Horror cliches which piss you off

heres my top 3

Number 1 - they rarely attempt to put lights on and if they investigate something its usually at night

Number 2 - sound does NOT travel...there can be all sorts of noisy mayhem happening in an apartment or house but neighbours do nothing to complain

Number 3 - this is a modern one - there is always some poor reason why mobile phones or normal landlines dont work

Here's one- the very second the killer leaves the room they come out of hiding.

Going straight to blood and chainsaws.

Remakes.

They find an old creepy house and decide.. to investigte it!

Mobile phones do not work)

OH! If there is a couple having sex or a topless girl, you know they are about to be slaughtered.

good ideas guys

for me nr 4 - blood left for ages NEVER turns black or even darkens - its always nice cherry red

nr 5 - the more cheesy the movie the further away from red blood can be!

nr 6 - monsters with limited intelligence know just how to stay that little bit out of view so you just cant quite see them or catch them

nr 7 - villages are full of weirdos and psychos wary of cityfolk who "dont understand their ways"- LOL that ones the truth IRL

03. The unreasonable speed in which the killer (who doesn't speed up any faster than speed walking) catches up to the intended victim, who is sprinting, by the way.

02. People who try and understand why the killer does what he does. I guess it makes sense in this day and age, but really, he massacured the entire summer camp?

01. African-Americans are still nine times out of ten likley to be the first ones to die. It's goddammed 2012! I expect this in the early '70's.

01. African-Americans are still nine times out of ten likley to be the first ones to die. It's goddammed 2012! I expect this in the early '70's.

lol, and arabs are always the terrorists

- mostly some teenagers or colleagues gathering at the middle of nowhere .
- whenever they pick up the cellphone , the has to be no reception .
- the guy & the girl who survives always has to fall in love .

I do not like the typical scenes
1) Kill the dumbest male or stronger
2) telegraphing what will happen}
3) give up to three chances to kill a victim is boring

I like tampons only acban remakes of past damage a good movie and more when they take the special effects as part of the implied warranty of success

the terrorist is exciting but lacks content area over amuchas movies, just see the title you know what will happen

Mine is the whole "Oh yeah, some family was violently murdered in this house, but lets move in anyways" haha

one of our friends has been missing for like over a day and no one notices they're gone.

@Sophie

Sinister somehow managed to pull that one off quite neatly

1. Attempting to remake a dead series.
2. No phone service.
3. Investigating the noise.
4. Ethnics dying first.
5. Pop up scares.
6. Finding the dead body of the missing house pet.
7. The fact of the killer always catching up even though he is walking.
8. People tripping over nothing.
9. Running to a inescapable place to hide.
10. Going too in depth on the villains past.
11. Oh yes explaining the rules on how to kill a zombie! WE KNOW!
12. The fact that with endless zombie movies the characters always take their time figuring out that it has to be headshots...

None.
Love everything anout an Horror movie yes even if it's cliché, already seen and all.

Having just seem Mama which is a recommended horror flick it does have one stupid bit - the helpful librarian/assistant who conveniently just happens to know a lot about the threat/killer...and kids ALWAYS draw on the walls!

Agree with the last point you made, hate when they add a bunch of stupid backstory like that's gonna make it more interesting, when it really just ruins the atmosphere. What about nothing is scarier do filmmakers not understand? Less is more!

Also:
-constant screaming
-pointless romance- not just the sex but survivors will fall in love? Why? Like Nada S said.

badly timed and predictable jumpscares...jumpscares are the fuel of horror films when done right with OTHER factors they elevate the film

twist endings handled badly - twist endings much like the found footage sub-genre are almost exclusive to the horror genre but when handled wrong they become a mess or laughable

mind-fucking - can be overused and spoil a perfectly good/great film Perfect Blue is the best example of this - a great movie but the switching between whats real and could be real just ends up getting on your nerves at the end