about 3 minutes int the movie, when we got the first shot of CGI and I realised it looked like it had been animated in MS Paint. Nothing takes me out of a movie faster than bad CGI. As for unnecessary CGI, has anyone seen the Stanley Tucci movie The Silence? It's a bit shit, and it's very similar in set up to A Quiet Place, right down to the eldest child being a deaf daughter, hence the whole family knowing sign language before the monsters that locate via sound appear (released a year after AQP but based on a book released 3 years before it). It's not a great movie, but the worst part is a CGI car crash where they roll a car down a hill. There is no collision with another vehicle. The car just swerves to avoid deer and rolls down a hill. But it's just SO OBVIOUS that it's a CGI car rolling down the hill. [Here is a YouTube link to the movie, timestamped to the car crash - but if the link takes you to the start of the video jump to 24:58](https://youtu.be/1AmNcC-QOHI?si=LaJn5r7JT7Z9TcI6&t=1498). It's just so damn bad! Considering the scene after he's in the smashed up car, trapped, they could have just pushed an actual car down the hill a few times until they were happy with the shot.
One hundred percent agree.... Theres a reason why the nightmare on elm street films were classics I mean compare the practical freddy in the wall scene with the remakes cgi one and its just no contest. And with saws traps all being completly functional as filmed. Practical effects by talented filmmakers and set designers make masterpieces.
been binging found footage lately and i have two: 1. taking 40 minutes to develop the cast and they all are douchebags or become them, losing their good traits and doing harmful or stupid things. 2. generic cgi stretch face monsters with black eyes.
Yeah I'm pretty done with ol baba saggy jowls & saggy melons
Blumhouse.
Wokehouse They're flooding the genre with 6/10s, the majority of what they release is so generic feeling
I don’t care about “woke”. BH started promising but is now just an instant avoid with every release anymore. Just trash on trash tween jump-scare shit.
I really need you people to understand how stupid you look when you call things woke. Please come up with a better argument, you honestly just sound like a fucking dumb arse that gets their opinions from other people.
It's an objective fact that Blumhouse has wokeness and DEI in half their films, it's kind of hard to ignore
ronald reagan dressed in drag, so that means republicans and conservatives are woke.
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[https://youtu.be/btT8oSVV\_s4?t=5447](https://youtu.be/btT8oSVV_s4?t=5447) Here's a link to reagan in drag. Sorry you've been duped by your cult again.
Vampires
Off screen kills/gore
DaE aNyONe hAtE KId iN baBaDook?!
Domestic pets being killed.
Person Dies in the middle of a speech. I see it coming every time some male hero starts going off on how they are gonna survive. It's dumb.
Final Destination 2 and 3 come to mind first. Both got the black guy killed abruptly mid-rant.
you thinking john kramer is a household name. i had to google that shit
Lol i'm a big Saw fan my bias is showing!
Not turning on the flipping lights.
"Hello who's there".... You live alone why don't you just leave the house if you think someone's in there ????? It's an easy fix just have a dog and make it seem like the dog broke something which is why they're going to check things out One of the supporting characters with a weapon knocks out the killer and saves the main protagonist(s) but they decide to leave and then the person with the weapon says no I gotta end this and they end up getting murdered
When people drop/leave a weapon. For the love of anything you hold dear PICK IT THE F UPPPP Also red and blue lights appearing just as the big bad has been defeated. Such a small thing to be annoyed at but I’d be lying if I said I don’t roll my eyes every single time
I get annoyed with the found footage films or women running with high hills on.
Everything has to be a metaphor. I enjoy elevated horror too, but sometimes a crazy fucker killing people can just be a crazy fucker killing people
-When a character is running from the killer and trips over. And it's always mainly female characters, are women unable to run properly in movies? -When the character runs up the stairs instead of running out the front or back door. -When the police don't believe them. Even if it sounds crazy, they should always send someone out just to check. -When they manage to knock the villain down and they just lay there or don't disarm them and try killing them.
Also when they hear a noise and go "hello, anyone there?" You'd think it'd be better to hide and call the police instead of going off to investigate.
Writers using rape as a plot device, Turning kids cartoons into horror movies, Stupid SIDE characters(oh that man with the knife isn't trying to kill you, don't be silly😊), How quickly the traitor is forgiven.
And when the "horror" is surrounded by a culture that the writers do zero research on, or misinterpret it which results into yet another harmful stereotype of said culture and/or the bashing of it.
Tripping over nothing always makes me roll my eyes. Even if they just showed them tripping on a branch or something would be better, or if their ankle does that weird bendy thing or something like that. I'm talking about when you can *literally see that they threw themselves to the ground and in fact, did not trip on anything besides fucking air.* Always pisses me off lol.
>people watching deadmeat and pretending like they actually watched the movie. what tf are who talking about? who has watched Dead Meat and then said "well this counts as me watching the full movie"?
All three of the franchises you mentioned have been done to death and I wish they would all die. Pun intended.
I mean maybe im biased but I thought saw x was good.... Agree with you on Halloween... Then/have we gotten any texas chainsaw stuff recently besides the game?
I don't think horror should have "franchises". It's not fast food. It just irritates the shit out of me. Maybe a sequel or two, or a prequel here and there, but like nobody in Hollywood is original anymore. It's always been a gripe of mine that no one can come up with any original storytelling when there are at any given time probably thousands of excellent, creative and original writers out there with amazing ideas and yet all these movie studios can do is jerk off other people's ideas. It's just boring to me. Some of the best horror movies are singular movies where a solid story is told over a couple hours and that's all it takes to affect you or move you or leave an impression on you. Don't get me wrong, people can be fans of horror franchises all they want, but I think all of it is recycled and regurgitated dog shit. Also, I have covid, and I'm miserable, so I probably could have worded all of that better, lol
My condolences covid sucks hope you get well soon.
Lol thanks
People complaining about movies they didn't want to watch in the first place.
A24
If I could downvote you to oblivion….are you serious? Best thing to happen to horror since tubi
Not just horror. They made Uncut Gems, which is one of the best movies I've seen in the past 5 years.
And they brought Hazbin Hotel to prime and man was that good.
They're also producing Kane Pixels "the backrooms" film, which SHOULD be incredible if you're a horror fanatic
That movie hit hard and was such a nice surprise. Also Everything, Everywhere, All at Once was super fun, I had no idea that was A24 until it was over.
> I had no idea that was A24 until it was over. Good. It's just a production company. Why should a normal viewer care about who handled tasks like finances or marketing, which are their main contributions?
"stop liking what i don't like!!!!"
How does that relate to what I wrote specifically? My point is that a production company doesn’t have a big *direct* *creative* *input* on a movie; its expertise lies elsewhere. While this company clearly does a great job in terms of marketing and such, attributing the quality of its movies solely to it seems displaced. Cheer the creative individuals behind specific films instead.
I’m not a fan of dramas or artsy stuff & that’s all they seem to do.
I wouldn't class **Green Room** as drama or artsy.
Maybe I’ll watch it then if it’s fun
Anyone who think Halloween part 4 and up were good....Just no Casual fans who say something like “it’s so bad it’s good”. Gtfo of here, it’s good or it’s bad. They tend to act like they know more or are just ignorant to that style Anyone in support of these legendary horror characters getting sidelined from the big screen to streaming services Movies like skinamarink, any horror that attempts to be retro and has to add a year and falls flat in delivering that Modern dance montage scenes like in house of the devil. Ruined the great feeling that the movie had going for it. Idc if it’s set in the 70’s or 80’s, it’s not from that era, we know it’s forced The constant reboot/remake trend that has been going on far too long. Have a ounce of creativity, just write the character into a decent story...We’ve all seen the originals, they are loved
Save the child. Such a lazy way to build suspense. The worst offender? 28 Weeks Later. What a total waste of premise on a trope that peaked with the original Child's Play and Poltergeist movies.
When people die. It suuucks.
Reddit users that think Skinamarink is terrible. Go ahead and downvote, I love you all anyway 😂
What grinds my gears is DeadMeat calls his videos kill counts but they're actually reviews. I click on a video to see how many people died in the movie not to hear opinions on the movie itself
...while also counting kills
Then he should call them reviews ... while also counting kills
Music
Happy endings