10 Important Life Lessons Learned From Every Movie Ever

4. Ventilation Systems Make The Best Hiding Places

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Your building has just been taken over by terrorists, and after witnessing one of them murder a colleague, your cry of disbelief has alerted them to your position. There’s only one thing you can do – hide in the ventilation system.

These places are perfect because, despite being located in high-ceilinged rooms without stepladders, they can be accessed in seconds and the slimy foreign terrorists aren’t smart enough to follow. They’ll just fire a few rounds into the vent before they’re distracted by the police.

If you’re in a James Bond film, they’ll be so preoccupied coming up with zingers that they’ll forget about you. After emptying a machine gun into a vent, the villain will say, “I had to ventilate someone” and walk away. 

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'