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What is your least favourite horror trope? (hexbear.net)

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One of the things I hate is (usually amateur stuff on YouTube) in which the person is getting overly scared even when it makes no sense.

Like they'll over act and start hyperventilating at a leaf and saying shit like "Oh my god what is that?!?!?! WHAT IS THAT?!?!" at like...a thud in the distance.

YouTube and Ghost Hunting shows seem to be the worst offender.

Another trope I hate is a horror game one but it's somewhat related; I hate it when the game tells you when to be scared by having a "sanity" effect or by the player character gasp or scream or whatever. Worst is if they have some kind of heartbeat sound effect that plays when you're supposed to be spooked.

But yeah, if a character starts saying shit like "WhAt ThE FuCk WaS ThAt?!" then I just get more annoyed than scared.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No it's a recurring theme in horror to the point there's horror movies deliberately dunking on the trope. Off the top of my head:

Always Shine (2016)
Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Hereditary (2018)

(Although Hereditary is more about avoiding it by having the protagonist be a middle aged woman). There's also the Weinstein shit, too. Hire young actresses, then tell them to get naked or they're fired. But of course we have a Madonna-whore complex, so usually those young actresses can only get smut roles as long as they're young and attractive, which further reduces their ability to get serious roles. A lot of experienced actresses have talked about the problem, especially during Me Too (before then as well, just not taken seriously).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

IIRC this is the case with the original Hellraiser as well.