I want to see a scary movie where the people (victims) do the right things. Instead of doing the most stupid of actions that gets them killed the fastest.

LeonardNemoysHead · 5 months

Trollhunter. The basis of the film is following and learning from the guy who does know what's up.

sonar1 · 5 months

That's why I like Alien/s. Ripley and her team tear shit up tactically but end up dying anyway.

edit: looks like there was a thread just 19 hours ago on the same subject.

Dalonger · 5 months

I haven't seen The Thing prequel, but in the 80's version the scientist gave a brief explanation that the creature mutates into it's prey, and can then imitate that prey at any time. So anything that looks like an insect or any other creature is a remnant of previous victims of...the THING!

elkresurgence · 5 months

No Country for Old Men is not a scary movie per se, but Josh Brolin's character did all the right, sensible things to survive Anton Chigurh's deadly attacks, but in the end he was killed, off-screen, no less.

duende667 · 5 months

Ever seen Dog soldiers? About a platoon of royal marines stranded in the scottish highlands while being hunted by werewolves. Fantastic movie thats also really funny. Well worth checking out.

Hatsumi__x · 5 months

Besides the fact that she watched the tape... I think The Ring or Ringu is pretty good in terms of "doing the right thing" in order to prevent death.

stanfan114 · 5 months

Zombieland is pretty much all about what to do and not do in a horror survival situation. The rules are literally spelled out on screen, with examples.

The characters also manage to outsmart each other, as when the two sisters gain the upper hand on the guys.

I doubt you will ever find a good horror film where a character doesn't do something stupid like go searching after a cat when the monster is near.

vadergeek · 5 months

Can't quite give you that, here's the best I've got.

dragnuts · 5 months

As far as recent movies go, I really liked Splinter for the characters being intelligent and doing the right thing (the trailer doesn't really give a sense of that, though).

Gitarham · 5 months

http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/mpzc2/can_anyone_name_some_horror_movies_without_a_cast/

icanseestars · 5 months

Attack The Block. Everyone in the movie acts intelligently (or at least realistically given their situation).

megamanz7777 · 5 months

30 Days of Night I don't exactly remember everything that happened, so maybe someone does something stupid. However, I seem to remember everyone handling their shit really well, at least once they figured out what was going on.

kymry · 5 months

Evil Dead!! Ash knows what's up.

OneUglyDogAndMe · 5 months

Check out Incident on and Off a Mountain Road from the Masters of Horror series. I think there's a copy floating around on YouTube, and it used to be on Netflix's Watch Instantly. You've got your leatherface-type serial killer. You've got your babe stranded in the woods after wrecking her car. But this babe's married to a crazy survivalist, and - as the cool kids would say - proceeds to fuck the crazy killer's shit up.

Rilith · 5 months

If you haven't already, watch Dead Snow, it's a Swedish horror movie about zombie Nazis!

There is one part where two girls are together and as normal one has the great idea to split up and starts freaking out, the other girl then slaps her and tells her they are staying together.

GenericNate · 5 months

Slither! I can't think of any other movie which conveys the level of weirdness experienced by a person confronted with extra-ordinary events.

Plus Nathan Fillion.

bluepepper · 5 months

The Mist. It's a story about how doing the right thing does not always work out.

Jordancooper11 · 5 months

Last house on the left the original. She gets payback. And I spit on your grave also follows that common theme. And if you just want a fucked up movie. Cannibal Holocaust.

yogiontour · 5 months

Dead man's shoes...Not scary...but fucking awesome

munkeyman567 · 5 months

The original Scream is the only slasher film I like. It took a lot of those tropes and flipped them on their heads, including pointing out how people always do the wrong things.

Darktidemage · 5 months

The original Dawn of the Dead. Totally badass; two navy seals make an apartment for themselves by walling up a secret part of a mall after blocking all the exits with trucks and live out the zombie apocalypse there.

The new one is OK too except for one of the dumbest things ever where the girl goes after he dog immediately after seeing the zombies ignore it!

sansdeity · 5 months

Watch Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

It's done as a sort of mass homage to horror movies, specifically the legendary killers (Jason, Myers, Freddie, etc.) in a documentary style fashion.

Ever wonder how guys like Jason always seem to walk faster than the fastest victims run? The answer is in this movie.

RubyRhod · 5 months

Funny Games. Just watch it. Either one.

mcsalmon · 5 months

Watch Vacancy with Luke Wilson. Awesome horror thriller with smart, capable protagonists. I wrote this movie off as torture porn trash after first seeing the trailer, but then my wife and I watched on an strong recommendation. It's a great little flick.

DeSaad · 5 months

The people in Insidious did the right things, but...

SPOILERS

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reon-_ · 5 months

It's an anime series, but the goodie and baddie in Death Note consistently reacted to things in a manner that surprised me with how clever they were. It was like they were actively trying to out-smart the plot.

I'm not sure how scary it is really, but there's murders and demons and shit.

1369ic · 5 months

I'm with you on preferring movies in which people make good decisions, but I don't know that they're actually any more realistic.

I mean, why would you expect people scared to death to do what seems to be the right thing to a guy sitting on his couch whose biggest fear is that the calories or cholesterol in his beer and popcorn might take a few seconds off his life?

Stress makes you do crazy thing, such as conduct a search right goddamn now, because you can't stand not knowing or waiting around to die, or you think what the fuck, it's an alien and who says we're going to be any better off in the daylight anyway? We could all be dead by then, it could be stronger or fear could drive people to do stupid shit that gets us killed some other way. Can't explain all that in a movie or it kills the suspense or gets too talkie.

slohcinretrac · 5 months

To answer your question about why an alien might have an anatomy similar to a species on Earth, one could argue that the successful genes that have survived the test of evolution and given us insects here on Earth would also fair well in conditions that supported life outside of earth, given that the basic building blocks for biological life are a constant.

also, if you haven't seen it the movie "Funny Games" is very offbeat/different type of horror film, doesn't conform to typical hollywood narrative arc. There is an English version but the film was originally made in Europe somewhere I believe.

GradysGhost · 5 months

I went and saw The Strangers in theaters for no reason I can now recall. I have never seen a movie so plagued by the exact problem you describe here. Can anyone think of a movie worse than The Strangers with regard to characters constantly doing incredibly stupid things?

kyleswitch · 5 months

The Thing!

Kurt Russell is the man you are looking for. He is a take no prisoners, trust no one, fire a flamethrower down that dark hallway that has the light flickering in it type of guy.

Seriously, one of the greatest horror characters ever.

LenMahl · 5 months

The protagonists in The Crazies remake were surprisingly not retarded.

thehiveminded · 5 months

the descent

tlowens · 5 months

I thought the first Saw movie was pretty good for this. They had all the angles covered. Shame about all of the others though...

AndorianBlues · 5 months

The Wicker Man maybe? The horror here seems to be basically unavoidable. The desperation and hopelessness in that last scene is quite powerful.

Generally, though, the victims have to be a bit thick to make a movie happen.

nothis · 5 months

Don't remember if it was 100% tight, but Time Crimes (basically a horror version of Primer) was excellent. The idea of the future being inevitable yet somehow still surprising if you have a time machine... beautifully strange.

coupoin · 5 months

Funny Games

martoo · 5 months

Honestly, I don't think it would work. There's a particular feeling you get when the character does something that you wouldn't do in that case. The distance between what you would do and what the character you are identifying with is doing rachets up the anxiety.

Treypertrap · 5 months

Shaun of the Dead (A twist of comedy and horror, with a few jump scares)

28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Again, a comedy/parody of horror, with a few scares in there)

All zombie flicks, but they're all I can think of right now.. and its 5:21AM. I wonder if they have any correlation.

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pablorobo · 5 months

The rather nasty but I think very credible Martyrs is exceptionally good and I think the characters do the logical thing most of the time - for French people that is (forgive me my joke Helaine!). Prepare for hard-core gore if you do watch it though but I like the fact it's willing to take chances with the audience. You can find it for free on YouTube easily enough and it is well enough made/acted that if it was in English it would be much, much more famous than it is. Here is the subtitled trailer.. Enjoy your tossed salads.

Offensive_Brute · 5 months

seriously though. I've been in a few situations where I've been in mortal danger, and the "gut" always sounds off. A lot of times WAY before you are actually in physical danger. And even if you ignore it and fall into harms way, your instincts will lead you to safety very often.

Once when I was 16 i jumped off a cliff to evade police. Completely doped up on adrenaline, and then i ran for 1/2 a mile and spent three hours curled up on the ground in the bushes. I managed to escape dogs and the whole nine, AND I'm a fat guy.

kds405 · 5 months

Insidious. The number one obnoxious audience comment during a haunted house movie is "I'd move!". Well, guess what? The family moves, shit keeps happening.

theElegantWorm · 5 months

a funny take on the "stupid people in horror movies" is Dale and Tucker vs. Evil. its like dark comedy/satire on the stupidity of horror movies.

bthoman2 · 5 months

In the original John Carpenter's "The Thing" I believe that they are much, MUCH smarter in how they handle the whole situation. The original is just better in pretty much every way possible. I would highly suggest you watch this one as it still stands up on it's own today.

Seriously, let this movie redeem itself.

drockers · 5 months

um [RED]/[REC]2 are good horror movies for not having dumb protagonists, also it's not a happy ending sunshine fairytale either.

E_R_I_K · 5 months

What about Aliens. As soon as they saw they were in the shit, they requested drop ship pick up to get the fuck out.

ShamAbram · 5 months

Like in Wolf Creek, where the victims have the means of escape...and then decide the proper course of action is to toss the truck off a cliff as a distraction.

prupsicle · 5 months

You should check out Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, it's not like you described but it's great at subverting that typical horror framework

MestR · 5 months

I know exactly how you feel. Blair Witch Project is the only good horror movie I have watched where I was genuinely scared and the characters weren't dumb.

bluefold · 5 months

Relevant Community clip

MrMellow91 · 5 months

I dont recall many stupid moments in the hitcher 2007

1992coolrunnings · 5 months

More of a thriller I suppose, but I would highly recommend Straw Dogs (the original). Just sit back and watch Dustin Hoffman do his thing

[deleted] · 5 months

The thing that always gets me with 'scary' movies is that when someone goes into a dark room with some trepidition, they NEVER try to turn on the lights but slowly goes through that dark room. I guess you have to be stupid to be a character in a 'scary' movie.

DrPreston · 5 months

I want to see a scary movie where the whole point isn't just to see clever ways to dismember and disembowel a bunch of cookie cutter characters. Remember The Sixth Sense? The Others? Psycho? We need more movies like them. Insidious was pretty good this year but the ending was somewhat weak.

Killer_man · 5 months

The Shining. Try to watch the original version of 1980. Some of them survive.

ifeelstabby · 5 months

Original Dawn of the Dead always seemed to be more intelligent than typical zombie film.

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