Thank you all very much, especially to the kind person who had me in stiches with his rules of how not to die in a horror film.

One of the latter replies hit right on my thinking, once I am equiped with all the hundreds of don't dos in a horror film, my characters can go out of their way to avoid these clichés. This is why I've asked for everyone's help.
There are too many writers, producers, editors, and studios ripping off one another's ideas. Yes it works and yes it makes them money, but how many times can Freddie Kruger die? How many times can Chuckie come back to life?
I guess you've heard Alien Vs. Preditor has a squeal coming (great... the only way to kill most of these villans is to stop throwing money at their creators and "Hollywood").
It's time for something original, some new ideas and maybe, just maybe, if enough cliché riddled rules are broken or bent or just plain left out, it will be worth reading and with any luck scare the shit out of you.
Thank you all again, and keep the ideas coming.
Lawrence