Top 10 Smartest Decisions in Horror Movies
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Horror movies are notorious for characters making stupid decisions that get them and a bunch of people killed, but in these movies we find exceptions where they make really smart and good decisions! WatchMojo presents the top 10 smartest things that horror movie characters have ever done. But what will take the top spot on our list?
00:46 #10. Staring at the Corner in “Blair Witch” (2016)
01:31 #9. Using a Pig in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003)
02:23 #8. Almost Everything Erin Does in “You’re Next” (2011)
03:14 #7. Using a Hanger as a Weapon in “Halloween” (1978)
04:06 #6. Using a Pen to Stab a Hole in Your Throat in “Saw V” (2008)
04:54 #5. The Escape Plan in “10 Cloverfield Lane” (2016)
05:34 #4. Shoot the Bad Guy in the Head to Make Sure in “Scream 2” (1997)
06:25 #3, #2, #1 ???
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Ah ha..so this is the movie that inspired pro wrestling's THE WYATT FAMILY's look for wrestler Erick Rowan,huh??Any WWE fans,here??
I seen all of these flims
I didn't expect the shining to be a number one but in no way am I disappointed. Good job watch mojo, good job
The smartest decisions that SHOULD have made in Horror Movies
Blair Witch: Shouldnt of gone looking for a damn witch
Texas Chainsaw: Everyone should of been strapped, you're in TX
You're Next: Should of been a hoe, wouldnt of had a BF to invite you to dinner
Halloween: Too old to be Trick or Treating
Saw: Should have never took that promotion and stayed in office
10 Cloverfield Lane: Shouldn't have been a young white girl
Scream 2: Should have killed the killer earlier in the movie when they were playing possum in the car
Nightmare on Elm St: Should have #Stayedwoke Niggas found you, and caught you sleeping
The Thing: Should have never went to Alaska #WhereEvenIsThat
The Shining: Should have been black, wouldnt have had to deal with your father chasing you.
what about in grabbing the gas tank in jaws
You're Next seems like an interesting premise. The hunters becoming the hunted, I love this kind of twisted shit.
Let's go in the attic. No the basement! Why can't we just go in the running car? Are you crazy? Let's hide behind the chainsaws
Solution to NOES: Caffeine
Smart kid in The Shining
10 clovefield lane, well the lead character is actually in the wrong here, kind off..
What about Chris from Get Out?
The Thing nice
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The smartest choice to me is always when those girls trip and they actually get back up and keep running instead of crying begging the killer not to kill them.
why does this channel talk about everything
Rick O'Connell's cat
bad decision sometimes make a horror movie better
I disagree. Ellen Ripely's escape from the alien. the scene where gets into a space suit and then gets a harpoon like weapon to shot off the alien and she uses the rockets to set the alien on fire.
Hmmm…how about keeping away from everyone, from Cabin Fever? That one asshole who basically got away from the group and hid in a cave for most of the movie and managed to survive the infection…only to get killed by government agents at the end.
Or there's the female MC from Friday the 13th Part 2 who made herself look somewhat similar to Jason's mother to (temporarily) get him to stop and almost killing him, or young Tommy Jarvis distracting Jason with his make-up skills and such to make himself look like a young Jason, distracting him?
Green Room should be in here. The characters made some great decisions there.
And what about Ripley in Alien ?
blair witch is like slendermen
i don't get it. why do horror film directors often name they're main character Erin. Why.
Smart decisions in horror movies? Those actual exist? Woah.
What about Giny pretending to be Jason's mom in FridayThe13th part 2?, she took advantage of knowing the legend of Jason to outsmart him
Not exactly a horror movie, but Miller's Crossing's Johnny Caspar tries to teach all of his guys to "always put one in the brain", that could've ended a lot of horror movies early.
I knew that The Shining would be here before i watched
The name of the movie Get Out
When Jim had to save the girls in 28 Days Later
Wait… good decisions have been made in horror movies?
Probably not on here because it's very recent movie, but the cotton in the ears from Get Out was fantastic!!!! Also extremely symbolic, which makes it even more iconic.
Here's Johnny
I think the get out scene where he puts cotton in his ears was pretty clever
I'd do anything to see Jackie Chan in a horror movie
they should make more of these
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That like-dislike ratio is making Watchmojo relive its glory days
Why is burning the book in Misery a smart decision? It makes Annie mad so it's a bad decision
If I'm ever in a horror movie, I want to be named Erin.
It feels good seeing people NOT act like dumbasses in horror movies.