Unnecessary sneak-up jump scare Creepy local/gas station attendant warning Sputtering car engine The "no signal" arm raise Lights flickering right before an attack "No cell service" / Dead battery Unearned audio jump scare (fake- out boom) Conveniently placed diary/expository notebook Running upstairs instead of out the front door Inexplicable weapon drop Random weird extra/creature design ("Gekko") The local police chief refuses to help "I'll be right back" Double nightmare fakeout Dismissing a child's warning The obnoxious token skeptic The "Undertaker" sit-up (invincible killer) "The villain was already dead" twist Glacial killer pace Hiding in a closet with slatted doors The "based on true events" text card Investigating an obvious death noise Screen is too dark to see anything Terrible CGI blood or fire Out-of- place celebrity cameo False victory ending (killer is the driver) Mirror reflection jump scare Tripping over nothing Character throwing objects instead of running Shower or bath ambush Fighting a ghost through an app/FaceTime Nightmare fakeout Splitting up for no reason Walking backward into danger "It must have been a cat" Unnecessary sneak-up jump scare Creepy local/gas station attendant warning Sputtering car engine The "no signal" arm raise Lights flickering right before an attack "No cell service" / Dead battery Unearned audio jump scare (fake- out boom) Conveniently placed diary/expository notebook Running upstairs instead of out the front door Inexplicable weapon drop Random weird extra/creature design ("Gekko") The local police chief refuses to help "I'll be right back" Double nightmare fakeout Dismissing a child's warning The obnoxious token skeptic The "Undertaker" sit-up (invincible killer) "The villain was already dead" twist Glacial killer pace Hiding in a closet with slatted doors The "based on true events" text card Investigating an obvious death noise Screen is too dark to see anything Terrible CGI blood or fire Out-of- place celebrity cameo False victory ending (killer is the driver) Mirror reflection jump scare Tripping over nothing Character throwing objects instead of running Shower or bath ambush Fighting a ghost through an app/FaceTime Nightmare fakeout Splitting up for no reason Walking backward into danger "It must have been a cat"
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Unnecessary sneak-up jump scare
Creepy local/gas station attendant warning
Sputtering car engine
The "no signal" arm raise
Lights flickering right before an attack
"No cell service" / Dead battery
Unearned audio jump scare (fake-out boom)
Conveniently placed diary/expository notebook
Running upstairs instead of out the front door
Inexplicable weapon drop
Random weird extra/creature design ("Gekko")
The local police chief refuses to help
"I'll be right back"
Double nightmare fakeout
Dismissing a child's warning
The obnoxious token skeptic
The "Undertaker" sit-up (invincible killer)
"The villain was already dead" twist
Glacial killer pace
Hiding in a closet with slatted doors
The "based on true events" text card
Investigating an obvious death noise
Screen is too dark to see anything
Terrible CGI blood or fire
Out-of-place celebrity cameo
False victory ending (killer is the driver)
Mirror reflection jump scare
Tripping over nothing
Character throwing objects instead of running
Shower or bath ambush
Fighting a ghost through an app/FaceTime
Nightmare fakeout
Splitting up for no reason
Walking backward into danger
"It must have been a cat"
