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dudinax t1_ja2omcb wrote

People doing things incredibly slowly to build up tension is an old and dumb horror trope.

Who open a door an inch at a time when they're scared? You either don't open it at all or you slam it open.

Here's some more: going to the scary place at night. Thunderstorm for no reason.

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geo_gan OP t1_ja2phgu wrote

Look through the holes in wall slowly multiple times, when there is chance psycho is behind it with pitchfork…

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AmusingMusing7 t1_ja3ymc0 wrote

The worst to me is the cliche of “OH! I just heard something right behind me! I better freeze first and then do a dramatic slow turn to gradually reveal what’s behind me while building up the tension!”

Bullshit. Every human being jumps and turns around faster than a scared cat when hearing something behind them, especially if they were already scared.

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