Less Talked about Horror/Slasher tropes?

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Here's one: the stoner dies, but not until late in the story so the audience can enjoy the stoner antics.

[Tromroan]

Hmm.....

• The annoyed/buzzkill guy who brings everyone down and ends up slowing people down
• Elegant, genius serial killers who are cultured and SUPER intelligent (most serial killers in real life have average or below average intelligence)

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Oh! I haven't considered the buzzkill thing yet. Yeah... it seems like theres always someone who just wants the group to give up. I can use that.

[Kiweevil]

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[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Yeah, screw survival. our dead friend has a 0.0001% chance of not actually being dead.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Kind of a racist example, but what about the magical hispanic person expositing the supernatural elements to the poor, scared, clueless white kids.

[crowstories]

There's also the very famous "black character is immediately killed off" racist trope.

You know what really pisses me off? In the novel of The Shining, Hallorann (the one black character) isn't killed, but of course in the movie he gets axed.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

People of color are just tools for the white protagonist's survival, or tools for the (usually white) villain's threat establishment.

[crowstories]

Of course! And women need to suffer and die so male protagonists can be motivated to advance the plot/experience personal growth.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Oh! Oh! here's another one, the members of the opposite sex who are left alive so they can be heterosexual together.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

And if the genders are reversed it's always the woman saving her brother or something, woman aren't allowed to have male romantic interests who are in danger and need to be saved by them.

[crowstories]

In my comic they are

[UrMom]

There is one I can think of off the top of my head that isn't too common.

Parental horror. Horror revolving around the concept of parenthood and the existentialism revolving around that. There aren't that many horror movies that with this concept, the only two I've seen so far are 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'Eraserhead'. The former being technically a thriller, but I found it rather disturbing.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

there's this podcast, "The Truth" they make short audiodrama stories, they did one where a woman's post-partum depression and anxiety over being a parent is personified by her baby talking to her in the voice of a monster. It was really cool.

[crowstories]

Does The Omen count?

Actually, the Shining is pretty "parental horror" as well... the novel more so than the movie. Soooo much of the tension comes from how Jack's alcoholism and temper have/will affect the kid. I think the movie puts more of the focus on the adults' relationship.

[crowstories]

Or Rosemary's Baby... like isn't the antichrist/demon baby thing just symbolic of the existential dread of parenthood?

[UrMom]

@Pony_wearing_a_hat Ooo I need to check that out! I've been trying to get into more podcasts, and 'parenting' is my favorite niche type of horror.

@crowstories I've seen analysis videos confirming that, but unfortunately I haven't seen it yet, and can't give a confident answer. I've been meaning to though, thank you for reminding me about it!

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

The episode is called "Hush Little Baby"

[Stargazer31]

Then there's the classic psycho shower scene!

[Stargazer31]

Alien could be parent horror as well. It's also a metaphor for rape and rape culture (seriously, once you see it that way, you'll never unsee it.)