Where Common Sense Goes to Die
Horror isn't necessarily about realism.
It's about putting ordinary people into extraordinary situations and watching them attempt to survive things that would make most of us immediately update our wills.
Yes, characters make ridiculous decisions.
Yes, they ignore obvious warnings.
Yes, they wander into basements, haunted houses, abandoned hospitals and cursed forests like they're attending an open house.
And yes, we yell at them from the safety of our couches.
But that's part of the fun.
Because if every horror character behaved logically, there wouldn't be much of a horror genre left.
There would just be a lot of very sensible people driving away.
“There's a demon in the house.”
“Okay.”
“It's murdering everyone.”
“Fair enough.”
“Should we investigate?”
“Absolutely not.”
And then everyone goes home.
Roll credits.
No sequel.
No franchise.
No merchandise.
No one named “Final Girl.”
Honestly, we'd probably miss it.
