Top 10 Smartest Horror Movie Decisions That Still Got People Killed
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Well, that backfired quickly. For this list, we’re looking at moments in horror films where wise choices were made, but nevertheless had dire results. Our countdown includes "Bird Box", “The Thing”, “Aliens”, and more! Which clever bit of thinking did you think was actually going to work? Let us know in the comments!
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Which clever bit of thinking did you think was actually going to work? Let us know in the comments!
@kalpyiru
3 жыл бұрын
First
@justcallmejessz3712
3 жыл бұрын
Please list movies in the Description
@ChibiProwl
3 жыл бұрын
Gathering in large groups to band together against the toxin in The Happening.
@Absalom3439
3 жыл бұрын
@@kalpyiru Bro it doesn't matter.
You should do the reverse list: Dumbest decisions in Horror movies yet people still survived.
@littlebird4982
3 жыл бұрын
That would be a funny video
@aperson9782
3 жыл бұрын
Has that ever happened. I watch horror films screaming at them telling them exactly how to survive. It's like everyone in horror films want to die
@1974Teebone
3 жыл бұрын
That would be a hard list to come up with, but damn it all if it isn’t one I want to see! I can think of one: standing your ground against Jason in Never Hike Alone.
@danieljernigan4123
3 жыл бұрын
Yea like the movie 'Unhinged' lol
@WatchMojo
3 жыл бұрын
That is a really good idea! Hilarious!
A hero may be smart, but sometimes, the villain is even smarter
@BryanCostner
3 жыл бұрын
For example : Joker in The Dark Knight
@user-bu2sf1gb5t
3 жыл бұрын
Or the laziest option for a screenwriter - just make up some bs that completely nulifies even the most rational and even perfect solution
@martinchristianaguilar5135
3 жыл бұрын
Jojo be like:
@bruv8117
3 жыл бұрын
Deep
@michellea221
3 жыл бұрын
A hero may be dumb, but sometimes, the villain is even dumber
Actually, I think the smartest decision in "The Purge" would be to leave the country for the weekend...
@littlebird4982
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@bendover2865
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe for good now that Biden is in charge
@anonnnymousthegreat
3 жыл бұрын
For those who can afford it and have a passport.
@SilverByakuya
3 жыл бұрын
Tbf they would have been fine if the son didn't screw up.
@Andrew_BIake
3 жыл бұрын
@@anonnnymousthegreat fairly sure if you can afford a small fortress, you can afford a family ticket for a weekend... 😂
I love how specific each top ten is getting
@drakeobloody1150
3 жыл бұрын
They are making the same videos with different titles , people just don't pay attention , that's why they will never run out of ideas
@BrocktonLazarus3397
2 жыл бұрын
😄
@cryptidkoi8418
2 жыл бұрын
first top ten : how much brain it is!!!! number one - him :) recent top ten : Exactly which one of this crew is the most brilliant in the cinematic theme of ‘horror’, numeral one being Prescott Green, who, on March 23rd in Kentucky, USA, 3:48 PM of 2003, (which is also his neighbors Kyle Rotts 4 year anniversary to his wife Mary Rotts, in which they celebrated with a red velvet cake, which is Mary Rotts’s favorite flavor) decided to read the book ‘You Gotta Have the Curse to Love It!” written by Janine Ero and published by Otterwood Inc. In this book he learns exactly how to prepare a devils ritual to gain a curse known as “Weslerberrys Haunting” (Weslerberry being the fictional town that they are living in.) This also, which we find out in the end of the cinematic showing, finds how to reverse the curse, saving multiple of his acquaintances even if it had made the status of some others go from alive to deceased.
Top 10 Dumbest Horror Movie Decisions That People Still Got Away With, how does that sound?
@sethfnm
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@mitchsorenstein630
3 жыл бұрын
Top 1 Split up.
@ahmedhathoutt
3 жыл бұрын
The truth or dare one fits here because nothing guarantees that the video will go viral or that people will believe her.
#1: when timmy the priest from the exorcist said "take me!!!" But the demon turned him to a jackass and jumped off the window.
@SilverByakuya
3 жыл бұрын
I thought he killed himself to stop the demon.
@potatomatop9326
3 жыл бұрын
@@SilverByakuya that's kinda stupid. The demon can possess again cos it's a ghost right?
@SilverByakuya
3 жыл бұрын
@@potatomatop9326 I'm not really sure how possession works, so I couldn't tell you.
@potatomatop9326
3 жыл бұрын
@@SilverByakuya but it's obvious when tim jumped and lost the demon, the demon could just fly up the room and possess the girl or the crying priest. Weird.
@brian_sand
3 жыл бұрын
He suicide himself...
The invisible man was wayyy better than I thought it was going to be and the public scene really shocked me.
@garzapinups
3 жыл бұрын
Yesss!! Omg that public dinner scene caught me waaay off guard! So good
@MyZ001
3 ай бұрын
What got me was that it subverted the "Im keep telling everyone but no one believes me" trope. As soon as she lays it all out, her sister is like " ok... I believe you". Im like "yessss, finally". And, then...
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@sageanime4418
3 жыл бұрын
What is smart about this if they died in the end
@sageanime4418
3 жыл бұрын
@Death Stroke but she still died
@ElliYeetYT
3 жыл бұрын
Probably the Alien franchise. After Alien 3 it just went down a hill from there, especially the God-Awful “Prometheus”.
@sageanime4418
3 жыл бұрын
@Death Stroke I guess so so my point is was it really smart to do such a thing if they died in the end
@shoe421
3 жыл бұрын
Number 1: literally every horror movie franchise that has had more than one movie and a remake
Fun fact there used to be an award show for horror movies called the horror hall of fame.
@mkproductions2.042
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah they got it up on youtube.
@willy-johndejager6810
2 жыл бұрын
i remember something like that
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@elijahgemmill2000
3 жыл бұрын
Green Room's end in a nutshell
The one in invisible man was very smart to bad it did work
I have one, In Hush: trying to trick the killer in hush when he talks about a hide-a-key and is gonna smash his head in but ends up getting stabbed because the woman banged on the door
@marionassem286
3 жыл бұрын
this scene made me hate her for the rest of the movie
Is it wrong that I want a Truth or Dare sequel where we see how screwed the world is due to Olivia’s video?
@alimohammed988
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@shadizersilverhand2113
Жыл бұрын
Yes, she sold out countless other humans to buy herself a little more time alive, the world had to have suffered horribly because of it.
@thedevilsrockstxr2309
Жыл бұрын
I mean it wouldn't be tht screwed, its plenty of people tht wouldn't have watched it and it would only apply to the people watching when she was live
@thedevilsrockstxr2309
Жыл бұрын
@@shadizersilverhand2113 not really only the people tht watched it live, she's not Kim K level famous, a million people probably weren't even effected, yall acting like she caused the apocalypse
@shadizersilverhand2113
Жыл бұрын
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 you do know how something going viral works right? What she did had to have affected way more than that and even if it didn't she still effectively murdered all those people making her the single greatest mass murderer in human history, all to buy herself a little more time. To call her a horrible human being is way too nice.
Smart moves and horror movies don't go together
@littlen8279
3 жыл бұрын
It works only if you're the final girl
@mohamadfirdausbinmat2577
3 жыл бұрын
@@littlen8279 Yup however there are some plot twists where the last one standing was thought to be winning the battle but something happened.
The invisible man is the coolest and awesome movie of 2020 and in the scenes when Cecilia he is warning his sister and his friends that the invisible man is going to kill them but they do not believe her while she amputates him and saves they believe her
@jacobdenness8659
3 жыл бұрын
Right there with you I loved that film, especially her putting down his brother "your just the jelly fish version of him everything but the spine" I mean that's just the ultimate put down
truth or dare? please, what olivia did might've been one of the most stupid and most selfish decisions in horror history
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@ArmaTomicx
3 жыл бұрын
You me strong like Jason and Michael
@jacobsanchez9815
3 жыл бұрын
Jeepers Creepers
@GG-in5zp
3 жыл бұрын
The Death of The Final Destination Series.
@almightyizzletv
3 жыл бұрын
*Strongest
@crimsonmoonrise9785
3 жыл бұрын
Bughuul-Sinister,he always wins
'The Invisible Man' is still one of the best movies in 2020.
@abramsullivan7764
3 жыл бұрын
2020
@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291
3 жыл бұрын
@@abramsullivan7764 Oh, my bad. Thanks for correcting me, that was awkward.
@assembled1855
3 жыл бұрын
The visuals is awesome. Almost on par with T-1000 visuals.
In truth or dare, I would respectfully disagree. She put her life above that of literally everyone in the world, which was very stupid
@fluffylilcookie7916
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, she should've sacrificed herself and her friend, not drag the whole world down with her! Maybe they chose that ending cuz they wanted to keep the door open for sequels.
@pinkitura
3 жыл бұрын
To be honest, considering human nature, probably 90% of us would have done the same.
@anaghaanantharaman6408
2 жыл бұрын
It was honestly the stupidest decision made by any protagonist EVER. She's not smart for doing that, she's incredibly foolish because now she's gonna have to watch her back and possibly not talk to anyone for the rest of her life. She ruined herself and the entire world. Although, it was horrifying to see her do that, it makes for a very good sequel.
@spamrisk7784
2 жыл бұрын
@@anaghaanantharaman6408 tru tho
this is literally a top 10 bruh moments
I always remember the nurse from the remake of Dawn of the dead, grabbing the keys off the dude's body after they crash the buses, was smart.
Getting out of all the places where an accident was gonna happen in The Final Destination series.
You forgot the idea of Burke in Aliens to make a campfire and sing songs.....omfg I still laugh at that one....I'm glad the Xenomorphs FINALLY greased his r.f. ass
The Thing movies are the two movies where the characters are actually smart than other horror movies
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My favorite has to be from The Blob 1988. Curiosity killed the cat, or rather, the hermit. The Blob's first victim unfortunately sealed his fate when he tried to examine the killer jell-o. But when he did get the monster on his arm, one clever tactic he attempted was to amputate it, which was a bold move in hindsight on account of what happens to him when he failed to.
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@yosefvargasx
3 жыл бұрын
Top 10 movie ideas they could use from the past year
Good list
I miss when they did time stamps, now I actually have to scroll through the video
Hey I have a suggestion for another video maybe top 20 best Hell’s Kitchen contestants And if you do it please put sterling on it, who doesn’t love sterling
Another smart decision is when The mom in “LIGHTS OUT” shot herself to get rid of the demon
@anaghaanantharaman6408
2 жыл бұрын
That was literally the only way they could get rid of the demon. It was really sad.
@anaghaanantharaman6408
2 жыл бұрын
It was literally the only way to get rid of the demon. It was really sad
I think its really scary when you can be smart or dumb but you still die. You cant escape it your dead. Death had came and chosen this as your fate. Truly scary
good list
The quiet place and the invisible man is one of the best thriller movie I have seen my entire life...It was a mind-blowing experience watching both of my movies🔥🔥
Hudson is up there in my all time favorite character lists!!! Miss bill paxton man!! Dude was awesome!
If i was in a horror movie like scream I'd pay attention to when the guy was saying the rules of a horror movie
Who on earth doesn’t like Aliens?
@aaronjackson8204
3 жыл бұрын
Aliens is sick. I really enjoyed Aliens vs Predator.
@arbiter5519
3 жыл бұрын
I love aliens vs predator
@yanderedeku2902
3 жыл бұрын
Personal I love it though my favorite movie is wrong turn 2.
10:31 Aliens (1986) is my favorite Alien franchise movie of all..!! The coolest of all Alien series of movies. :)
1982's The Thing and 1986's Aliens still hold up better than most horror films today.
Copying the tape and sending it to another person in “The Ring”. While a smart survival decision, it was like passing a curse you received to another like a hot potato.
I'm schocked you didn't include "climbing into the backseat" from The Call, at least in your honorable mentions.
The Thing(1982) and Aliens(1986) are classics
Who actually cares about the spoiler alert?
That dinner scene, to this day, is the most Shocking scene I've ever seen
The entire plot of the movie oculus. Thought they had that mirror beat.
Cool top 👍
That thumbnail still terrifies me!!!!!!
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There’s also it follows
Note to self: if someone throws a creepy doll or any kind of doll or game(jumangi) leave it be. Don’t try to fix it or play it. It was disposed of for a reason.
Much respect bruh
SPOILER Trying to leave the house plan. In "The Invitation" one guest leaves when she sees things are weird. She is followed by one of the cult people who claims he has to move his car for hers to exit. Her fate is not disclosed but it's heavily hinted he killed her.
You left out the ending to The Cabin In The Woods.
She was such a B-Witch for doing that.
Your next is the smartest horror movie decision I’ve seen anyone make
bird box is SUCH a good movie and so unsettling
In A quiet place when the family they are attack of the monsters the father he is trying to distract them but it didn’t work while the mother she scream to distract the monsters to save his children a very good and creepy moment
@alexiswagner5388
3 жыл бұрын
His husband?
BD Wong looks really despite being in his late 50s in bird box.
@amatije
3 жыл бұрын
Asian genes! He looks the same as in Oz or L&O:Special Victim's Unit
Fallen! Denzel Washington’s character kills himself so that the evil spirit would have no new body to take over. It almost works too! But then a cat wanders by and that’s how the movie ended.
In the invisible man after her sister maybe like one of those security guards die most of them were just beaten unconscious.
You can see that this horror movies were playing around when even the best decisions can´t prevented death
Bill Paxton screaming at the end "thats it man, game over, man, game over", R.I.P. Bill Paxton
ethan hawke’s character in horror movies never does the right thing
Sinister's ending was a marvelous twist!
H4 my fave horror film ever!
Being married or a parent seems to be the number 1 good choice that means "bury me there"
Really hate in movies where the protagonist is put through hell in the movie and they get killed anyway in the end. They went through all that for nothing basically.
What about Misery? Paul Sheldon flirted,complimented and finished the book till an escapable moment arrived. Or the fact he tried to trick her into OD'ing.
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I still want my money back for Truth or Dare...
Aliens & The Thing are brilliant movies but I didn't notice anything smart in The Invisible Man or Truth or Dare. Both films sucked big time
@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606
3 жыл бұрын
i shouldn’t never watch Truth Or Dare Just when you thought the movie was going to be very good but nahhh it had sucked
These horror movies are amazing . I always love when watchmojo posts horror and creepy stuff 🙃
Let just say that smartest decision come with the price
You could put the original child play series on here too. Many made the smart decision to destroy the doll, though it didn't work.
Terminator, when Sarah goes to the police station for protection from the T-101. The entire station ends up being destroyed trying to protect her and stop the machine
I liked watching splinter I do have to watch Truth and Dare they're actually three of those
Would be nice if ya'll list/time-stamp the movies in the description so we can avoid the spoilers for movies we haven't watched yet
I like these picks but there is one flaw, the movie 'Rings' has the same ending as 'Truth or Dare'. Now I know the title of this countdown was about horror movies, but I think a great mention would be Avengers: Infinity Wars. Thor tries to thwart the villain Thanos but fails to do resulting in mass genocide. Just saying sounds pretty horrific to me.
Basically most of the Saw movies lol 🤦🏾♀️
@Ash-ii3nm
3 жыл бұрын
and saw v is the opposite lol, they were all stupid af and two still got to live
5:32 I’m very sure Michelle didn’t die from that larger spaceship. She probably was only taken by surprise.
I caught you in 1 second
You got number 1 way wrong. Regardless what the plan was, the drop ship in Aliens was going to crash anyway to pick them up. They were stranded and although they could walk back, calling the drop ship for a pick up would have been the right choice either way.
In other words... Never be in a house with Ethan Hawk lmao
Evil will always win because good is dumb.
One thing that I thought would work in the original clover field was pouring water on that wound to sterilize it but as I for sure saw that did not work
Ripley is the best female character ever created.
Where do they come up with these ideas
Event Horizon: leaving the ship as soon as they saw what happened to the old crew. And if sabotage hadn't happened, it would've worked too.
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Minecrafts new future mob called the Warden would do an amazing job in the bird box movie
The Purge-its the daughter's fault A QuietPlace-wouldn't the aliens go after natural noises too? TruthorDare-dare the demon
356: Wrong! I’ve seen the movie and I know the real horror story: the non speaking monster has kids in a cult to kill their families. It’s not the house of disturbing backstories, it’s the kids doing dirty work for the villain
The thing is such a good movie
Well the chucky doll should’ve been burned and shredded after they dismantled it. Not throw it in the trash. So they still made a dumb decision after they made a slightly smart one.
Oh yeah the guy who thought looking at the creatures on video was kind of smart. I didn’t blame him.
Game over man ! It's GAME OVER!!
Sarah Connor spending the night at the police station. Terminator 1984