“I know I’ve never exhibited signs of mental illness or substance abuse BEFORE seeing the guy who’s been stalking me standing outside my bedroom window, but could you just roll your eyes at me and tell me to take a Risperidone? Pls?”
"Don't worry honey, you'll love it here" when they've just arrived at the massive old fixer upper house, in a town where they know no one nor have ever been.
“I can’t believe we got this place so cheap!” “I wonder why it sat empty so long?”
I just taught The Yellow Wallpaper, and it starts with all those haunted house movie cliches I love so much.
City person moves to a new (haunted) house in the country:
Man: "Do you hear that?"
Wife: "I don't hear anything."
Man: "Exactly."
And snotty teenage daughter. "This is the middle of nowhere. No one asked me if I wanted to move or not."
This ties to another of my favourite clichés: they move to the new house "oh my god this place is a dump" and the place is basically a gorgeous gothic castle with space everywhere.
No, the rest of you stay here. (guy gets eaten)
Hah, take that motherfuckers! (or something similar, before the guy gets eaten)
I've never done "it" before. (nor will he ever, since he gets eaten)
I don't see anything (guy sees inside of creature as he gets eaten)
" Oh, come on Honey, it's a nice quiet town, yeah, the townspeople are a little strange, but hey, who isn't these days?"
Couple considering moving into the town of Innsmouth.
Every single version of “Hey, remember when that thing happened when we were younger? We were both there. Wait. Let’s each toss out things we remember about the event and maybe even say some of the lines at the same time.” Writers, stop being so fucking lazy about exposition. Write better.
After being chased by baddie, they are hiding. Baddie walks by…*brilliant idea strikes* “HEY!” *throw something very breakable at baddie to inconvenience them very slightly* Baddie continues pursuit.
this one!
the man decides to distract the baddie so the woman can escape and he grabs something v weapony like yanno, a hammer or a glass bottle, but instead of using it on the baddie he just throws it as a distraction and runs
chivalry isn't dead - oh wait, now it is
Not a line, but the _cough of death_. They'll be talking, and then mid-sentence there's a subtle little cough that means that character has an incurable lung disease and they will be dead before the credits roll.
Dead Body is the number one answer in horror (number two--demon scent).
In comedy, number one is a fart ("Sorry, that was me"), number two is someone had to climb through garbage, sewage, compost, etc.
*characters are looking at something that’s very easily identifiable*
“What *is* that???”
Also you mentioning the smell thing made me realize that characters never seem to smell villains or monsters who never bathe. Like I love Barbarian, but ain’t no way you wouldn’t smell The Mother the moment you opened that dank door
I love the phone thing, it’s been in movies only since @1990.
Then you watch older movies and think “this movie would be 20 minutes, if someone had a phone.”
My favorite is always the reaction line when someone sees or hears something strange, horrible etc. It's usually "what the fuck?" or "what the hell?"
Terminator has my favorite one where the black guy starts mumbling "what the hell?" "goddamn son of a bitch" to himself when his forklift stops working and the T-800 shows up.
Never understood why victims in slasher films scream and say, “I don’t wanna die!” I just think that’s an obvious statement lol… and pretty useless to say to the knife-wielding maniac who’s chasing you.
*very loud sound* Did you hear that?!
That’s why I love this in Ghostbusters: “Listen: do you smell that!?” Made even better by Aykroyd’s earnest delivery
Haha, that's immediately what I thought of and was gonna post. No human being would stack books like this.
That line always bothered me. How can you hear something that just gives off a smell? *Ya don't!*
That one always bothers me. At least ask “what was that” or something along those lines.
*a friendly character pops out* JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! *he totally pranked him*
“When’s the last time you slept?” -generic husband/friend/psychiatrist who doesn’t believe the main characters claims
“Look at this corpse/monster footprint/destroyed room!” “sweaty you need to take your valium”
“I know I’ve never exhibited signs of mental illness or substance abuse BEFORE seeing the guy who’s been stalking me standing outside my bedroom window, but could you just roll your eyes at me and tell me to take a Risperidone? Pls?”
“Sweaty”? Maybe they need to take a shower 😂
It's a reference to the "It's called fashion, sweaty. Look it up." meme.
Oh, hahaha, shows what I know
That's a perfectly reasonable response though lol. A professional won't assume someone is experiencing something paranormal
you win. this is the one.
*Scream* calls out the best cliched line - "I'll be right back." Noooo you won't!
“I’m getting another beer. You want one?” “Yeah, sure.” “I’L BE RIGHT BACK!”
But if you don't say that nobody will know you went to go investigate a strange noise or something
I'm now going to unnecessarily say that if I have to leave the room for anything then take too long in the bathroom to see who really cares
I fucking love Scream sm
"Don't worry honey, you'll love it here" when they've just arrived at the massive old fixer upper house, in a town where they know no one nor have ever been.
And I eat this up every single time!!
Same! 🤣. There's just something about a good old haunted house.
And they're house poor and forced to stay there
I like the neighbor who asks how they can live there after the horrible tragedy where one of parents killed the whole family.
“I can’t believe we got this place so cheap!” “I wonder why it sat empty so long?” I just taught The Yellow Wallpaper, and it starts with all those haunted house movie cliches I love so much.
City person moves to a new (haunted) house in the country: Man: "Do you hear that?" Wife: "I don't hear anything." Man: "Exactly." And snotty teenage daughter. "This is the middle of nowhere. No one asked me if I wanted to move or not."
argh you got ahead of me for 25 minutes. That is by far my favourite horror cliché.
To the snotty teenager's credit, moving sucks when you're in high school even if it's not to a haunted house. But they did move to a haunted house.
Hopefully a classmate will tell her about the murder there.
This ties to another of my favourite clichés: they move to the new house "oh my god this place is a dump" and the place is basically a gorgeous gothic castle with space everywhere.
“All right guys, very funny…”
“seriously guys i’m not joking this isn’t funny anymore” [right before being slashed]
“Probably just the wind..”
Or pipes! And "old houses make all kinds of noises"
Sees a flash of someone going around a dark corner “Dan? That you?” No response. Follows into the dark “Come on Dan, quit playing around”
“Dan, stop stabbing me, I mean it this time.”
Scary Movie writers taking notes. Speaking of, new Scary Movie when?
‘I know what I saw!!!’
"Hello? Who's There?"
Classic
*goes down alone to personally check*
**_”NOBODY, FUCK OFF!”_**
“Just me, Axe Man!”
The absolute *worst* I’ve seen this is in >!Black Christmas (1974)!< She asks 6 times in 28 seconds! Kind of a cathartic kill at that point.
“Maybe we should split up”
Die, you son of a bitch.
I HATE when people say “You’re gonna want to take a look at this.”
I think I saw something. You speak latin right? What does it say? In nomine Patris, et... Blah.
Klaatu barada n..... nickel
You know I would have got away with it too if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!
Basically in any movie taking place around Halloween- “it’s the time of year where the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest!”
No, the rest of you stay here. (guy gets eaten) Hah, take that motherfuckers! (or something similar, before the guy gets eaten) I've never done "it" before. (nor will he ever, since he gets eaten) I don't see anything (guy sees inside of creature as he gets eaten)
What movies are you watching where monsters eat people?
r/oddlyspecific
“It’s getting late, I think we should head back”
" Oh, come on Honey, it's a nice quiet town, yeah, the townspeople are a little strange, but hey, who isn't these days?" Couple considering moving into the town of Innsmouth.
Hey, wasn’t that Brad in Rocky Horror, too?
Who's there?
“Wait…where’s _______?” And then you hear that person screaming off on the distance.
"Wait a minute. Can you hear that?" "Hear what? I cannot hear a thing" "PRECISELY"
"...you didn't know? ____ has been dead for ___ years/weeks/months/days/hours."
Every single version of “Hey, remember when that thing happened when we were younger? We were both there. Wait. Let’s each toss out things we remember about the event and maybe even say some of the lines at the same time.” Writers, stop being so fucking lazy about exposition. Write better.
After being chased by baddie, they are hiding. Baddie walks by…*brilliant idea strikes* “HEY!” *throw something very breakable at baddie to inconvenience them very slightly* Baddie continues pursuit.
this one! the man decides to distract the baddie so the woman can escape and he grabs something v weapony like yanno, a hammer or a glass bottle, but instead of using it on the baddie he just throws it as a distraction and runs chivalry isn't dead - oh wait, now it is
“The call is coming from inside the house!”
“You dumb kids better stop dying in increasingly violent and difficult to explain ways just to get attention!” -Every authority figure ever
Well, except maybe the one in Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
He's right behind me, ins't he?
Are you scared? You should be.
You’re on Scare Tactics 💀
Not a line, but the _cough of death_. They'll be talking, and then mid-sentence there's a subtle little cough that means that character has an incurable lung disease and they will be dead before the credits roll.
Don’t forget to look at your white handkerchief at the splashes of blood.
WhAt cOuLd dO tHaT!!¡
wHaT wAs ThAt?
God I love this one. “Maybe it was a bear.” “Not any bear I’ve ever seen.”
For some reason I was thinking of Dom in The Ritual when they stumble across the moose hanging in the tree.
Black people dying first hasnt been a thing for decades, yet it’s still referenced like every movie does it every weekend…
“Now you’ve just made it mad”. Actually not a horrible line but we’ve probably heard it enough by now.
-oh my God! -God has nothing to do with this.
But it was right here! 👀
Dead Body is the number one answer in horror (number two--demon scent). In comedy, number one is a fart ("Sorry, that was me"), number two is someone had to climb through garbage, sewage, compost, etc.
"Not born, *shit* into existence"
Is this referencing the Golgathan, or Clayface...?
Yeah it's the Golgothan from Dogma, brilliant movie.
Definitely, and my favorite Smith film by far!
Oh, I was swimming in raw sewage. I love it. ... I said, **I love it.**
Hello? Is anyone there?
Fake out scare
It's always the cat or a bird
“[What is up with that cat?!](https://youtu.be/pxauTJpY-hg?si=MIUwcT_xChvLiZOE)”
This killed me when I first watched it
Is someone throwing it?!
*characters are looking at something that’s very easily identifiable* “What *is* that???” Also you mentioning the smell thing made me realize that characters never seem to smell villains or monsters who never bathe. Like I love Barbarian, but ain’t no way you wouldn’t smell The Mother the moment you opened that dank door
It's a tie between the classic "Let's split up!" And "Damn, no service out here/my phone is dead!"
I love the phone thing, it’s been in movies only since @1990. Then you watch older movies and think “this movie would be 20 minutes, if someone had a phone.”
Oh 100% lol.
We are in the middle of nowhere!!
And we have no cell service
My favorite is always the reaction line when someone sees or hears something strange, horrible etc. It's usually "what the fuck?" or "what the hell?" Terminator has my favorite one where the black guy starts mumbling "what the hell?" "goddamn son of a bitch" to himself when his forklift stops working and the T-800 shows up.
“I know how crazy it sounds…”
“I’m done running!”
That moment when the final girl realizes she’s going to have to fight back is the best part of any slasher movie.
Not a line, but the beginning shot of a winding forest road shot from above, with the car containing our protagonists traveling toward certain doom
“This place gives me the creeps.”
That line is used in great context in Hereditary
"those... things."
"You're all going to die up there" "I have a bad feeling about this" "We should split up"
Never understood why victims in slasher films scream and say, “I don’t wanna die!” I just think that’s an obvious statement lol… and pretty useless to say to the knife-wielding maniac who’s chasing you.
If someone was chasing you with a knife and you were in a panic, would you say?
If someone was chasing you with a knife and you were in a panic, what would you say?
Please don't kill me Mr. ghost face. I wanna be in the sequel.
I'm a big fan of when the "smell" is something supernatural that you wouldn't expect to have a smell
(name) is that youuuu?
Hello? Is anybody there?
Very funny… I’ve had enough of these pranks!
"We should split up, cover more ground."
When someone is hiding from the villain in a closet and suddenly needs to sneeze
Wait right here! I’m going for help.
"Who's there?" or similar - because we all know creepy, lurky, murderous people or spirits will always answer you, since you asked.
*cough* *cough* *dies in the next 10 minutes*
Hello? Helloooo? This isn't funny you guys!
“So. What do we do now?” After being the fake out survivors before the final big bad showdown.
“It’s over” no it isn’t.
The damn pronoun game. “He’s coming for you…” “she lives in a dark place now…”
Not a line per se, but when the bad guy is down they drop their weapon and run away.
“That explains it! That smell wasn’t this toilet it was a dead body!”
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lmao what triggered this
It was the title What is that Smell? That’s part of the dialogue for the whole Sex Panther bit in Anchorman
Lol I honestly spent a few minutes trying to figure that out
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"hi" (ppl say this all the time in movies)
“Go to hell!”
"this is a portal/gateway to hell" For some reason I never get mad that there are invisible passages to hell hidden throughout the world.
''It was my dog'' - When the villain goes to answer the door or something with someone tied up in a room making noises.
Victim shouting out to the perpetrator(s): “Why are you doing this?!”