10 Dumbest Decisions In Recent Horror Movies
6. Falling For Noa's Ruse - Fresh
Sebastian Stan's Brendan (or Steve, as he initially goes by) in 2022's Fresh is clearly a man who takes his work as a human butcher seriously.
Stan's insidious antagonist is revealed to have a history of kidnapping young women, before slowly harvesting their bodies over time for his own consumption. A hidden compartment unveils a staggering amount of personal possessions from his previous victims, underlining Brendan's terrifying capabilities and proficiency as a killer.
As such, his decision to let his guard down around his latest victim - Daisy-Edgar Jones' Noa - is about as dumb as they get. The suave cannibal mindlessly relaxes his defenses after Noa feigns in interest in human meat, somehow falling for the notion that a woman he has abducted and abused wishes to become his latest concubine - the film had previously unmasked Brendan's accomplice Anna as one of his former victims, a woman whose leg he devoured before falling in love with her.
Even for smooth talking psychopaths however, lightning rarely strikes in one place twice. As a non-deranged and non-cannibalistic human being, Noa is decidedly not interested in pursuing an Hannibal Lecter-esque romance with her captor. Despite this fairly obvious permutation, Brendan allows Noa to seduce him; she promptly pretends to perform oral sex on him before biting off his bits and making a wild bid for freedom.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.