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- DeviantDragon, on 06/17/2009, -0/+28Creepy music isn't just a cliche. I'd argue it's a necessity. A lot of suspense in horror films is contributed by the music along. Sub it out for something like Hannah Montana and it wouldn't be the same.
- Noctem, on 06/17/2009, -1/+22Why was Shaun of the Dead mentioned in this list at all?
Horror cliches were the entire point of the film ... - brokeswagen, on 06/17/2009, -0/+17You can't forget the boobies and the "popular but a dick... guy" who always turns out to be a puss.
- BoneheadFarker, on 06/17/2009, -0/+13That is correct. But after the first movie, Jason was stabbed with a machete, had an ax embedded in his head, repeatedly hacked with another machete, drowned by being chained to a boulder at the bottom a lake, drowned again in the same lake, melted by acid and reduced to nothing but bits of fabric, stabbed with a mystical dagger and dragged to hell, frozen solid, blown out an airlock, drowned again in the same lake by Freddy Krueger (but supposedly winning the battle between the two), and finally hacked to pieces by a machete...again. And yet he still manages to make movies...
- ghatid, on 06/17/2009, -1/+12But kids are creepy...
The other day, I was helping my friend move and we were carrying his mattress (it was a Sunday morning so no one was around). Suddenly, there was a little Korean girl standing in the middle of the hall way staring at us (she was dressed up, presumably to go to church) and not moving...It was pretty creepy...
Also, when I went to the Queen Mary (the big boat in Long Beach, CA which is supposed to be haunted) there are really long hallways. Again, there was a little kid all dressed up standing in the hallway staring at us. God damn it! Why must people always dress up their kids! Tell them to not be so creepy! - crzyeights, on 06/17/2009, -1/+12What happened to nudity? Not sex, just nudity...The chick who shows her ***** usually dies.
- Bloodwine, on 06/17/2009, -0/+7Japanese Horror movies have taken creepy kids to a whole new level.
- MalReever, on 06/17/2009, -0/+7Were you trying to quote Mitch Hedberg? You FAILED
- pitdog, on 06/17/2009, -0/+7Undead cliches.
- robbiev80, on 06/17/2009, -0/+6If you're the only black guy in a horror film...watch out! :D
- stlb1090, on 06/17/2009, -3/+9The example for #1 is wrong. Jason wasn't the killer in Friday the 13th. His mother Pamela, who was the killer, had her head cut off and is in fact DEAD!
- timothiuz, on 06/17/2009, -0/+5So true
- defectDS, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4Japanese kids take horror to a whole new level.
- bennjammin, on 06/17/2009, -4/+8What a horrible article.
- 2uantuM, on 06/17/2009, -1/+5Hannah Montana would probably be creepier. Great idea.
- JDanner3, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3Dugg for The Demonic, Fast-Moving Head that serves no other purpose than to make the viewer say, “What the hell?
This is so true, I always say that. - Bloodwine, on 06/17/2009, -1/+4I think #3 is changing these days. If you have a mostly white cast and a black guy in a modern horror movie, then the black guy stands the best odds of being the survivor. Same for women.
I want to see a horror movie where the ***** jerk is the lone survivor and is not thankful for his blessed fate. That'd be a twist (and probably closer to reality). - Bloodwine, on 06/17/2009, -1/+4I think the first Resident Evil is a good movie. I think it would've been much better, though, if they would've used more subtle, eerie music rather than blast out the metal guitars. The overbearing metal guitars really ruined some of the more suspenseful, scary scenes.
- garywoo, on 06/17/2009, -1/+3What, no Wilhelm Scream? Buried.
- mywhitenoise, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2It's really the ONLY necessity on the list.
- ebcreasoner, on 06/17/2009, -1/+3That's 'cause he is Jason Texas Ranger.
- raza7370, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2it is nice pic............
- Bloodwine, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2That was covered by #6, "The Stupid, Clumsy Girl".
- aaronoog, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2I just saw a movie called Suicide Club. It's a got mass suicides set to pop music made by 12-year-old girls. The key is contrast.
- KissTheRing, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1No, the movie was a parody of zombie movies. I wouldn't even call it a horror movie.
- Bloodwine, on 06/17/2009, -1/+2They forgot to mention Geographic Isolation. No help is coming. Nobody knows what is going on. You and your small group of friends are all alone.
As seen in:
Alien
Descent
Evil Dead
John Carpenter's The Thing - digitalArtform, on 06/17/2009, -2/+3They are soooo right about the music! omg! When will they stop using creepy music in creepy movies?
- detcade, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1try Bowling for Columbine
- momedefome, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1No *****???? that's horror cliche #1always show at least 1 pair of ***** per movie
- detcade, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1They forgot the best one: The "Laying down on a bed/couch, pause, look up, something horrible on the ceiling accompanied by screaming or a burst of horror music"
- rhoonah, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1yeah, one could say that is a horror flick because it sure isn't reality.
- digitalArtform, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1Well, I would have said 'Build Me Up Buttercup,' but you are on the right track.
:D - Minapan, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1no mention of the shower scene cliche? weird!
- Minapan, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1the music is supposed to set atmosphere, wtf are they supposed to use when a killer comes after you? Here comes the sun by the beatles? wait that would be cool!
- theholotrope, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1I'm sick of seeing chanting children in every preview. They're not scary anymore.
- Sinn3r, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1I don't care when the black guy dies but the ***** car that won't start all of a sudden should be banned from every future movie.
- Zirdante, on 06/17/2009, -1/+1A better way to show the effect of music, is to watch a horror movie muted, suddenly its not so scary afterall.
- tradeplumbing, on 08/17/2009, -0/+0They missed the " Fear - Shock - Relief - Dead" cliche lol
The soon to be victim goes to investigate, hears a strange noise, spins around to find a cat hissing at him, smiles with relief, turns around *SPLAT*
right into the killers' axe/knife/machete/claw.
Seen in way too many movies to list. - rhoonah, on 06/17/2009, -0/+0They may certainly be effective but they are cliches nonetheless.
- icanhasgossip16, on 06/21/2009, -0/+0It wasn't a horror flim it was like the scary movie movies in my personal opinion
- rhoonah, on 06/17/2009, -0/+0that isn't just a horror flick cliche but any movie where the bad guy is chasing the good guy/gal
- icanhasgossip16, on 06/21/2009, -0/+0Don't we all? And the truly demented laugh
- icanhasgossip16, on 06/21/2009, -0/+0It won't watch The Graveyard I think all of the cliche`s are in it and then some.
- icanhasgossip16, on 06/21/2009, -0/+0I'll admit I love horror movies as much as the next teenager but come on you should know by now that you don't run up the stairs try to find the keys to your car. We all remember "The Rules" Randy said in the first Scream. And if you don't here's the reminder:
There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie. For instance, number one: you can never have sex.
BIG NO NO! BIG NO NO! Sex equals death, okay? Number two: you can never drink or do drugs.
The sin factor! It's a sin. It's an extension of number one. And number three: never, ever, ever under any circumstances say, "I'll be right back." Because you won't be back.
See, you push the laws and you end up dead. Okay, I'll see you in the kitchen with a knife. - mrpunman, on 06/18/2009, -1/+1FTA
"12. Creepy Music
As Seen In: Jaws, Halloween, Friday the 13th"
Jaws is a horror movie? - icanhasgossip16, on 06/21/2009, -0/+0I think it would be concidered one but honestly the book is scarier than the movie
- Disclaimer, on 06/17/2009, -2/+1Dead.
- thetenthlisten, on 06/17/2009, -3/+21 Digg Cliche that won't die
Top (insert number here) lists - eraofk00l, on 06/17/2009, -4/+3They forgot: The victim, that the killer is chasing, always climbs the stairs to higher altitude and gets themselves stuck.
- ihatediggcom, on 06/17/2009, -2/+1This article is stupid. Cliches are a bad thing in movies right? And so it would seem that the author agrees since the title is"20 Horror Clichés That Will Not Die". Which basically means 20 cliches that wont die but should. And then the author says
"For the horror nut, these make the film that much more enjoyable, simply because you know *****’s going to go down within seconds of spotting one (or several)"
WTF!!! -
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