10 Horror Movie Characters Who Totally NOPED OUT

2. Dr. Fredrichs - Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity
Paramount

One of the most common tropes of supernatural horror movies is the eventual arrival of The Expert - the priest, medium, psychic, demonologist, what have you - who explains the situation to the heroes and typically helps them vanquish the malevolent presence.

But Paranormal Activity hilariously subverts this, as early on we're introduced to psychic Dr. Fredrichs (Mark Fredrichs), who quickly outlines that protagonist Katie (Katie Featherston) is being tormented by a demon.

The demonic incidents become ever-more terrifying into the third act, when Fredrichs makes one final, snappy appearance, returning to Katie and her boyfriend Micah's (Micah Sloat) home to examine the growing demonic aura.

Within seconds of entering the house, though, Fredrichs states that he cannot help them, because as a psychic he's only further aggravating the demon.

Clearly rattled, Fredrichs insists that he has to leave the house immediately, promptly bolting from the scene and leaving Katie and Micah to figure things out for themselves. And uh, we all know how that went.

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