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Sam The Egg
04-07-2004, 01:44 PM
What's your favorite horror movie cliché?

Vodstok
04-07-2004, 01:55 PM
Freddy vs Jason was soooo close...


my favorite is people completely lacking any motor skills and center of gravity when they need it the most

MichaelMyers
04-07-2004, 01:57 PM
Checking to see if the body is dead.

Randall_Flagg
04-07-2004, 02:45 PM
Heading TOWARDS the creepy noise instead of running like hell!!!

Haunted
04-07-2004, 02:46 PM
Not picking up the gun/various and sundry weapon.

bloodygurl02
04-07-2004, 07:12 PM
Originally posted by Sam The Egg
meh, it's appropriate. Threads ending up like this has become kindof a cliché around here anyways :p

lol good one. i think that ppl having sex then getting killed is cliche' along w/ the killer always comes back no matter how many times u have killed him

BudMan
04-07-2004, 07:21 PM
The girl who always goes into the basement to investigate the strange noise. Hell I'm 6ft. 210 and I hear a strange noise I'm screaming and running like a little bitch should.

Cereal Killer
04-07-2004, 07:37 PM
Originally posted by BudMan
The girl who always goes into the basement to investigate the strange noise. Hell I'm 6ft. 210 and I hear a strange noise I'm screaming and running like a little bitch should.

Awww, that's so cute sounding!

Clichè, hmm. The bus full of kids breaking down on the stormy night infront of the mostly deserted, creppy old hotel. My favorite, 'cause you know what's going to happen. You just know. Fun, fun, fun!

AmarylandPsycho
04-07-2004, 08:12 PM
I like the counter scare....you know when it doesnt jump out but then it does a second later that my favorite cliche because I know its coming and some people dont.

Arioch
04-07-2004, 09:10 PM
drugs or alcohol = Dead, in slashers and most horror. Thats the most tired one for me. When i see someone hitting a joint or drinking a beer in a horror film, you know they are automatically next to get it......predictibility really does kill horror movies.

NervousXians
04-08-2004, 04:28 AM
The killer being the "least obvious" one...

XFeaRX
04-09-2004, 11:08 AM
When the person goes by themself and gets killed.

~Chainsaw~
02-13-2007, 09:39 PM
children singing.

i mean it worked for nightmare on elm street but after that it became a lame cliche and doesn't scare anyone

bloodrayne
02-13-2007, 09:45 PM
The animated doll thing...

I just watched Dolly Dearest, It isn't much different from Child's Play (except Child's Play is better)...Stuart Gordon's Dolls puts a little different spin on it, as does Ragdoll, Pinnochio's Revenge, Ghosthouse and the Puppetmaster movies

Still...It's a bit cliche

bloodrayne
02-13-2007, 10:13 PM
Had to read the whole thread to make sure these others weren't mentioned:

1) The cars never start
2) Complete silence...Then the loud, sudden, jump scare
3) Looking out a dark window, something comes crashing through it
4) Chicks with big boobs HAVE to take their clothes off (I think it's a requirement or something)
5) Creaky doors
6) Basement lights burn out/burst
7) Tripping/falling down basement stairs
8) Asshole always dies fast
9) Old guy that everyone loves, as soon as he says, "This is my last day on the job", "I'm retiring after this", or gives you his whole life story and endears himself to you...He's dead...You KNOW he's dead...
10) If there's water...A lake, pond, pool...Someone usually ends up dead in it...
11) Big black attack dogs in gated cemeteries...What ARE they protecting?
12) Cemetery fences/gates with spikes on top...Somebody's gonna get snagged, injured or impaled on them
13) Run out of gas/break down at night in a storm...Go to old farmhouse to use the phone...You're dead

crabapple
02-13-2007, 10:46 PM
4) Chicks with big boobs HAVE to take their clothes off (I think it's a requirement or something)



Goddamn right it's a requirement!

Haunted
02-14-2007, 10:27 AM
Firing guns.

Even expert marksment have a very difficult time firing a gun accurately with one hand, let alone a gun in each hand, one being the person's off hand. It's nigh unto impossible to shoot a target accurately when you're holding the gun sideways.

That is a silly silly thing to see.

stubbornforgey
02-14-2007, 10:37 AM
Going back to see if the bad guy is really dead....



Forgetting the car keys...



locking yourself in the bathroom with only a little window escape from..

crabapple
02-14-2007, 11:01 AM
Yeah, every time when the masked maniac gets knocked unconscious or whatever, they always leave him there. Then they walk away and of course he gets up again and comes after them again.

Why don't they at least bash him in the kneecaps a couple of times, you know, give him a couple of painful bruises at least? Something to slow the sonofabitch down when he wakes up, right?

Or if you clobbered him in an Indian restaurant, you could pour some hot chili-mint chutney on his eyes while he's unconscious. Believe me, he won't be following you again any time soon! He'll wake up screaming, jump to his feet, and probably run straight into the nearest wall!

bloodrayne
02-14-2007, 11:02 AM
Firing guns.

Even expert marksment have a very difficult time firing a gun accurately with one hand, let alone a gun in each hand, one being the person's off hand. It's nigh unto impossible to shoot a target accurately when you're holding the gun sideways.

That is a silly silly thing to see.Or the reverse...Trained shooters (police, etcetera) who fire a multitude of rounds...And don't hit shit...


OH...How about...Cars that explode when you tap them?:rolleyes:

Remember the helicopter in Island Of It's Alive?...One of the babies attacked the helicopter pilot...The helicopter exploded...WTF?...It didn't even hit anything...Just exploded in midair over the water...It actually made us laugh...

crabapple
02-14-2007, 11:05 AM
It had one of those Mutant Baby Self-Destruct things. I've seen 'em. Explodes automatically when a mutant baby attacks.

Burning in Hell
02-14-2007, 11:14 AM
One phrase for you :

"Maybe we should split!"

Classic.

crabapple
02-14-2007, 11:17 AM
"Let's get outta here!"

Gus
02-14-2007, 06:17 PM
when the "monster" is in the back seat of the car

stubbornforgey
02-15-2007, 03:39 AM
Yeah, every time when the masked maniac gets knocked unconscious or whatever, they always leave him there. Then they walk away and of course he gets up again and comes after them again.

Why don't they at least bash him in the kneecaps a couple of times, you know, give him a couple of painful bruises at least? Something to slow the sonofabitch down when he wakes up, right?

Or if you clobbered him in an Indian restaurant, you could pour some hot chili-mint chutney on his eyes while he's unconscious. Believe me, he won't be following you again any time soon! He'll wake up screaming, jump to his feet, and probably run straight into the nearest wall!


hahahahahahaha.!!

can't get enough gore
02-15-2007, 07:07 AM
having sex minutes before you die

Kemal
02-15-2007, 03:45 PM
What was that movie, it came out a couple years before Scream, there's some kids in the woods, one of them realizes he's inside a horror movies and tries to tell everyone how to stay alive, but nobody listens to him.

stubbornforgey
02-15-2007, 04:30 PM
blondes..(no offense ppl)..
why is it that the blondes on these movies are depicted
as the stupid bimbo's and always end up the 1st to be killed.?