Top 30 Dumbest Decisions In Horror Movies

it's a story Katie no me and Josh we saw it last weekend welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for choices that were frighteningly bad since some of these decisions have an effect on the plot there is a spoiler alert the animals are contagious the infection is in their blood and saliva number 30 running up the stairs various some stupid Killers doing some big breasted girl who can't act who's always running up the stairs when she should be going out the front door it's insulting when a character is chased by a killer in their own home one common move is to run up the stairs however there are several problems with going up the stairs for instance once she go up you have nowhere to go but down while such activity may be good for cardio it will leave you winded and if you're being chased by someone like Jason or Michael you can't afford to slow down or be out of breath this Trope was famously called out by Sydney Prescott before she had to resort to [Music] it [Music] number 29 robbing a veteran don't breathe do you think the money's in the house I don't know let's go find out a group of Thieves decide to rob a blind veteran who got $300,000 as part of a settlement after losing his daughter in an accident Karma aside what's really stupid about robbing a veteran is that there is a chance that he has a particular set of skills he learned during his service when the idiots eventually break into the Blind Man's house they get a front row seat to that set of skills once the blind man ends up killing money whose idea it was to Rob this house it's hard to feel sorry for the home Invader why'd you bring a gun this is a soldier's house Alex like I'm going to come in here without some Crum number 28 leaving the rifle next to the killer wolf creek yeah this little procedure is called making a head on a stick after after freeing herself Liz is able to shoot serial killer Mick Taylor in the neck causing him to fall to the ground unconscious however she squanders her luck by failing to take advantage of the situation by leaving the rifle near mix's unconscious body when she flees granted the rifle was out of ammunition so Liz was unable to deliver a fatal head shot but she didn't have to make mix's job easier when he regained Consciousness she could have at least dropped the weapon somewhere else or used it to more forcefully to bash mix's head in what do he actually do now I could tell you but then i' have to kill you number 27 Electronics it follows Jay I need you to point at it okay keep your finger aimed at it so we can see where it is what's dumber than a teenager in a horror movie a group of teenagers in a horror movie working out a plan in it follows Jay is haunted by a supernatural entity that can stalk her at any time and kill her to help her get rid of this entity she and her friends come up with a plan where they try to lure The Entity to a pool that Jay is in the middle of which is surrounded at the edges by electronic appliances The Entity catches on quickly to the Trap and tries to use the electronic appliances against a Jay in hindsight this could have been better mapped out J get out of there she's going to get electrocuted number 26 saying candyman's name candyman candyman candyman candyman candyman candyman in the Candyman Universe saying candyman's name five times in front of the mirror summons the hooked figure resulting in you being violently killed by the vengeful Spirit some characters dismiss this urban legend as fiction and try the ritual out of curiosity or because they succumb to peer pressure If if it's true you die but if it's not you get nothing there's no upside to saying candyman's name so it's the world's dumbest risk is it worth getting gutted by Candyman so your peers don't think you're a chicken oh you chicken you have to do it five times number 25 splitting up various well look I think we'll be more productive if we split up okay you know the expression that there's safety in numbers apparently that expression is lost on characters in horror movies whenever there's a group of people that find themselves in a dangerous situation their first instinct is to often split up rather than stick together chances are someone separates from the group to explore a mysterious noise or the whole group separates to cover more ground when they explore an area often times whoever is stalking the group takes advantage of this decision by finishing off members of the group one by one she's right okay you three follow me number 24 opening the puzzle box Hellraiser take it it's yours like Candyman hell Riser is a Clive Barker story where characters needlessly invite trouble by summoning malevolent spirits in the first Hellraiser movie Frank Cotton and his niece Kirsty both open the puzzle box and summon cyes for completely different reasons Frank opens the boxes because he was looking for Pleasures from another plane only to be surpris Ur rised when that meant an eternity of torture meanwhile Kirsty solved the puzzle box because she liked puzzles only to be horrified when that meant an eternity of torture if you like Puzzles a sidoku or a cross word seems like a more sensible alternative than an ominous Cube you opened it we came it's just a puzzle number 23 digging up Jason Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason lives I don't know how you talked me into this Tommy H I must be crazy Obsession can make you do stupid things as a child Tommy Jarvis had a traumatic encounter with Jason Vorhees where he managed to kill the slasher however he was plagued by the feeling that Jason was still alive so he brought a friend with him to dig up Jason's corpse to make sure he was actually dead when they got there Jason was dead but the master murderer was revived because Tommy's exhuming Jason's corpse exposed him to lightning as a result Jason was able to continue his murderous Rampage Jason belongs in hell I'm going to see he gets there number 22 breaking into a home of Supernatural Terrors Annabelle comes home we need another barrier of protection a Holy One agree over the years Ed and Lorraine Warren have collected cursed objects that have disturbing backstories given their reputation anyone who visits their house should know better than to go into the cursed object object's room without their permission however Daniela a teenage friend of the Warren's daughter's babysitter goes in anyway because she wants to contact her dead father and of course if she's dumb enough to go into the room without any safety considerations she's dumb enough to mess with all of the objects including Annabelle if you wanted to talk to your dead father Ed and Lorraine Warren could probably have arranged that sort of thing through a seance or something these kind of things are best left to the professionals what' you do to get in there number 21 going after the dog Dawn of the Dead stop it's hurting him no it's not safe Nicole they're not interested in him I promise look at me they want us okay as an act of Goodwill a group of survivors sent over a dog with supplies to a man stranded in a nearby building however when the plan fell through and the dog appeared to be in trouble one member of the group Nicole the dog's own owner decided to go after the K9 this Reckless act not only resulted in the group losing the safety of their compound against the zombies but also resulted in several members of the group dying now we get that dogs are man's best friend but even the biggest dog person has to admit that this isn't sensible or ethical to let the concerns of one dog endanger one or more human beings plus the zombies didn't even seem to be into the dogs anyway making the whole sacrifice point less as well as dumb number 20 trusting the scary clown IT hi Georgie given the age of Bill's little brother Georgie we'll cut him some slack but still come on how could you think it was a good idea to interact with a clown that's in a storm drain that obviously isn't normal or natural even to the most naive child Georgie also mentions that his parents have warned him not to talk to strangers so he knew better than to talk talk to Pennywise kids at that age are gullible but it is a complete lapse of common sense for Georgie to stick his hand in in the hopes that Pennywise would give that boat back here take it take it geie number 19 upsetting the spirit Paranormal Activity when his girlfriend Katie became possessed by a demon MAA decided to just make things worse any way he could he flippantly documented everything with a camera and wouldn't stop even when Katie asked him to do so no you haven't been having any progress and you're not in control it is in control and if you think you're in control then you're being an idiot among major sacrileges M committed were Consulting a Ouija board which for anyone who's seen The Exorcist is a major no no when it comes to dealing with evil spirits and throwing a cross into a fire his confrontational attitude and unwillingness to be helpful F and supportive eventually led to M's death which at first viewing may have seemed shocking but looking back probably shouldn't have been number 18 being a jerk Midsummer Mark tagged along with his friends to a Swedish Festival that takes place every 90 years rather than treat the locals with respect he acted inconsiderately and urinated on a tree that was sacred to the people celebrating the festival it's a dead tree though it's dead yeah yeah I know but it's important to us I just had to pee I don't know was special this turned out to be a huge mistake as the locals were part of a death cult and they exacted revenge on Mark for his insolence unfortunately for Mark he was too thickheaded to put all the pieces together which led to his [Music] Doom the moral of the story is to always be nice to strangers because you never know if they're actually nut jobs who would skin you alive number 17 throwing the map in the river The Blair Witch Project Mike admitted to committing this horrible act to his fellow film crew after spending days going in circles in the woods it was useless now it's heavily implied in the movie that the Blair Witch has cursed the woods and that was why the three couldn't escape but Mike didn't know that for sure he just assumed the map couldn't lead them out of the woods and chucked it without consulting the others which was incredibly selfish and self-destructive that was useless this was your was useless if Heather or Josh had cut ties with Mike right there and then would anyone have blamed them number 16 playing a practical joke during a zombie apocalypse zombie land during a zombie apocalypse Bill Murray disguises himself as the undead to blend in while that's a clever move muray probably should have thought twice about approaching other survivors in zombie makeup we you mean the group was armed and could easily attack him in self-defense without checking to see whether he was a zombie Bill Murray you're a zombie oh God I'm on fire even after witcha hits him with a golf club Murray unwisely decides to give Columbus a scare and gets shot in the process we suppose a comedian like Bill Murray would probably think that life isn't worth living if you can't pull dangerous pranks during an apocalypse still Garfield should only be his second biggest regret so do you have any regrets Garfield maybe number 15 reading from the book Evil Dead natum deont natum de demonto The Book of the Dead such words may not seem appropriate for someone trying to treat their substance use disorder but in fed Al Vera's supposedly fresh installment on the classic series Eric made the conscious decision to study a flesh bound book which also happens to be written in blood I read a passage from that book it was some sort of prayer I released something David I released something evil spoiler alert Mia soon has more to worry about than drugs though all thanks to Eric and his dimwitted curiosity he's hoping you never find yourself in a situation where you have to choose between natum demonto and illicit substances number 14 running in a straight line Prometheus in this sci-fi horror film a spacecraft that has been crashed into was sent rolling after two people who decided to keep running in the same direction the ship was spinning at any point they could have turned a different direction and avoided the ship like literally any other direction but no they decided to keep going in front of the ship and risk getting crushed in the giant vehicle's path one of the two caught on and did the obvious while the other just whimpered and was crushed rather than apply Common Sense number 13 hoarding what you shouldn't The Return of the Living Dead did you see that movie Night of the Living Dead in this film canisters of toxic gas that could turn cadavers into zombies were stored in the basement of a medical Warehouse to show off Frank took his new employee down to see the toxic gas which supposedly served as the inspiration for KN of the Living Dead hey these things don't leak do they leak hell no these things were made by the US Army Corp of Engineers despite not knowing how stable the canisters were Frank decided to Pat one of them this released toxic gas that started a zombie outbreak if your workplace is full of gas that can cause corpses to turn into zombies maybe you shouldn't disturb them number 12 driving Under the Influence hereditary let's start off by saying that it probably isn't a bright idea to take your kid's sister to a house party this is especially true if she has food allergies and you plan on ditching her to do drugs with your friends however Peter decided to go through with this because he lied to mom about going to a school related activity and she made him take his sister along because of his irresponsibility Peter's sister had an allergic reaction to the food at the party and Peter decided to drive her to the hospital even though he was high he didn't even have the decency to call for an ambulance but we guess it's nothing to lose your head over number 11 having poor security The Cabin in the Woods despite the Brilliance of the narrative itself self this cinematic collaboration from Joss Weeden and Drew Godard has one major flaw that can't be ignored as the orchestrators of a plan to appease the gods watch a contrived narrative unfold Marty and Dana managed to survive the ritualistic Mayhem and find themselves in a secret elevator I think I can get it to go down do we want to go down while it may seem like a tough predicament they managed to pick the lock so to speak thus unleashing the monsters all over the surprised staff oh all that work but still a flawed security system of course you also have Kurt's questionable motorcycle jump but in a way that one makes a bit more [Music] sense number 10 entering an unexplored cave The Descent considering what happens to Sarah's family in the opening events of The Descent you'd think that Juno might have learned a lesson when it comes to Future outdoor excursions Safety First hly safety first I don't want any stunts this time you okay no see you down there but these are the movies and if you're going to take your loved ones spelunking you go big or go home of course Juno didn't exactly tell anybody the truth regarding the unexplored cave system so naturally they were all kinds of screwed and left to battle some deeply annoying creatures known as the Crawlers and you know what happens next number nine going into the pipe Jeepers Creepers in the middle of a road trip a brother and sister came across an aggressive hotthead who had a bad case of road rage after following the mysterious man the two witnessed him drop a body into a pipe rather than do the sensible thing and call the police the brother Darry decided it was a good idea to take matters into his own hands and explore what was in the pipe D don't even think about it der I told you I heard someone how bad was this decision dar's sister goes meta to explicitly warn him that this was like something out of a horror movie this F to recognize obvious red flags ended up sealing dar's fate number eight not running to safety I Know What You Did Last Summer when you're being chased by a dark figure with a massive hook and they appear to be quite efficient in their ways the best course of action is always to keep moving you know running away from certain death however in I know what you did Last Summer the beautiful Helen Shivers finds herself distracted by a marching band and obvious safety however she inexplicably stops and not to check her phone and that's how she gets herself killed now that's why people scream at inanimate objects in public number seven putting both hands in the Box saw two for round two of Jigsaw devious game game of murder he threatens slow and nasty deaths but like a true gentleman he informs the victims that antidotes can be found around the pad one is inside the safe in front of you you all possess the combination to the safe think hard the numbers are in the back of your mind well once Addison reaches a glass box she's not quite as composed as she'd like to be if she would have just processed the situation properly rather than than sticking not one but both hands in the Box she might have noticed the key lying just a few inches away help me help me not a sharp move Addie kind of like Lawrence cutting off his damn foot in the original saw rather than using his shirt to get the phone what are you doing number six not hanging up and calling the police Scream by now we can look back at this scene and laugh considering we know the franchise as a whole still it's a perfect example of how poor decision making can make any mild maned viewer foam from the mouth whether inside the movie theater or at home as West Craven's iconic film starts Casey Becka gets a naughty phone call but no matter what the person on the other side says she can't manage to hang up the damn phone and call the cops listen I am 2 seconds away from calling the police they'd never make it in time we're out in the middle of nowhere you got to hand it to Drew Barrymore for such an honest performance even if her character is a few apples short of a bushel who's there I'm calling the police number five having crime be legal for one night the purge franchise commencing at the siren any and all crime including murder will be legal for 12 continuous hours well the idea Behind The Purge sounds like an interesting thought experiment it's a bad idea that should be scrapped immediately after consideration once you start to think about the logistics of carrying out such a concept the more it starts to fall apart even if it boosted economic productivity and brought down unemployment the human cost would outweigh any economic benefit from The Purge Purge and purify say it with me and purify Pur and purify each movie shows different problems that come from The Purge not only on the poor and marginalized communities but also everyone else number four watching a videotape you know is haunted the ring have you heard about this vide tape that kills you when you watch it if scream made people laugh and cry this American remake of a classic japanese horror film made viewers melt down in public and dribble a little bit of pee down their leg no at the heart of the ring is the tape a disturbing recording that characters have been warned not to watch because it will kill them and just like how nobody can turn away from a train wreck the characters of the film naturally just have to know what the f is going on with the tape as if they actually knew that a creepy girl would crawl out of the TV and drag them to hell but alas that's what happened the moral of this story maybe don't push play and just go to the gym or something so uh what are we watching home movies or something I'd really rather watch it alone really whatever number three releasing The Chimps 28 Days Later kind of like climate change some people just refuse to believe scientists The Chimps are infected they're they're highly contagious they've been given an inhibitor fected with what despite warnings from one in the opening minutes of the zombie flick 28 Days Later a group of activists make a supremely idiotic decision you have no idea The Chimps essentially Rage Against the Machine and they rage hard giving the film its title and making viewers hate those animal activists as if Peter wasn't already having a hard enough time as it is they really ruined ruined it for everybody and even managed to infect us with [Music] anger number two giving up too soon the Mist we gave it a good shot nobody could say we didn't nope nobody can say that in perhaps one of the most agonizing moments in modern Cinema a man comes to the proverbial Crossroads after the Mist reeks Havoc yet this path of escapism involves death for his entire crew being the upstanding citizen that he is David Drayton executes a mass Act of what he considers as Mercy sparing himself only because he ran out of bullets but surprise the war is over as the US Army rolls up and inadvertedly delivers The Knockout Punch to Old Davey's very Soul now that's what you call some bad timing and certainly a blow to the [Music] senses before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one keeping the beaches open Jaws when the remains of a dead body are found on Shore mayor Larry Vaughn doesn't bulk under pressure from local authorities rather he stands tall in the name of the almighty dollar even if people later describe ginormous teeth in the wrecked hols of boats Larry Larry if we make an effort today we might be able to save August August for Christ's sake tomorrow is the 4th of July and we will be open for business and so the smug politician doesn't close the beach after all they caught the culprit in question right well no they didn't some people in horror movies screw only themselves with dumbass decisions but in Jaws one prideful man just couldn't pay attention to the obvious facts and made everybody feel the wrath of a great white shark I was acting in the in the town's best interest that's right you were acting in the town's best interest and that's why you're going to do the right thing that's why you're going to sign this what kind of dumb mistake would you make if you were in a horror movie let us know in the comments you should never say who's there don't you watch scary movies it's a Death Wish did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest [Music] videos

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Length: 27min 0sec (1620 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 23 2024