11 Smartest Decisions In Found Footage Horror Movies

While watching haunted house movie, it's hard not to ask the age-old question that's baffled filmgoers for years - "Why don't they just leave?" If a building contains poltergeists that tosses furniture around and sucks children into televisions, there's no logical explanation why the homeowners would remain there.

This plothole is often addressed while discussing Paranormal Activity, since Micah and Katie stay in their haunted home, long after the entity attacks them.

To be fair, it's established the spirit will follow the couple if they leave, since it's tethered to them. But it doesn't change the fact Micah takes no precautions against the vengeful being, and constantly antagonises it.

Which is why it's reassuring to see psychic, Dr. Fredrichs, react to the ghost in a sensible manner. When he arrives in the house, he gives Micah and Katie some advice to help them. When he returns days later, Fredrichs recognises the paranormal power "certainly doesn't like that I'm here". Realising his presence is aggravating the ghost, Fredrichs skedaddles.

Running away may seem cowardly, but Fredrichs' actions kept him alive. If Katie and Micah packed up and left immediately after they noticed spooky phenomena in their home, they wouldn't have suffered their grisly fate.