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People continue to stay in a cabin in the woods or an obviously haunted house long after weird stuff starts to happen.
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Kids say creepy as heck things and their parents are just like, "LOL, okay."
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People hear an odd noise and say, "Oh, it's probably just the wind!"
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Or worse, those same people proceed to "investigate" said sound, alone.
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People constantly answer doors late at night when people knock?! Who knocks anymore?!
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And, on that note, those are always the same people who answer their phone late at night when they're not expecting a call?!
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People allow inexplicably creepy dolls to live rent-free in their house.
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People are always reading from old, skin-wrapped books written in dead languages that seem incredibly questionable.
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People completely ignore every awful thing going on around them to stop and have sex, no matter how terrible an idea it seems.
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People limply hold a weapon in their hands while sobbing, instead of — oh, I don't know — running away?!
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People run up the stairs when the front door is only, like, three feet away from them.
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Or, people forget how to move like a normal human being when they finally decide to run out of the front door.
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And, when people finally get outside, they run straight to their car without their keys like an idiot.*
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People yell for help during moments when they should definitely be quiet for their own safety.
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And, when people DO finally get help in the form of the authorities — they're almost always completely useless.
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People trip over thin air as the killer is mere feet behind them.
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Or worse, people trip, fall, then decide to just CRAWL the rest of the way instead of getting up and running more?!
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People corner themselves for absolutely no reason by hiding under a bed or in a closet.
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And — last, but certainly not least — people suggesting that everyone "split up," which makes zero sense.
Which horror movie cliché did I miss? Which genre trope is your least favorite? Share in the comments below!
