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skypilot

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22. You could have just stopped at...

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 02:33 PM

Oct 2025

..."a group of teenagers".

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Horror movie tropes we've seen way too many times. [View all] Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 OP

As the killer approaches the Male and female either make out or have sex. mercuryblues Oct 2025 #1

Yep! And you know she will let out a blood curdling scream. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #3

Yep, and the girl who DOESN'T have sex is always a survivor. Jeebo Oct 2025 #45

You think the monster is finally dead but then....NOPE! Marie Marie Oct 2025 #2

Oh, for sure! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #4

One of the GEICO ads is about making bad decisions when being chased in a horror movie. House of Roberts Oct 2025 #5

I guess it would be a very short movie if they made a *good* decision! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #7

Why did they do that really stupid thing? mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #25

"We can cover more gound if we split up." johnp3907 Oct 2025 #6

Not the best strategy! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #8

Thank you! johnp3907 Oct 2025 #9

the victim is running Skittles Oct 2025 #10

And the victim has to trip and fall! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #11

sometimes while wearing REALLY HIGH HEELS Skittles Oct 2025 #12

Character walks into bathroom shot from behind. darkstar Oct 2025 #13

There's a refrigerator door variation nuxvomica Oct 2025 #15

The old mirror reflection scene! Yep. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #18

Cell phone MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2025 #14

We mommies get blamed for everything! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #19

A character always rushes in leaving the front door ajar nuxvomica Oct 2025 #16

I know! Why doesn't anyone close the door behind them? Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #20

Or worse, the basement. marble falls Oct 2025 #29

The heroine running away from the monster/killer trips and twists her ankle. catbyte Oct 2025 #17

You can count on it! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #21

You could have just stopped at... skypilot Oct 2025 #22

Lol! mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #26

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #33

"You go on ahead... I'll be fine." Harker Oct 2025 #23

Another tired old line! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #34

The family pet is always the first to go MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2025 #24

Oh I know. I hate that, too. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #35

Formulaic, aren't they? mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #27

They sure are. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #36

"Bucket" of stale popcorn out of a fifty gallon garbage bag with a squirt of coconut artery clogging "butter" for $10... marble falls Oct 2025 #28

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #37

Radio announcer: "A homicidal maniac has escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane." NBachers Oct 2025 #30

Yep - always have to have a female victim. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #38

Kevin bacon goes for a peaceful canoe ride BOSSHOG Oct 2025 #31

Hahaha! You know it! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #39

Kinda put me off of Slasher type movies BOSSHOG Oct 2025 #42

Stupid witness tells murderer: MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2025 #32

Yeah, sure you will! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #40

A person or a group stand their ground in awe as a horror approaches ... Auggie Oct 2025 #41

Yeah ... I think I'd be running away so fast I'd be a blur Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #43

I know ... Auggie Oct 2025 #44

What all of y'all's contributions to this thread amount to is ... Jeebo Oct 2025 #46

One of the cast calls an expert to reveal they know something Marthe48 Oct 2025 #47

That's a good one, Marthe48! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #48