10 Most Bizarre Horror Stereotypes
6. Summonings That Backfire
You'd think that if you're going to go to the lengths to do some sort of summoning or reach out to the dead, you'd be prepared for what may come of that.
If you're in a horror movie, seemingly not.
You can pick pretty much any horror flick based around a Ouija board, some ancient ritual or an eerie incantation, and it's guaranteed that the people involved in these acts are ridiculously under prepared when they inevitably get what they've asked for.
As soon as one even starts to contemplate the idea of doing something that will connect them to the dead or to another world, there has to be some consideration given to, y'know, what will happen if what you're doing works. Instead, many an idiot has been left in a state of shock and panic at their summoning or attempted contact actually giving them their supposedly desired results.
It's very much a "be careful what you wish for" point being made here, but it's something that has been so overplayed and overdone in so many movies for decades now that you have zero sympathy for any of those involved in such happenings.