“If the stakes don’t feel real, the horror just turns into a comedy.”

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"Yea, I dislike it whenever the person asking for help focuses on the wrong information. 'You gotta believe me, starts talking about their supernatural powers' — sounds really dumb."

"'…I’ll go with the kind dorky virgin, who's recently lived through personal tragedy.

You can go with the arrogant trust-fund jock that bullies everyone.'"

"And then as soon as they hear an unidentifiable noise, the batteries run out."

"I hate when they use a flashlight while trying to escape a killer. 'Here I am! Here I am!!'"

"I especially hate this one when it's obvious the drawings have been made by an adult trying to emulate how a child draws, it's always so obvious."

"You've got a bit of Bobby's brains on your lip, let me kiss it off for you."

"The 'plot armour' effect. It's so frustrating when a killer takes out five people in five minutes, but then spends the rest of the movie walking at a snail's pace just to let the main character trip, crawl, and eventually get away. If the stakes don't feel real, the horror just turns into a comedy."

"Don't worry about your friends whose bodies are strewn all around the pool area, or the one that’s splattered on the rocks below, we’ll hose that mess off tomorrow and have a nice bbq."

"In the middle of nowhere where I have ZERO cell service."

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.