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The oldest cliche in the book...........spoilers

posted 8 years ago by Crafty78
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I thought 'The Monster' was a very solid little film considering it's budget and it was genuinely tense, atmospheric and scary, but I just couldn't believe they would use the oldest horror cliche to ever exist which was the age old, 'Let me go back and check to see if the creature is actually dead', and then....*BAM* one last jump scare. I honestly couldn't believe they would use such a cheap trick in what is a great little creature feature.

[–] plutomani 8 years ago

At least it didn't come back to life in full kill-mode and force the protagonist to fight it all over again like so many horror monsters do.

[–] DelphinusMinor 8 years ago

Which book? Some kind of book of clichés?

[–] Crafty78 8 years ago

Yes! Have you never read it? It's called 'The Biggest Book Of Horror Cliches In The World...Ever!'

[–] jdiz115 8 years ago

There is no monster it's all lizzys way of coping with her mom's death due to alcoholism.

[–] nose_smasher-50101 8 years ago

If there's no monster then what killed the tow-truck driver and the ambulance crew?

The oldest cliche in the book...........*spoilers*

The oldest cliche in the book...........spoilers