20 Things Horror Movies NEED To Stop Doing

Is there a cliche as laughably generic as the mid-film exposition dump to explain whatever the hell is happening to the protagonist?

This typically materialises by one of two ways - the hero Googles the scary phenomenon in question and gets the name of a demonic entity, or they enlist the help of an apparent expert who lays out the rules for dealing with this thing.

Now in fairness, many of us probably would turn to Google if our house started manifesting some Deeply Weird S**t, but it's not exactly the most creative or compelling way to convey information in a visual medium like cinema, is it?

But so many films that listlessly drop a pile of information in the audience's lap would be better off explaining less or perhaps even explaining nothing at all.

Take Oz Perkins' recent movies Longlegs and Keeper, both of which would've probably benefitted from straining less to bring viewers up to speed and just let them bathe in the vibes instead.

Here's a fun question - how long will it be before we see someone use ChatGPT to research spooky stuff in a 2026 horror movie?