By Evan E. Lambert Updated October 4, 2024

Scream (1996) / Dimension

By Evan E. Lambert Updated October 4, 2024

Scream (1996) / Dimension

We’ve zeroed in on some horror clichés that cheapen the genre.

October is here, which means that it’s temporarily not “antisocial” to stay inside and watch horror movies on Saturday nights. It’s also the time of year when Thought Catalog celebrates everything that makes horror movies great, from jump scares to final girls to the Babadook’s unofficial queerness. That said, we horror fans don’t have to love everything that the horror gods bless us with, and after over a century of horror, we’ve zeroed in on some clichés that cheapen the genre. Perhaps it’s time to take a butcher knife or chainsaw or claw glove to these six overused horror movie tropes.