As anyone who watches horror movies knows, part of the thrill is being frightened, but what also gets the heart rate up? Being annoyed at the characters for their atrocious decision-making. It can be infuriating to watch fools find ways to get killed in survivable scenarios. So, today I'm going to lay out some of the most popular horror films, ranked from how easy they'd be to live through to how challenging they'd be to withstand.
WARNING: Spoilers below.
17. Candyman (2021). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 100%
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16. The Ring (2001). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 100%
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15. The Exorcist (1973). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 100%
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14. Child's Play (1988). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 98%
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13. It (1990). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 97%
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12. Dawn of the Dead (1978). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 95%
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11. The Amityville Horror (2005). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 94%
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10. The Babadook (2014). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 93%
HOW I'D SURVIVE:
However, if the Babadook came for me anyway, that's fine. I saw his work as an antagonist and I was not impressed with his performance. He haunted a woman and her child and wound up locked in a basement, so I'm confident that if I did encounter him, I'd hold my own. I'm surviving this movie one way or another, barring a massive upset.
9. Halloween (1978). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 90%
HOW I'D SURVIVE:
No, Google, the other one.
OK, so if he's 6'7", that's a little different. I didn't realize he was THAT towering. With this knowledge, I wouldn't embrace a fight, but I'm still outrunning him or cracking him in the knees. Regardless of height, my point remains the same — Michael Myers is one of the most easily avoidable antagonists on this list, and it shouldn't take 12 (soon to be 13) movies to figure out how to stop him.
8. Us (2019). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 80%
HOW I'D SURVIVE:
...there's a Tethered version of countless others, and they seemed to be viciously working in some degree of unity, as you can see from the human chain they form at the end of the movie. With that in mind, I think I'd have a good shot to take myself out and swap clothes so I could pretend to be him, but this certainly isn't the easiest film to survive.
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 75%
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6. Friday the 13th (1980). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 70%
5. Saw (2004). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 50%
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4. Paranormal Activity (2007). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 25%
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3. It Follows (2014). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 15%
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2. Dawn of the Dead (2004). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 5%
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1. A Quiet Place (2018). CHANCES OF SURVIVAL: 1%
HOW I'D SURVIVE:
As much as I enjoy silence, if a brother can't munch on potato chips or pop his knuckles, what's the point? It's not that I couldn't keep quiet to survive these sound-seeking aliens, it's that I'd probably get tired of tiptoeing around and it'd come back to bite me...and claw me, and whatever other vicious attack these monsters do.