# Have I Learned Nothing from Horror Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 21, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015 "2024-10-21T08:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/21 "2024-10-21T22:24:57Z")
A few years ago, I went to a Burger King at about 11 p.m. As I was ordering, a full tibetan monk came in, with the requisite staff and bells. I moved away quickly before he gave me a quest. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/22 "2024-10-21T22:31:58Z")
Last year I was spending the weekend at an Airbnb in Seattle’s Pioneer Square(which is both a tourist destination AND extremely seedy, with a large homeless population and all of the problems that come with it) so I could attend some back-to-back AEW shows. After the show I took the light rail to the next stop after mine so I could eat at a nearby restaurant I’d been wanting to try. After I ate, I figured I could just walk back to the Airbnb, so I pulled up Google Maps for directions - and it told me to walk down an unlit back alley for four blocks. Having seen my share of Batman reboots, I took 2nd ave. instead. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/23 "2024-10-21T22:38:35Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > When I’m leaving a group, I always say “I’ll be right back!” > > So far, I always have. _Right_ back, my ass. You have any idea how long we were waiting for you?..& how come we never see you & the killer on screen at the same time??? 😯 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/24 "2024-10-22T01:52:23Z")
I’m not the killer. That’s crazy talk. Um…it couldn’t be me. Believe me. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/25 "2024-10-22T05:27:13Z")
What a wimp, weren’t you paying attention? Batman always rescues the potential victim! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/26 "2024-10-22T05:29:06Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Batman always rescues the potential victim! Tell that to Thomas and Martha. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/27 "2024-10-22T05:33:26Z")
Ah but Bruce wasn’t Batman back then! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/28 "2024-10-22T05:36:44Z")
Well, in any event, our resident superhero had to retire after he got caught selling molly, so I’m not exactly counting on him to spring to the rescue. > **[Real-life superhero 'Phoenix Jones' in super trouble, facing drug charges](https://komonews.com/news/local/real-life-superhero-phoenix-jones-in-super-trouble-facing-drug-charges?ICID=ref_fark)** > > SEATTLE (KOMO) - A local 'superhero' known in the past for serving justice and helping the police combat crime in downtown Seattle is now in super trouble with the law. Benjamin John Fodor, known by his superhero name "Phoenix Jones," faces multiple... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/29 "2024-10-22T05:56:46Z")
> **[The Lift (1983) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087622/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_de%2520lift)** > > 1h 35m | R My go-to source for elevator gore. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/30 "2024-10-22T06:01:51Z")
Nernernernernernernerner… Crackman! Ok so it doesn’t quite work. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/31 "2024-10-22T06:16:34Z")
> [@Moonrise](#): > > A few days ago, I was walking towards the elevator, and its doors opened while I was still about 8 feet away. I fully expected someone to step out of it, but nope, it was empty. So, I did the obvious thing, walk right in. > > Only when I reached my office did I realize that, had I been in a horror movie, it would have been the obvious setup for some gory trap. > > Needless to say, I’m still alive (I think), but I’ll be taking the stairs from now on. I was going to mention the Dutch film _The Lift_ (1983) but I see @The_Librarian beat me to it. As for personal anecdotes, I generally hate elevators. The idea of being trapped in a stalled elevator is the stuff of nightmares. I once had to visit a medical lab several times in an old building with a creaky old elevator. I managed it the first time, though I took the stairs down. But on the second visit, I got into the elevator and more and more people crowded in until the little cage was stuffed with bodies. I got the hell out and took the stairs up to wherever I needed to go. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/32 "2024-10-22T06:45:31Z")
I was thinking about [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lift), but in general, electronic devices malfunctioning in a gruesomely deadly fashion are a staple of horror movies. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/33 "2024-10-22T06:45:52Z")
And I should have read the whole thread first… ---
**Author:** ![Everlong88](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/everlong88/32/17800_2.png) [@Everlong88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Everlong88)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/34 "2024-10-22T06:48:17Z")
I almost fell for the oldest trick in the book and went to bed tonight in my bed but then I remembered Deathbed!! [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhsPP06-mA&pp=ygUQZGVhdGhiZWQgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhsPP06-mA&pp=ygUQZGVhdGhiZWQgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D) Nice try, I’m so very tired though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/35 "2024-10-22T11:02:24Z")
One thing I’ve learned is that when you’re running away from a bad person, you should NEVER look back over your shoulder while running. Never! You don’t need to know how close the baddie is - you just need to get to a safe place. So what if you end up running farther than you need to - it beats tripping or running into something as you make your escape. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/36 "2024-10-22T16:41:05Z")
Frequently, in these movies, you’ll see a closeup of running female feet (probably in — sheesh — high heels) with a cut to an obviously male pair of feet chasing her, mostly at strolling speed, sometimes in slooooow motion (builds the fear 🙄). Cut back and forth a couple times to make the film reach 85 minutes and the girl will turn a corner and he’ll be _right there_ to slice her up. Did she run in circles? Was physics jettisoned? Do you care? Only you know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/37 "2024-10-23T05:02:20Z")
Well, if it’s happening in a forest, people do often go in circles. Forest or city, he knows all trails/alleys, so of course he can catch her just when she thinks she’s safe! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/38 "2024-10-23T05:18:09Z")
Mia Farrow who was blind in _See No Evil,_ where the killer’s face isn’t shown; just his boots; which have stars on them. Plus, unlike blind Audrey Hepburn who was in her own familiar apartment, Mia is stumbling around out in the countryside ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/39 "2024-10-24T12:35:45Z")
When I get in my car, I always check the back seat for masked killers and evil clowns that might pop up and cut my throat after I’ve started cruising down the road. Actually, this is one of the dumbest cliches, and I don’t see it being used anymore. It might’ve made some sense back in, say, the 1950s, when cars were big friggin’ tubs. But the only way someone could jam himself in behind the front seat and not be seen would be if they were REALLY short. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015/40 "2024-10-24T15:11:36Z")
At least a half dozen times I’ve found a hook stuck in my car door, and yet I still park down by the insane asylum whenever my wife and I want to make out in the car. I’ll never learn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-learned-nothing-from-horror-movies/1009015.md?page=3)