20 Horror Movie Scenes That Make Absolutely No Sense

20. Rec - Why Didn't They Send The Inspector In Without Armed Back-Up?

Plot: A TV news crew find themselves trapped in a quarantined apartment block where a sinister, Rabies-like virus is turning the residents into bloodthirsty zombies. 

Spanish horror flick Rec is one of the greatest found-footage movies ever, one arguably far superior to the more famous examples of The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. It intelligently utilizes this oft-misused format to place the audience right in the centre of a zombie outbreak, while the brilliant jump scares and gnarly gore send it soaring even higher. 

Nonetheless, that's not to say the movie is without its logic issues. Namely, the way the authorities handled the outbreak was questionable to say the least. They started out fine by sealing off the building, but when they sent in a health inspector later on, he was sent in with no armed backup whatsoever. Why?

Sure, such a situation would be an unprecedented scenario for anyone, but even so, surely sending in some firepower with him would've made a lot more sense? An awful lot of deaths, including that of the health inspector, could've been prevented that way.

Ironically enough, 2009's Rec 2, which picks up right where the original left off, does see a SWAT team being sent in, but it was still pretty off that they only sent in armed forces when nearly everyone in the apartment block was already dead.