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- Published September 20, 2007 - 110 Comments
Since Halloween isn’t too far off and I know I enjoy watching cheesy horror films, I thought I would share this list of the top 5 reasons that we all love them. No matter how bad they are, they will usually bring a smile to our faces. Here are just some of the reasons why they are so amazingly bad, and yet, entertaining.
Reason 1
“Maybe we should split up!?!?” The character’s have a complete lack of common sense. Maybe it’s just me, but why would you ever split up when you are walking through a forest in pitch black, surrounded by obvious signs that you are being followed or watched. We all know what the fate is of any person that leaves the group. You can see this cliche in films like The Hills have Eyes.
Reason 2
The Body Count. Have you ever noticed that everyone seems to die in the same place? And if they don’t die in the same place, their corpses end up together. I guess It is just too perfect an opportunity for film makers to fill the screen with gore.
Reason 3
“The door is stuck!” The escape door is always stuck. It worked just a few minutes earlier when the boyfriend left the bedroom, but when the female has to get away from the villain, it is stuck. This has to be one of the biggest cliches in the horror genre.
Reason 4
“Bad Time For A Breakdown.” Just like the door, the car never seems to work when it needs to. You turn the key but it just won’t go until the last second. This can be experienced in its full glory in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is, otherwise, an excellent film.
Reason 5
“Aren’t You Supposed To Be Dead?” You just have to love the fact that the killer never dies. Poor Jason has been drowned, blown up, and chopped up. Nothing stops these guys… but then again, if they died we wouldn’t have the wonderfully bad sequels to keep us coming back for more.
Obviously these reasons don’t apply to all horror films and congratulations to the original ones that don’t have to rely on cliches. As usual, if you can think of any items that you think should be on the list, add them to the comments!
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September 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Another one is when the girl is being chased they always fall down and wait till the killer is almost on top of them before they get up.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Joe: that is one of the most annoying things in a horror movie!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Greetings from Portugal.First and foremost Congratulations for your website, I just L-O-V-E it, and I can honestly say my general knowledge increases with every visit to your site. Thank you so much for this oasis in the middle of an ever increasing desert of boring, uninteresting or otherwise not so original or copied sites (lol, I tend to speak/write a lot).
As for this list, it seems that the killer always prefers to knock unconscious the characters that are supposed to survive, before even trying to kill them, lingering the moment in which they’ll first attempt it. Then what usually happens is the same characters either manage to escape or be saved in the nick of time. But I think this one extends to other films too.
Best wishes
September 20th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
i love cheesy horror movies because they are fun to watch with your girl. really.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
The killer will never run but somehow always catch up the the teenager he’s chasing.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
and i dont even know your girl.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
suspension of disbelief
and the freedom of the child within- to stare oblivious into the fire.
along with (and I know this is questionable) the novalty of escape, regardless of practicality.
An Inner love for things absurd and a willingness to relinquish any guarded formalisms that may be bound by daily life.
Then there is the most questionable which is that everything movie is worth watching. I think Kubrick said that.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
You forgot to mention that the victims always tried to “hide” in some stupid and oh-so-obvious place. The killer can be seen in the background, looking around, then leaving. The victim, thinking they are miraculously safe, jumps from their hiding place and runs smack dab into the arms of the killer. Wah wah wah…. ahh, too bad.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Great list!
One of my favorites and a rather common one is the not-so-smart victim forgets to look behind themself. If only they would understand that killers don’t move by running around in open space wearing glow-in-the-dark clothes…
September 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
There are some really excellent observations in these comments – thanks guys
September 20th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Adding to the “aren’t you supposed to be dead” reason, they always slowly lean in to check that theyr’e dead. Even when they have a perfectly good axe or gun in hand. (Halloween H20). Whats the harm in chopping off their head or putting in extra bullet b/w their eyes?
That, and the villain always is slow moving. If he’s chasing you, just grab something deadly and heavy and quickly run in and crack him in the head.
I think just the ultimate lack of commons sense sums up the majority of horror movie cliche’s.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:38 am
-If there are strange noises in the house at night, it will be the girl and not her boyfriend who checks it, and, if possible, she will do it with light clothes or sexy underwear.
-There are no light switches in horror-movie-kitchens.If you want some milk after a terrible real-looking nightmare, the only light you will need will be the one from the fridge.
-At least one hysterical girl must receive a calm-down-slap.
-At least one couple must be killed before or while making love.
-And finally, the mythical: “Don’t worry, I’ll be right back”
September 21st, 2007 at 12:46 am
Chris: I am totally behind you on that!
Morgaine: excellent additions – and so true of so many horror films!
September 21st, 2007 at 12:53 am
I wacthed a sci-fi/horro movie about Jason. Plot is two frozen bodies found on a distant planet by a spaceship. It turns out they were frozen for 500 years. One of them is Jason other is his last victim. Last victim told the crew how her people tried everything to kill him so they decided to freeze as last resort. But now Jason is melted and killing the spaceship crew. In last scene, spacecraft blows up completly but Jason survives and wanders in space. But then they hit him toward a sun.
A bit out of topic but
September 21st, 2007 at 8:25 am
If you want a great horror movie that breaks all the cliches, watch Feast. I loved it because it was unpredictable (to me it was anyway). Has anyone seen it?
September 21st, 2007 at 9:36 am
Özhan – wow – that sounds so ridiculous!
Jackie: Thanks – I haven’t seen it but definitely will if it is unpredictable.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:07 am
I am somewhat inspired to make a list of the Top 10 horror movie villains now. Perhaps that should be your next project?
September 24th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I’ve seen feast, excellent movie. And I agree with you on it being unpredictable… specially the scene with her kid. My mouth dropped and I thought, damn… never seen that before. Also, the Carnosaur series are pretty good and not your typical horror movie. However, there’s dino’s killing and eating people with lots of gore, gotta love that.
September 24th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Brian – excellent idea
Adam: I haven’t seen the carnosaur movies. I will check them out.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
I know this was previously mentioned, but I don’t think it was covered in full. If the movie centers around teenagers (as horror movies often do), it is a sure shot that a teen will die if the do any of the following:
(a) Take recreational drugs,
(b) Have sex, *or*
(c) Drink liquor.
There’s also the possibility that, if they’re also female, the character will die if she shows her boobs. It makes me wonder if, somehow, these movies are trying to moralize. Hmmm….?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Nici: that is a very interesting (and true) observation. I think Hollywood does tend to try to moralize, but then in other cases they de-moralize. Take Pleasantville for example – as soon as the mother has an affair, she becomes colored – suggesting that marriage is a dull old thing to be avoided.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:51 am
“Wait a sec, there’s someone at the door.”
September 25th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I hate it when they throw away their weapons after they assume the killer is dead, then the killer gets back up…bah blah…
September 26th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
The killer always live again in the end of the movie, to create yet another sequel.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Lalpasha, chadster, irfan: all of those are so true and so annoying!
October 1st, 2007 at 3:35 am
add more:
- the killer always slow move (walk), but no matter how far/fast the victims run, the killer will always one step ahead.
- annoying character have “longer life possibilities” than normal character, and sexy/good looking character will always first to be killed
October 1st, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Every cliche that has ever existed can be found in the Scary Movies series. Watch them and you can make a really long list. Also if the victim is running and looking back they always somehow manage to run into the killer even if the killer started out walking behind them or they trip over one of their dead friends and the killer catches up almost instantly and kills them
October 7th, 2007 at 11:28 am
if the target is teenagers or kids, then the parents are either out and there is a babysitter, or the kids or teens are out some place
October 7th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Responding to Nici’s comment about the “moralizing” of horror movies, and your comments, JF. I suspect the main reason the teens who have sex, drugs, and other naughty fun get gruesomely picked off is that if that bit of moral flaw weren’t there, we’d be watching the slaughter of totally innocent and undeserving victims for our entertainment, which kind of leaves a greasy feeling on your soul after a bit. (Not that there haven’t been horror flicks in which the utterly blameless were winnowed like bloody wheat all throughout.) I think it’s an extra payoff for the viewer when you can say, “Oh well, she had it coming anyway, gorgeous cheerleader slut that she was …” In fact, I think for a lot of us geeks out here, watching the gorgeous cheerleader and her football captain boytoy get a chainsaw through the gullet is vicarious vengeance for the hell that a lot of little shits an awful lot like them put us through in high school. (Ew … hope that didn’t sound bitter.) By the way, for another great sendup of absolutely every cliche of splatter flicks, there’s a movie that just came out direct-to-DVD called “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” about a personable and methodical slasher who allows a documentary crew to tag along wile he gears up for his first big night. It’s too cool — find it if you can.
October 9th, 2007 at 8:50 am
I believe it was the great Mitch Hedberg who said something like he would make a terrible auto mechanic because if someone said their car wouldn’t start he’d say “Well maybe you’re being chased by a serial killer.”
October 9th, 2007 at 8:52 am
bucslim: haha
November 10th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
haha funny list
December 21st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
OK; we love cheesy horrors because they’re strangely comforting. Little kids like to hear the same story over and over, and so do we adults. Comedies and horrors are both exercises in creating and releasing tension, but while a silly horror movie becomes a comedy, a lame comedy is simply boring and even painful. BTW, as for cliches, how about the villain knowing exactly which tree/cupboard/car to hide in to surprise the curious victim?
January 1st, 2008 at 11:07 pm
The biggest cliché of all is that even though the girl knows or is suspicious that the killer is inside the house, she goes (alone) down the dark stairs to the basement/attic to investigate…
In the movie “Black Christmas” (or is it Dark?) the
girl is told on the phone by the policemen outside that the killer who is making the creepy phone calls is IN THE HOUSE. Does she a)run out house or b)slowly walks down the dark basement???
January 10th, 2008 at 2:11 am
What about when someone is walking around a deserted house or cave or…anywhere for that matter…and they yell “HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE?”
That one REALLY gets to me. And it never ever fails to show up in a cheesy horror movie.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
or come on, jason is not a fast dude, you telling me a teenager cannot outrun jason? man, they deserve to die
January 15th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I can’t believe nobody pointed out running up the stairs – the biggest cliche (in my opinion) of trash horrors. Someone’s chasing the poor teenage cheerleader through her house, but instead of getting out of the house, she decides to run up the stairs and hide in one of the rooms until the killer finds her. Seriously, who does she expect to get out alive after doing something stupid like that. Or perhaps she just likes to play hide-and-seek.
I see this in 90% of the teen horrors. The one that comes to mind is Scream 2. The stupid about-to-die teenage girl is played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I dont really remember scream 2,but i dont remember sarah michelle gellar being in it either.the only cheesy horror flick i remember seeing her in was “i know what u did last summer”.and with all the very true points mentioned above,i just wish they would just stop making parts 1 thru 10 of movies like scream,final destination,i know what u did last summer…they’re all the same,only that the parts that follow are a lot less interesting than the first.otherwise,cool list as usual,jfrater
February 1st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I’ve noticed the impending victims always seem to run from the killer up the stairs, down to the basement, or if she is smart enough to run outside, she heads straight for the rickety shed, junked out car/truck or the killer’s “den.”
I love it!!
I’m always saying “they must think we’re stupid!” but we continue to watch them, don’t we? We’re the reason they are so cheesy.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:08 am
The fact that its always the “dumb blonde” that gets killed first. Then the mean person that nobody likes goes next, and then for some reason the main characters best mate has to die next. whats that all about?
Don’t you think it’s very rare that the main characters are female in most films. If they are, they have to be strong minded and have a personal history with the killer, like in Scream or Halloween?!
February 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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February 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I don’t watch Horror Movies, but I like this list. Some of these cliches are in other genres of movies as well.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Another good cliche that always makes me laugh is when the girl (in her bathrobe or nighty or whatever) hears a noise outside, goes out the front door to check, and doesn’t close it behind her! Then goes back in & locks the door. HELLO!!! Now you are locked inside WITH THE KILLER!
February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
DK: hahah that is so true!
March 6th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
The hills have eyes is the worst POS i’ve ever seen. a blind paraplegic could have killed all of them. i was so pissed when i was watching that movie. the kid has a f-ing gun and he’s running away from a guy, blindly firing behind him.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I think the best thing about the bad horror flick is the hot girl always gets killed… nothing like a little vindication.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:15 am
-there are always jocks, they never survive.
-the killer hardly ever say anything.
-the killer also has a traumatized childhood, making us feel sorry for him. freddieVSjason has the worst scene ive ever seen in a horror movie. made me feel sick to my guts. the scene where jasons child version is laying on the floor, water pouring on him, him shivering and crying. freddie laughing.. yadayada.
-the cellphones always, ALWAYS run out of battery.
-if the car breaks down, there is always a castle where they ask for a phone.
-usually only 2 people survive, boy and girl.
-the killers always bear grudges for no apparent reason.
-all killers have their own trademark weapon, cant do shit without it.
-if someone screams, all characters hear it, no matter how far away. (and of course, runs towards the scream)
-if you have a mask, you are invincible!!
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personally i prefer psychological horror movies and thrillers.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:17 am
YashaMaru: I prefer psychological thrillers too.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am
seen mr. brooks? very good movie, disturbia also has some good stuff.
nightmare on elm street are simply classics, the thought of dying in your sleep has given many kids sleeples night.
1 2, freddys coming for you.
3 4, better lock your door.
5 6, bring your crusifix. (not that that ever helps..)
March 12th, 2008 at 7:32 am
YashaMaru: I haven’t seen Mr Brooks – what is it about?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:40 am
jfrater: a businessman with a hobby of offing people, couples making love. eventualy he is spotted and photographed in the house of one of his victims.
the guy who took the picture blackmails mr.brooks, not trying to get money or anything, but wanting to come with him on a murder. the plot plays out of that, if i say anymore it would ruin the movie for you or anyone else here planning to watch it:P
March 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
jfrater:
hey thanks for the hint..if it was a snake id be dead!
love the site…keep up the good work!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
YashaMaru: That sounds really good – I will definitely watch it – thanks for the synopsis!
March 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
hows aboot the classic “camera strafe,” all horror films has it, it never was scary, it never will be..
whats so scary about a character strafing the camera whilst the lead woman (usually) is facing away.
and the oh-so overly used “person walks away from camera, camera goes a little backwards, revealing a hand holding a weapon.”
now, i know these are effects and not cliches, but they still appear upto several times in all horror movies.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Here’s are a few I don’t think were mentioned.
Have you ever noticed that towards the end of many slasher flicks the frightened woman starts flipping out, then runs amok in the house. While she’s doing that, every door she opens, a body pops out, usually hanging upside down, LoL! What is it with that? Is the killer psychic or something? He knows beforehand which doors the girl will open and hangs the corpses there? That is my #1 pet-peeve about horror flicks.
#2: Cell phones will never…and I do mean NEVER be picking up a signal when they’re needed the most.
#3: The police arrive three seconds after the killer has finally been dispatched.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I like the fact that the killer/monster can get ANYwhere, instantaneously. Really makes me feel scared to know that after I slam the door on the killer, run down the hall, down the stairs, and open the front door, BAM! There he is again.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I like how in some horror movies the chick is always just coming out of the shower when she hears something, and goes looking for it. When it turns out to be a killer he stabs her in the chest like, 40times, but instead of dropping dead after 5, she has to run over to the white curtins and try to get as much blood as possible everywhere on then, and after a minute of rolling around in that, she has to dramatically fall down very slowly.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
oh come on now!!! jamie kennedy said it best in “scream”… gratuitous boob shot!!!!
June 21st, 2008 at 8:49 am
y is it that the young couple are the only two ppl that survive….. in almost every one i seen its pretty much the same. the only good horror movies are 30 days of night, sick, and the cube 2.
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
LMAO at TARANIS post!!!
This is hilarious. I just finished watching One Missed Call and Zombie Strippers… both which had cliches but obviously Zombie Strippers wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. It was a good laugh. I really did like One Missed Call though.
Cliche- There is always a TON of (useless) people/characters in horror flicks. Thats usually a sign that it will suck. Hell,after thet 1st 5 people are offed, that should tell you, get the @#$%^& out of there.
One of the reasons I Love MISERY with Kathy Bates and James Caan is b/c there are really only 2 people and yet it is still creepy and will freak out just about anyone who watches. High Body Count does Not Equal Effective Scary.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Strange noise/glow/sound? Oh no, I better go inspect it in the middle of the night, alone, with my sexy outfit and my untouched makeup job!
July 17th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Reason 2: The Body Count-Yes, this one is a biggie! I noticed in Friday The 13th: Part 5 that in one body count pile up, the girl with the pointiest nipples ends up on top of the pile (naked, of course!), laying on all of the dudes underneath who couldn’t seem to offer anything! She has blood all over her chest.
I have to agree with jfrater’s comments on the movie, Feast (Trailer/Review). It is a black humored movie with a lot of cliches mentioned at the start of this thread. From Dusk Till Dawn might have had the most original bar attack in horror film history, but Feast stands on it’s own with it’s bar attack!
July 26th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
generally…
victims always stick there hands or heads into dark spaces
killers seem to have mastered teleporting
places the lights are always broken
you always hear breathing before something happens
victims dont leave when something bad happens
killers always have some sort of disfigurment
places always have surrounding woods with trees
you never uaualy see the killer on the first killing
victims always find there dead friends
killers never seem to speak properly if they speak atall
places never have any signal
you always end up shouting at the victims for having no common sense.
the scariest thing ive ever watched is an old goosebumps tv show about “rip the cat”… still scares me now.
July 26th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
i love the end where the one or two surviving people give up being scared and attack the killer.
it makes me so happy.
ha
July 26th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
My friend thought “Blaire Witch” was the scariest, most frightening movie ever. I saw it. I kept waiting for it to get scary. It ended. I thought it was dumb. It never got scary for me. The whole thing played like a hoax. Very disappointing.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
what i don’t get is in these movies there is always a point when the main character actually witnesses someone being killed. If the main character was the target which they always are why aren’t they targeted first if they are with another person. In halloween h20 jamie lee curtis boyfriend gets killed when she accidently shoots ll cool j. Why didn’t mike kill her if she was the main target. In scream billy fakes his death and then shoots randy. Why when in both cases he could have killed sidney and set up the whole only survivors thing. In scream 2 she escapes a car crash then goes back to check on the killers identity and her best friend dies. Why? Why not kill sydney first. Jesus christ. And don’t get me started on the number of times this bull happens.
August 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
1. The best thing anybody can do when their friends are being completely massacred is yell the persons name and scream NO as loud as they can without moving.
2. There is always a female bookworm that inexplicably hangs around a whole bunch of jocks and their girlfriends. She is the only one who does not loose her virginity the night of the events, and she ends up defeating the villain.
3. False Alarms. There are two examples of this cliche
A. One of the characters (presumably the one who gets scared the easiest) is always fooled by her friends early on in the movie. The prank is usually faking death but then coming back to life and going Boo.
B. There is a sound in the closet. You approach it cautiously for God knows why and when you open the closet, NOTHING IS INSIDE. the character and the audiance both let out a sigh of releif, and then they casually turn around in a totally over-the-top way and the killer is always there going “RAWWRRRR” or “HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!’
August 24th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I don’t know if someone already put this one but… Why does the girl always have to enter in the dark house alone when the door slowly opens instead of waiting for the police or her friends?!?!
August 24th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
nuttinbutluv (60)I agree. Even when i read it, I had to skip ahead to see what happened. He is so descriptive and detailed. I couldn’t take the suspense.
September 13th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
The killer is never caught
The infamous mirror gag
Joe, what’s up with that?? Women fall, Men do not
September 21st, 2008 at 10:00 pm
blonds (USUALLY NOT ALL) live, they make it. you mostly see the chick with brown hair get her head chopped off or eaten alive.. are they trying to make up for the “blonds are unintelligent” thing?
scary movie #1 serpent and the rainbow
#2 people under the stairs!
September 25th, 2008 at 7:55 am
When I drop my set of keys they always fall right at my feet, since they are heavy enough. But if someone in a horror movie is desperate enough to get into his/her car, he/she will ALWAYS drop the keys and they will misteriously fall far underneath the car, where you can’t possibly access them unless you crawl on the ground.
A bonus in this scene is when the victim does not immediatly identify which one of the set is the car key and has to try a few. Does this happen to anyone? My car keys look completely different from all the others…
October 9th, 2008 at 2:15 am
The fact that a there are always two cops, one older and wiser and the other a rookie detective and guess who always gets killed by the killer while watching over the victim – the rookie detective. Soooo obvious – Prom Night comes to mind because it is more recent. Such a cliched horror movie but what made it was the girls in front of us screaming everytime they got a fright – hehehehe
October 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
1) When the killer gets killed, but pops up one last time for shits and giggles.
2) One person always is a non-believer or skeptic, but he/she usually gets killed first.
3) The person getting possessed always tries their best to convince others everything is OK/wants to stay in the house.
4) The more hedonistic the group of people are, the more violent and sick their deaths will be. [This has been pointed out in past comments, but it bears repeating.]
Don’t get me started on zombie cliches…
And if I watch horror movies, I like the ones that have scenarios that have way more of a probability of happening. Supernatural ones don’t frighten me much at all, even though they are entertaining. The psycho serial killer kinds are scarier.
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
You are amazing!
That is SO true, I just adore your top 5 choices. Obviously, number one is just phenomenal. The characters always want to split up when not only it is absolutely pointless, but it’s clear that by splitting up everybody is going to end up dying. %)
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
The most annoying one for me is when they do something to kill the bad guy and when he falls over, they never check to make sure he’s dead or finish him off! They just assume and he comes back every time
December 28th, 2008 at 5:25 am
The girl always seams to be limping… but you never see her leg get hurt… and the killer is always walking.. and the person is running. but they always catch up. now how do they do that?!
January 6th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Another thing is you can always tell who will die first it will either be the dumb blonde or the black guy.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
It always annoys me when someone sees something vital but witholds the information, then typically gets murdered before being able to tell someone about it, stuttering, etcetera, after 5 minutes of screen time to do so. I mean, just spill the beans!
January 28th, 2009 at 2:45 am
lol..I Love these movies, but I have to say my thought is always…all u have to do is run faster than your friend and why is it…setting the scene..naked girl in the shower hears something scarey soooo lets just grab a towel and go see what it was…LMFAO…not me u gotta find me first….lol Im runnin so fast I got flames shooting out my ass…but great movies
February 4th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
personally…i hate boring deaths…i mean the stabbing..it happens over and over again…we need more variety (wow that sounds so sadistic >.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I am not really sure why this is called 5 reasons that we love cheesy horror movies. Should just be 5 random horror movie cliches. These are less REASONS and more CLICHES. Hell not sure what there is to love about it.
March 28th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
my fav is when someone hears something, goes to look and see the cat/dog so thinks they made the noise. and as soon as they leave the killer steps out of the shadows or kills them as soon as they turn around.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
The mirrored bathroom cabinet…Oh i hate that one!
April 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I would like you all to see the banned nike advert.
only 2 minuits, its a horror one that has many stereo types in.
Please look
April 12th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
i also love it when the girl falls, waits and is like “OMG please don’t hurt me! HELLLP!!! HELLLLLLLP!” and waits until the killer is RIGHT THERE. I mean honestly! And someone ALWAYS falls. ALWAYS.
Wood: I watched the commercial. It was alright…can you explain why it’s so stereotypical??
April 12th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
The mirror bit, the quick cut shots and the killers ability to miss you dispite being in a small room
April 17th, 2009 at 4:02 am
I hate to say it, but the Black character never lives and seems only there to deliver a couple of one-liners before being chopped to bits. This fact was even spoofed in Scary Movie.
April 26th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
if there is a couple, 9 times out of 10 the boyfriend will die and the girlfriend won’t.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:17 am
What’s that noise down in the basement? You stay here and I’ll go down all by myself and I won’t even turn the light on. As if anyone would ever venture into a dark place with only one escape route at a time when there’s a serial killer on the loose.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
you are so right clarkeeee! It is like they go down there knowing they will get killed, but just hoping that that if the killer is down there he will find it in his heart to let him go : )
May 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
there’s almost always a cocky stupid party-guy. and you KNOW he’s dying first, or soon after the first.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
If there’s a token ethnic minority character and they end up with the flashlight or any other light source, they’re next up on the chopping block always.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
them some good reasons!!!!! cliches are what made us come back for more!!
June 20th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I am at work on a freaking Saturday today and I have people looking at me funny because I am laughing out loud at some of these comments, they are brilliant, thanks guys. Shits and giggles…. that one gets me every time.
Watched the ad Wood, I thought it was brilliant!!!! Can’t understand why it would be banned.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
what about when someone is told not to do something, and the douchy character does it anyway and gets blown shot stabbed and what not
August 21st, 2009 at 12:30 am
No one has mentioned this one:
a girl sees something she isn’t supposed to see, and the bad guys rape her cuz they think that’ll keep her quiet.
And idk if it’s just me, but when the slut gets killed, the killer fondles her boobies as he kills her. lmfao!
August 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Special shout to Taye Diggs: the only black guy in a horror film to still be alive at the end(The House on Haunted Hill).
September 18th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Another one is when people are in a bad situation, freinds anc colligeus have already been killed by God knows what, and yet the survivors still feel the need to investigate the sound coming from the corner of the end of the long dark hall. If whatever made the sound killed your friends/colligues, why would’t it kill you? Why?
September 20th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
the killer is always faster than the person running away no matter how slow he is walking or how fast the victim is running.(seen in my bloody valentine near the end when he is hitting all of the lights out.)
September 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
whenever the victims hide they always have to breathe heavily even if they have been there for like 10 minutes
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Jfrater n the commentors on this site rocks! Ever notice how the big breasted blonde and her idiot jock bf or fling or fuck buddy always dies? Rofl.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Just to finish it for YashaMaru (49)
1 2, freddys coming for you.
3 4, better lock your door.
5 6, bring your crusifix. (not that that ever helps..)
7 8, Its to Late
9 10, never sleep again (it can be never wake again)
more to add to the list
1/ In true horror fashion, the cuter and younger the child, the more evil the omen (excuse the pun) expecially the two girls singing that.
2a/ If you do run outside the house and you live in a normal neighbourhood, everyone else on your street is away.
2b/ once the cops show up at the end, everyone and their dog is miraculously back from holiday, out in the street
3/ You never kill them enough, everyones said it but they always get up, try fire, try beheading, shoot them somemore for God’s sake!
My favourite moment that illustrates this is in Jeepers Creepers. The two kids run over the bad guy about 3 times and then drive off.
If i was in that situation, I would have kept going until the tank was empty, and made sure to leave the car on top of him. Probably would have gotten out, found anything blunt or sharp and just kept on swinging ’till it was bright. if possible i would have set him on fire. If he was still able to move after that, at least he deserves the kill.
November 8th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
The collector, overall the victim did most of the things you usually scream at the screen, such as WATCH FOR TRAPS, GO OUT THE WINDOW.
the ending is great..