The original post: /r/movies by /u/Mel_Winchester on 2024-12-29 20:47:35.

I like to watch horror movies and there is a trope that is really starting to irk me. It seems in nearly every one of them there is someone or someones who are told to do a simple and straightforward thing. Eg: “Get into the car” when there is something obviously dangerous coming towards them or “Stay inside and don’t leave” because there is a danger outside. Then the character(s) IMMEDIATELY ignore the directive and get other people killed or injured… Why do they make the characters so freaking dense?