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The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 4, 2012, 12:47 pm
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Based on the movie Scream
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to see that most have quite a few of the same "scenes" in them.
So, post what scenes you see over and over in the Horror Film
genre. I will get it started:
Skinny Dipping - If the protagonist or victim is out in the
woods or by a lake, this is almost a guarantee.
Running the wrong way - Victim running upstairs instead of out
the front door.
Sex - As Randy said in Scream, as soon as you have sex, you die.
I don't want to post all of them so as not to include what you
see over and over on your end of things. Mac, you should have a
pretty good handle on this topic. All I ask of you is that you
high-lite the scenes in Yellow so that it will be easier to pick
them out of the thread should it get really long.
That's what she said.
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I will also be starting other threads per genre as well. So,
stay tuned.....
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Mac Date: December 4, 2012, 4:02 pm
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Cool... I just read this. I'll get back to it.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Mac Date: December 4, 2012, 6:25 pm
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A couple come to mind. In horror movies, the people that walk
backwards, maybe away from a sound or image, or walk backward
into a room or door without looking first. This NEVER happens in
real life.
Also as black comedians are quick to point out, you white folk
are crazy. When something looks very bad going down, white
people do not run away, they go investigate it further.
And a big one on rom-com's where the male and female lead don't
like each other, but you know by the end of the movie, they will
be a couple. (see and lifetime channel movie) ;D
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 4, 2012, 6:51 pm
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Hiding Under The Bed / In The Closet - If you're under the bed,
you see the slow pacing of the killer's boots walking back and
forth. In the closet you see the silhouette of the killer as the
victim looks through the slats. In both cases, you never see the
killer's face.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Neumatic Date: December 5, 2012, 12:30 am
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This is slowly going to become TVTropes.
You guys saw "The Sleepover," right? This addressed quite a few
tropes about horror stories and urban legends.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 5, 2012, 12:34 am
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Never seen nor heard of it.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 5, 2012, 12:42 am
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The Phone Call - This is where the Killer reveals themselves to
the main character. Granted, this only works with 'Human'
killers. I can't picture Jason or Meyers calling their intended
victims and grunting their way through a conversation and Freddy
Kruger would have problems just dialing with that razor glove
on.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 5, 2012, 12:55 am
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Mommy Issues - Think about it. Most of the Horror flicks revolve
around Mothers (or Parents) and what they did wrong in their own
past that comes back to haunt them later. The horror or crimes
are usually directed at the offspring of said Parents. From
Psycho to Scream to Nightmare On Elm Street, you can blame the
Mother. Hell, in Friday The 13th, it's literally the Mother!!!
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Neumatic Date: December 5, 2012, 1:07 am
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Watch "The Sleepover." It's awesome.
"Detention" had an awesome take off of the phone call by having
the killer text the victim before slashing her-- a second after
she received it.
I feel like the reason we see a lot of the family issues thing
is because the idea that someone became a sick and crazy bastard
because of how terrible the world is just takes too long to set
up. "My mother hit me, so I'll kill you" is much quicker and no
one questions it. Which maybe they should.
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Re: The Horror Genre Cliche Thread
By: Mac Date: December 5, 2012, 6:01 am
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Same here, have not heard of it. I'll check in to it
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