10 Things In Horror Movies That Just Aren't Scary Anymore
5. Let's Split Up
Scooby Doo can be blamed for this one and it's clearly negative effect upon movie characters.
Never in any tense or scary situation does it make sense to be alone, so why is it that so many movies feature characters not immediately ridiculed and shut down for suggesting that in the event of a wild murderer on the loose that the best thing to do is to bumble off in separate directions?
From a movie standpoint the reasoning behind it is understandable; its a lot easier to build tension and allow the viewer to sympathise with a character who is trapped by themselves with nobody around to help should they be pestered by a ghost or hacked to death by a man in a hockey mask.
In fact, it's often a tedious source of confrontation within the movie itself with character A trying to convince character B of the existence of the paranormal whilst all the while refusing to spend any time investigating together leaving themselves open to countless 'If only you'd seen what I've seen' debates.