5 Obstacles We Can No Longer Accept In Horror Movies

3. I Don't Have Reception!

Elevator No. No. Just stop it. Stop the madness with the cellphones losing reception. I think it's been eight years since my cellphone lost reception and that's only because I've only had a cellphone for eight years. I've been all over the east and west coasts and have driven across the country without losing service. If you pull up an image of any plan's reception map, you'll see big clusters in the west where there is no reception. Unless every horror movie to have ever been made takes place in those specific areas, the fact that cell phone reception is always lost is suspect. Even then, what's stopping a person from driving until they do have reception? Everyone just seems to accept the fact that they have no reception. With a generation that lives on their phones, I would think that when a teen loses reception, they would turn into a mumbling, shaking mass and start freaking out. Oh, and as a bonus add-on to this entry, no teen would let their phone battery die. Sitting in a dark cabin with no flashlight, a teen would probably chop open the axe murderer in a vain attempt to see if they can charge their phone on a still beating heart.
 
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I am a college graduate of Penn State with two bachelors in the arts. When I'm not writing or performing, I am an SFX make-up artist for local up and coming films in the Houston area. I love horror movies, James Spader, and will watch anything suggested to me.