Solesky1 t1_ja2nkb4 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:28 AM

Bad horror movies and schlocky so-bad-they're-good horror movies might follow this trope, but generally good horror movies won't do this.

But also, people in real life are stupid enough to be some of the dumb things characters in movies don't.

This post made me think of that GEICO commercial. "Why can't we just get in the running car?" "No, head for the cemetery!"

geo_gan OP t1_ja2p590 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:48 AM

Well I don’t know that commercial, maybe only American one, but yes the best horror do not make characters do stupid things to make audience scream at the screen watching them.