Top 10 Dumbest Character Decisions in Horror Movies

[@CodyLeachYT]

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[@JohnnyCarver2024OC]

You forgot to include jigsaw testing Daniel Rigg for going through a unserced door 🚪

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Ok

[@XvKJP2015]

1.Any character that uses a weapon once then throws it down. Like a bat or any blunt weapon. 2. When they hide from the killer and when the killer walks put of the room no matter how great the hiding spot is they leave it almost immediately after the killer walks out. At least wait like 30 minutes or something to make sure he is gone.. 3. When they knock the killer down they don't continue beating them with the weapon. Kinda like #1 they drop the weapon and rum.

[@erichishhkabibble1150]

Shots fired to the generation 1 final girls. Sorry Laurie Strode

[@lionelluney3063]

Number one is what killed me with Terrifier 1&2 they had plenty of chances to bash Art’s skull or cut him to bits but naaaaawwww . Let’s hit this guy once and give him all the time in the world to get up and brutalize us.

[@jeremytritle3980]

Justin Long’s character in Barbarian measuring the creepiest basement to ever exist for square footage

[@Maddestmartigan]

What about him in Jeepers Creepers

[@217youngmoe]

@@Maddestmartigandon’t get me started on that

[@2ndpremiere497]

Dude that was genuinely hilarious lmfao like normally that would seem so stupid but Justin long playing it straight was so funny 😂

[@giancarloleon9983]

@@2ndpremiere497😂😂

[@FiestaTX17]

I was dying when that happened lmao

[@JasimSinatra]

Micheal Myers getting his ass beat by Busta Rhymes 💀

[@madmoviekid]

HAAAAAI ... YAAAAAAA!!!!!

[@secularbelt]

That’s not a dumb choice by the character though.

[@michaelbustamante4982]

😂😂😂

[@angelguzman477]

Dumb choice bad writers not characters

[@Ravesnightmare]

I hated that soooooo much , that pissed me off, im like REALLY

[@dogma7219]

If I remember Rose McGowan had to fake stuck being in the garage doggy door because she was able to fit in it easily lol

[@jennix8666]

Yep, they had to actually attach her to the doggy door so it would look more realistic as she struggled to get through

[@sparingpickle4918]

Still stupid. 99.999999999 garbage doors have an auto sensor. And the same amount would never be able to lift 130 pounds with such force it would kill someone.

[@calliecasket8436]

​@@sparingpickle4918yeah it wouldn't have crushed her but she would have got out easily lol

[@wstine79]

Mike in The Strangers shouldn't have died like that in the movie. He was a golden god who had yet to peak with his tools.

[@TanWam]

Exactly he was a 5 star man it's ridiculous

[@TheSperz23]

Maybe he was Demonstrating Value to Kristen, that way he could Engage Physically.

[@mblehar]

Maybe he hadn't yet become untethered. He rage still knew bounds.

[@charliegormely307]

Best comment/replies If only he had vic vinegar to protect him

[@ThatGuy-bi6cx]

The implications of it all is what really sets him apart.

[@ngin98]

I’ve made it canon in my head that the necronamcon (idek how to spell it) basically tempts you into reading it so I don’t pull my hair out over it 😂

[@a.c.slater7989]

I thought it did ?

[@dkres82]

Yeah that would make the most sense.

[@ngin98]

@@a.c.slater7989 I don’t think its ever been outright said but I haven’t seen the older films to vouch for that

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Here's the thing: characters in a horror movie don't know they're in a horror movie. In reality, there is literally nothing I would refuse to read out of fear that demons would come after me, because that never happens. For the same reason, I'm not the slightest bit scared of saying "Candyman" or "Bloody Mary" into a mirror. I mean, clearly the actors in Candyman did it with no ill effects.

[@darktheories1758]

That's stupid, did you even watch the movie? Reading from a book that they don't know is evil isn't even what invokes the demons. It's literally the invocation on the Tape Recorder.

[@westsidejuvi937]

"When Evil Lurks" should've just been called "Watch Pedro Make Things Worse" 😂😂😂 great movie, but Pedro was an idiot lol.

[@BBoy4040]

Tommy Jarvis killing and resurrecting Jason is a legendary dumb decision

[@a.c.slater7989]

How would he know Jason would get struck by lightning

[@BBoy4040]

@@a.c.slater7989 Like he even says in the video, you can very clearly tell Jason has been dead for a long time. There was no reason for him to just randomly start impaling him for Jason to get struck by lightning

[@mania4270]

​@@BBoy4040but again, nobody expects someone who's been dead for yrs to magically come back to life because a metal rod got electric

[@BBoy4040]

@@mania4270 I mean, the "don't disturb the dead" superstition goes a long way here lol

[@a.c.slater7989]

@@BBoy4040 Jason terrorized him and his family and killed a bunch of people he knows. I'll give him a pass for being traumatized

[@JSPokemonYT]

The Mayor choosing to not close the beach from the first Jaws is the dumbest character decision in the horror genre.

[@J.Hudson1516]

Dumb and greedy

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

I agree. But as someone who lives in the shark bite capital of the world, they only close the beach for an hour or two until the shark is out of sight after an attack.

[@ZombieDime]

He's obviously a Republican so it fully tracks.

[@niterida380]

Then no one else would have died.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

And yet, as the Covid pandemic just proved, it's not unrealistic. Dumb, yes, but not unrealistic.

[@damodavies9273]

In actual fact Rose McGowan could fit through the doggy door but was shot to look like she couldn't.

[@jedshaffer5956]

The editing does this scene no favors either. The shots from the outside show her through it past her boobs, but from the garage side, it’s only her head.

[@josephonstott7060]

Yeah and you can even notice it when you watch the movie too. So theoretically this was actually smart. Leaving reality I think the kill is fun but I get Cody’s sentiment

[@my3rs307]

On the commentary Wes and Kevin also said that some crew members were trying to get through it to prove you could do it, haha😂

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

True. They had to basically tie her sweater down so she couldnt. Once her "assets" made it through she was obviously in the clear. Plus her body weight would have immediately stopped the door from raising.

[@thatchillingeffect]

Exactly, they actually said she was too loose and had to fix her so she wouldn't fall.

[@CarrieArt7]

I don't know if anything will ever top Helen in I Know What You Did Last Summer when she is about to escape but she stops & looks behind her giving the killer the time to kill her.

[@Nan-bara]

That pissed me off so much!!!! I wrote about that too

[@amandamorgan8349]

Ray getting out the car to investigate a dead guy and getting his friend killed might top that…but Helen still makes me mad with that too 😂😂

[@dong.corleone]

#1 stupidest decision in a horror movie for me was in Halloween Kills, where any of the mob tries to kill Michael. First was in the hospital where they chase down that orderly even though he looks NOTHING like Michael at all but they refuse to realize that. Then, once they have bought down Michael at the end, they don’t even BOTHER trying to go for his head and shoot him in non fatal areas, and when they try to separate, Michael gets back up and kills them all.

[@linda10989]

When Michael is down, everybody just stands there instead of attacking him. Double tap, people!

[@williamsummerson1204]

That scene infuriates me to no end. 😡

[@jakewheeler6014]

@@linda10989 I assume the reason was they were going to allow Bracket to kill him as Michael killed his daughter 40 years ago.

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

@@jakewheeler6014that’s not a bad idea

[@tylertheguy3160]

Also the fact that they did that as a commentary on mob mentality but it had all the subtlety and nuance of a shotgun blast to the face.

[@jeans4108]

When I saw Prometheus in the theater someone said “go left” really loud in theater at the ship scene and everyone laughed 😂

[@theinsidiouschicken4716]

Because of this scene the people at CinemaSins coined the phrase 'The Prometheus school of running away' to describe incompetence in movie characters escaping from things.

[@matt1372]

Wrong turn 4 when the girls didn’t want to kill the cannibals locked in the jail cell!! Pissed me off so much

[@FanaticMitchell1]

Hey, Cody, speaking of Tatum Riley from Scream, I met Rose McGowan at the New Orleans fan expo 2 months in January, she was super nice, I got a photo op with her and I got an autograph picture of Tatum Riley from her. I told her that I was on the autism spectrum and Rose told me that she herself is on the Spectrum as well, Super cool. I asked her questions about her time on screen and the character of Tatum, she said that Tatum Riley was her favorite character in her film career and she enjoyed being on set And I asked her about the #10 white football jersey themed crop top Tatum wore, how that fans like to bring up it's a reference to Glenn from the original Nightmare on Elm Street but Rose McGowan told me that there was another meaning to the jersey, At the scene where Sidney was at home after school and she was talking to Tatum about staying at her place for a week until her dad got home and Tatum said she'll pick her up after practice, a lot of fans speculated that Tatum was at cheerleader practice, but Rose actually told me that Tatum wasn't on the cheerleading squad, she was on the football team, Rose told me that she herself isn't personally a football fan but the character of Tatum is that kind of girl that would do guy things to show female empowerment, and that Tatum was actually that one girl on the football team in Woodsboro High That's my experience meeting Rose McGowan 😊

[@MathieuMiranda]

Ahhh. I saw this comment of yours on Reddit not too long ago! Awesome to see you on here as well! 😊

[@FanaticMitchell1]

@@MathieuMiranda you saw my story on Reddit too? Cool

[@MathieuMiranda]

@@FanaticMitchell1 Yes! I commented that I spoke to Rose myself on an unnamed app a few years ago and she liked my mustache. Does that ring a bell? 🔔🧔

[@FanaticMitchell1]

@@MathieuMiranda Yeah

[@lsimon343]

Ok now Rose is on the spectrum?? Ok whatever she has to say to remain relevant. Do you think she would’ve advertised that when she was 25? No. No she wouldn’t.

[@MichaelTomsyck]

This is an awesome idea. Never stop making top tier content, Cody!

[@217youngmoe]

1.The ring why watch the tape? 2.Jeepers creepers why go in the pipe? 3.jaws why didn’t they close the beach? 4.Why did she stop running in IKWYDLS? 5.Why pull a prank in an apocalypse? 6.why summon the entity?

[@AlcoVoz]

In Jeepers Creepers he went down the pipe cause he thought he may be able to help someone that might still be alive and he took the chance. "What if it were you down there?"

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Why watch the tape? Because in reality watching a tape cannot ever kill you, ever, at all.

[@AlcoVoz]

same with reading from the Necronomicon.@@Corn_Pone_Flicks

[@CanItAlready]

What movie is #5 referring to?

[@217youngmoe]

@@CanItAlready zombie land the first one

[@jameswilkinson2619]

Dewey going back to shoot the killer again in scream 5 wasnt a great idea lol

[@JesseJ588]

I'd say being distracted by your phone ringing in a Scream movie was the dumb part.

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@JesseJ588it wasn’t his fault that he got a call

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

It wasn’t a bad idea, in fact gotta give him credit for trying to finish the job (well, half of it)

[@lukeknutson3191]

I am a garage door tech. Let me tell you that scream kill with tatum COULD NEVER happen either. Adding weight to a door.. like her going thru the doggy door. Means you have to add more turns to the springs above and to do that would be without her in the door and it would create too much tension and the door would come flying up fast, going off the track breaking the door. They did a good job tho making it look like it worked. But no.. impossible for it to happen. P.S I hate that kill too. Bugs me alot tho as a garage door guy.

[@zoxxzy]

Depending on the machine running it, too, most of them would just outright stop well before she was caught in the doorway because there's a safety feature to prevent the motor from overworking or damaging the door by running it into an obstacle. Could have worked that into the kill though, most of them just dead stop where they are instead of reversing direction, so it could have just carried her to where she would be stuck hanging and stop there, allowing Ghostface to reach her in time. Also reminds me of an X-Files episode where someone gets hung by their necktie inexplicably getting caught in the overhead rail chain.

[@tylerjohnson8046]

Surprised Midsommar didn’t make the list, for the exact reasons as your number 1 is there. Every red flag in the book to leave, and they refuse.

[@dong.corleone]

Instead they argue over a thesis

[@Fr-ic4ue]

@dong.corleone Danny and company knew their major priorities. 🤣🤣

[@oompie815]

- Simon and Connie do wanted to leave but where killed right after, - Dani wanted to leave, but Pelle made her stay, - Josh stayed because of his thesis and he had some knowledge of the attestupa, so for him it probably wasn't out of left field, - Christian stayed for the same reason, - Mark stayed because he wanted Swedish punaan and he wasn't at the attestupa, and even if he attented, like CinemaSins said "the power of boners is stronger". I saw nothing wrong in that movie. Not in the theatrical cut, not in the director's cut.

[@JH-dr4xo]

@@oompie815not to mention it seemed like they were miles away from any civilization with no bearings of their surroundings

[@dalestrunk1749]

For me the dumbest decision in Jaws is that family continuing to live on the beach after multiple shark attacks. If you wanna be in the water that badly, just get a pool 🤣

[@brianmorash3962]

In the original Scream, during the garage kill, I love how Tatum delivers 2 full beer bottles to the face of Ghostface, no effect on him whatsoever. WTF? If 2 heavy full beer bottles hit the Terminator or even Michael Myers, I could excuse it, but not here because here it’s just teenage Billy in a costume!?!!

[@travisKlappe]

Pretty sure that was Stu

[@leonzaduncan2438]

​@@travisKlappeNah it was Billy

[@jakewheeler6014]

@@travisKlappe I think it was Billy as after that scene Billy shows up from around the house in front of Stu and Sydney and gives Stu a look as if to say it's done she's dead.

[@ricardotrevil3603]

I also think it was Billy who did the garage kill.

[@brianmorash3962]

@@jakewheeler6014-- exactly, that’s why I’m positive it was Billy who killed Tatum as Stu was in the house hosting the party at that point in the film, his presence was accounted for , proving it couldn’t have been Stu.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Lighting the candle in Hocus pocus movie 😂

[@robertwild9447]

Laurie dropping the knife multiple times in the original Halloween is always frustrating, haha

[@ricardotrevil3603]

The most frustrating thing to me about the original Halloween is when Tommy Doyle's lazy ass was taking his sweet and precious time getting to the door when Laurie was banging on it and screaming for her life!

[@mattcooper2803]

Going in the God damn tunnel in Jeepers Creepers or every Justin Long decision in every horror flick he's in!

[@shadowdramon01]

Not so much dumb but rather, “this p**ses me off to no end” is the ending to Truth or Dare where the two final girls get on the main character’s KZbin page, which has a few million subscribers, most of whom are most likely teenagers or little kids, and ask them Truth or Dare, basically tagging most of the world into their game, just so they can survive.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Yeah thats not dumb so much as cruelly offering everyone else up on the platter just so two people can survive lol makes you dislike the characters even more

[@seanmiller4170]

@@gRinchY-op5vr The actual dumb part was that guy who was with them as they were setting up a way to banish the spirit choosing dare which ruined everything

[@gkit96]

Your review of Jaws got me. Talking about the mayor, still being the mayor. Smh...we've sent drones to Mars for goodness sakes, yet the smallest things are our Achilles heel. I truly believe that mankind will extinct itself, no super volcano or meteorite the size of texas, just good ol' human ingenuity.

[@mammamia8321]

Thank you for doing these videos - its been a really rough week and your witty repartee makes it a lot easier to handle things. Thank you

[@Floodedbasementproductions]

Paul from Cabin Fever poking the dead hermit in the reservoir only to fall in has to be one of the dumbest decisions I’ve seen.

[@ToXicB0OtY]

I still wonder what that woman was thinking going that close to the car to try to shoot Micheal Myers only to shoot herself in the face accidentally in Halloween Kills

[@gideonwaxfarb]

Not only did Tommy Jarvis dig up Jason's body to torch it, but he did so during a thunderstorm. Like, dude... just wait a day or two until it clears up.

[@lennypearl]

And at night! Who goes to dig up a corpse of a killer at night?

[@richardball5843]

@@lennypearlsomeone who doesn’t want to get caught?

[@michaelkendall1263]

@@lennypearlliterally everyone who’s ever dug up a corpse did so at night

[@stevester9148]

The chick in the opening of Jaws triggers me WAY more than the mayor. Who the f*ck swims far out in the ocean in the middle of the night??

[@andreeeos]

Oh man did I SUFFER watching Speak No Evil. The most infuriating movie Ive ever watched, although very meaningful in some ways. Definitely the worst nightmare for actually aware parents

[@vonterriojones]

When I first watched Scream 1996 on Friday, September 13, 2013 at age 9, I saw Tatum's kill scene, and I said garage doors can't do that.

[@IlluminatedJones6]

Cory Cunningham's last decision in Halloween Ends 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@JazziG59]

You know, I really didn’t mind his character. He didn’t bother me the way some others hate him. But that scene man, my jaw hit the floor in the theatre. Like why would they do that?!

[@dong.corleone]

@@JazziG59To me the mob in KILLS were way stupider

[@nickdorenkamp959]

There's alot of things in the Halloween movies that personally find very fuckin stupid.

[@IlluminatedJones6]

@@JazziG59 Exact same reaction, I agree 100%

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

​@@dong.corleoneEVIL DIES TONIGHT

[@JolynHannah]

I’m gonna throw in Pet Semetary. Louis saw what happened when Church came back but he went ahead and buried Gage. Then Louis saw what happened when Gage came back, so what does he do? He buries her anyway….yet again.

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

Think his dumb logic was that if he buries her immediately instead waiting like with others she would be different. Still dumb

[@anttiojanen5481]

That's kind of the whole point and the real horror of the story. What would you do in that situation? Most people would say no, but extreme grief can drive you crazy. Also, in the book it's heavily implied that the burial ground (or Wendigo) manipulates Louis and Jud.

[@waynemessner9691]

Digging up Jason really deserves to be number 1 😂

[@rdimpstar]

Friday the 13th final chapter when Rob and Trish are going up the stairs in the basement. Jason grabs Trish's ankle, but gets away. They have a chance to run up the stairs to escape Jason but Rob decides to go downstairs to confront Jason only to be hacked to death without Rob putting any effort to fight back. "Run Trish! He's killing me! Run!!!"

[@robertbrunello]

Laurie dropping the knife.

[@my3rs307]

In the og Halloween?

[@JacobCorenthose]

TWICE

[@mikeyhartley7644]

Violence against kids and babies always ends the movie for me as well. Once u have kids I think horror just isn't fun when it involves harm to children

[@salliewagenblatt5188]

Child and animal abuse in horror movies is definitely not the thing I what to see in these movies.

[@jakewheeler6014]

I think it's fine as that stuff happens and when it does in a movie you really feel like anything can happen.

[@smoldragon339]

One of my picks: The scene in 'Scream 2' where the two girls are in the crashed cop car with Ghostface, and Ghostface has been knocked unconscious, and the two girls have to crawl over Ghostface to get out of the car..... but neither one of them takes a second to just grab the damned knife and remove the mask to disarm and expose the killer that's stalking them??

[@thefilmeffect6089]

They could’ve grabbed the gun from the cop on the hood. It’s still in his hand. They could’ve shot Ghostface, then take off his mask. It’s the dumbest decision Sydney Prescott has ever made.

[@grudgematch6653]

The one that trips over air and stays crawling🤣 doesn’t get back up

[@colinbaldwin313]

If I were Tatum, I'd try to stand and fight Ghostface as best I could. The frustrating thing is that she seemed to be doing okay against him until she tried to squeeze through that kitty-door. Ghostface was clumsy AF, so it's not inconceivable that she might have just kept pelting him with beers, and with numerous other objects that would probably be available to her, until he was incapacitated.

[@Tibainium]

What about Wrong Turn 4 where the cast managed to lock the cannibals, but decide not to kill them? That actually pissed me off.

[@JonJayAllDay]

Oh my god I forgot about that shit! that was so mind fuckingly stupid I didn’t feel bad at all for any of them when they all died

[@newstorage6641]

Here are some decisions that I think could've made the list: - Putting your hands in the Razor Box Trap - Saw II (2005) - Not attempting to leave - Midsommar (2019) - Watching a video tape, even though you know that it is cursed - The Ring (2002) - Most of the decisions - The Zombie Diaries (2006) *

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

Speak No Evil was so effective for me cause it was the most effective example of characters almost being in the clear...but they make that one move, and it's like F***

[@MSinger4472]

This is my new favorite list you've done and I really hope you do sequels to it. The Strangers is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. But the thing that always bothered me the most was after they accidentally shoot his best friend, they leave and abandon their plan to hide in a corner with a shotgun and wait for the strangers to come. It was a perfect plan. Just because they killed his friend, doesn't mean it doesn't work. It was the best option and advantage they had and instead of continuing to do it and stay safe they walk out and make themselves vulnerable again. Always annoyed the crap out of me. And omg yes!! I completely agree with you with Jeepers Creepers. So stupid!

[@joeldrawsit]

The HUSBAND and WIFE in "Speak No Evil" SUH-HUCKED. I yelled BOTH "GOOD" and "F*CK YOU" at the end. I hate. HATE both of them SO much!! (Kudos to those actors!! BTW!)

[@thehitherto5348]

A while ago, I saw one of the director's other movies called En frygtelig Kvinde, and I'm certain he lives to PISS PEOPLE OFF! It's almost misanthropic what he does with his characters.

[@Ryan-rf7mo]

Now what’s dumber, the mayor not closing the beach, or all the people that watched that kid get ripped to shreds going BACK to the beach?!!

[@BryanMoss-wv3hc]

When I was watching speak no evil, I was furious at how absolutely stupid the parents were. There’s one point where they actually escape and they go back because of the dumbest reason ever. I was ready to punch my tv and go buy a new one.

[@BrandonJames2016]

Cody I’m gonna respectfully disagree with you on the garage kill bc in real life Rose managed to fit through that dog door in real life and they stapled her to the garage door if I remember correctly to make her stick to it. The door was locked, she couldn’t fight forever so it was a very desperate decision. The kill is creative when has a garage kill been used to kill someone before scream. One of the most stupidest decisions in horror which was a recent one was Jake believing chucky was actually good when everyone around him is telling him to kill that version of chucky. You should definitely make another video cause this was hilarious.

[@jsmacks11]

It was stupid but it wasn't the most stupid. I think that is why he made it number 10. She was definitely in Panic mode and just made a bad decision. I think the main issue was that she was in a fairly junky garage, there was a wealth of makeshift weapons (a bike, a tire without the rim, unused beer cans, lawn chair). She probably had a better chance to just start throwing stuff. The wilder the better. There is a high chance killer could get knocked off balance or even severely injured themselves having to dodge projectiles. If killer is incapacitated, the ball is in her court, she can decide if she wants to finish killer off or run away. That said the only other reason it might not be as stupid is because we as the audience see this junky garage, but she probably doesn't. Usually a movie room at night will usually be a dark room in real life so she probably wouldn't be able to see all her options in real life and her eyes would be drawn to a light source, doggy door and hence what happens. Also I think the movie plays into her helpless nature. She has no idea of who or what is attacking her and obviously have any practical self defense knowledge of her own, so is obviously extremely scared and is in her own fight or flight mode. Her character just chooses the flight option, which isn't really available to her. Fight would have been a better option but it isn't her character which probably is because she probably never had a real fight in her life so it makes sense she would want to stick with what she is more comfortable with.

[@erockstar8023]

If i found a book made of skin and covered in barbed wire you best believe im flipping through some pages

[@funandyvideos]

As much has already been said, the idea that Victor Salva got to make a movie where one of the messages was "all of the horrible things wouldn't happen if people would mind their own business..." is something, indeed.

[@TheSonofxKenny]

Cody:Dumbest horror decisions Me:The whole Friday the 13th franchise

[@Stefan_Gerards]

*anyone with the Lament Configuration has entered the chat*

[@paulmarion3013]

I love The Strangers, but your description was spot on and also hilarious.

[@shakenbake3249]

I love how Ghostface gets smacked on his ass by her and she decides to not run around him and through the door or to keep kicking his ass while he is down but instead chooses to try and squeeze through a tiny lil dog door in the garage 😂

[@rockoperajon]

Actually, Tatum may not have been so dumb trying to fit through the doggie door. Rose McGowan not only got through the door, she kept getting through so easily that her struggles to appear stuck looked fake. They had to staple (or glue or tape, I can’t remember) her clothes to the door so that her struggle looked genuine.

[@MrLando0]

I get your anger toward Speak No Evil, but that was the point of the movie. Dealing with awkward social situations, not handling them well. He tries harder near the end to get away.

[@CodyLeachYT]

Shiiiiiit. They’re home free and they turn around to get a fucking stuffed animal.

[@dduval59]

Every Halloween movie after the first one where they don't just dome Michael in the skull is so stupid I can't even believe it.

[@JazziG59]

Holy crap, I forgot Glen Howerton was in The Strangers. I love Always Sunny.

[@alienboy1322]

The Strangers will give Glen a chance to fight back, but he won't because of the implication.

[@JazziG59]

@@alienboy1322 Easily on my top 10 favorite episodes 😂😂😂

[@jasonito23]

I have a friend that is so scared of demonic beings being summoned that she will not watch those movies in her house. She won't let her teen kids watch them either. She said that the movie might bring the demons to her house. She's 40 something and has never seen the Exorcist.

[@roguemystique7]

Better to be safe than sorry! Especially when it comes to demons. Also all the bad and weird things that happened during that movies making.

[@nickviox1]

Speak no evil is so high on dumb decisions. At one point, they have LITERALLY LEFT THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF HOW WEIRD THINGS ARE AND GO BACK FOR A STUFFED ANIMAL

[@davidthorson2036]

The blood pressure thing in Dawn Of The Dead OG had to have been there just because Tom Savini thought it would be a cool death.

[@jurney3478]

100%. And it definitely was. Especially for back then when more of these kills were original. It gets away with it just because it's stupid fun with great effects

[@twistedwizard9100]

one that i would add is in Saw II, when Addison sticks her hands into the razor box without thinking for even a millisecond, which would have given her the chance to see that the key to unlock it and get the antidote was right there the whole time.

[@Darth_Cornpop]

Alien (1979) - Allowing Kane to travel further in the derelict ship where he gets attacked by a facehugger. They should have taken Lambert's advice and gotten the hell out of there after seeing the Space Jockey.

[@Stefan_Gerards]

Hellraiser would be near the top for me - just stay away from the damn box!!

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

Shoutout to the prometheus school of running away from things 😁

[@thrillergirl021]

It might not be the dumbest decision in horror, but I hate the fact that, in the original Halloween, Laurie abandons the 2 kids under her care to investigate what is happening to her friends across the street. That is not only dumb, but irresponsible. As a mother, I would never leave the house with my kids sleeping upstairs, even if I thought my friends were pulling some prank, let alone if I thought something bad might've happened to them.

[@ronangreener]

I know Speak No evil is not a film for everyone, but I believe it’s intentional for the characters to act that way or do the stupid thing. They are spineless people and are pushovers. That first scene where bad guy asks if can have the chair is him basically testing him to see if they can be their next victims. The family are very innocent people and when faced with evil they don’t know how to react or deal with it and are too afraid to do anything. When they ask why the bad people are doing this they say cause you let me. also think the title of the film refers them not saying or speaking up enough for themselves. They don’t want to say anything bad or negative cause they are afraid. They won’t speak of evil. Also applies to the kids when their tongues are cut off and they can’t warn the next victims.

[@mrsickukxx1332]

It’s not just Prometheus, Covenant has some incredibly dumb stuff going on. This time round the crew don’t even bother with helmets, they just stroll off the ship like they’re on a day trip to the beach. During the backburster scene when the woman slips on the blood, jams her foot in the door almost breaking her foot and then blows herself and the ship up with a shotgun…and of course the „take a look, it’s perfectly safe“ 🤦‍♂️

[@davidforestieri4784]

Giving the first time a pass, Laurie throwing away the knife the second time (after thinking she had killed him earlier) and, doubling down, having the audacity to turn her back on MM (again, he had arose earlier after you thought you killed him) is frustrating (despite the film being an otherwise masterpiece)

[@jaredarnold640]

How about literally every decision made in the last 20 minutes of Pet Sematary Bloodlines? 🤣🤣🤣

[@FNIGTOABN]

"no harm ever came from... reading a book"

[@themtgdude486]

I don’t think Jaws is dumb. It’s a reflection of what our politicians actually care about.

[@CodyLeachYT]

That doesn’t make it smart lol

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

@@CodyLeachYTexactly

[@jurney3478]

He's not saying Jaws is dumb. Just that the Mayor is dumb and making dumb decisions. Which is accurate. His actions are THE reason that poor kid dies. Completely agree with your point as well.

[@jerrythomas828]

The Decent 2 when the survivor from part 1 agrees to go back down to the cave system!!

[@SchadenFloyd]

The Tatum kill was so stupid. The fact the the door even raised with her ass hanging from it was ridiculous.

[@Xoxo0xx0]

Logic wise, it's silly but Rose could actually fit through the garage door lol.

[@angiadcock8196]

The Tatum kill holds a special place in my heart. It was the first time I’d ever seen anything in a movie that genuinely scared me. I know objectively it’s a ridiculous set of events that should be more funny than anything, but watching it at home, alone, in the dark, in my family’s living room with floor to ceiling windows, as a teenager, even while my brain was screaming at me that this was stupid and I should laugh, my heart was trying to beat out of my chest. The tension it builds is crazy on a first watch. It’s still a scene that activates my fight or flight like no other. But I do understand totally how it wouldn’t work for a lot of people. I really don’t even know why it works so well for me.

[@twistedjake_]

For me, the dumbest decision a character made in a horror film is when one of the characters in The Blair Witch Project lost their map. That was super infuriating for me.

[@x-ScaryBerry-x]

Don’t quote me, but if IIRC, I think he threw it away for some dumbass reason.

[@twistedjake_]

@@x-ScaryBerry-x I think you’re right. I think he was petty for some reason and threw it away.

[@denniewalsh5847]

Laurie in Halloween Resurrection...she just had to be sure... lol

[@melissajanemoore8869]

I'd like to point out a decision that I disagree is stupid in a movie that isn't actually mentioned here. I saw a review by a KZbinr of The Purge which made me angry. He said that the son made the dumbest decision in movie history by saving another character. I personally thought the son was the only character in the film acting like a decent human being.

[@samuelglaser5626]

I’d put Quint smashing his ship’s radio to pieces with a baseball bat as another dumb decision in Jaws. His pride and stubbornness killed any chance of them being able to call for help and rescue when the Orca was sinking. It might have even prevented Quint’s death from being eaten by the shark as well.

[@grimleaper9471]

Teens driving out to the middle of nowhere looking for a PARTY in "Spookies"

[@ExodaCrown]

Unpopular take, I don't think the mayor keeping the beach open was a stupid decision. It is a small town that a major source of income comes from tourists and they tried to convince him with no proof (the shark tooth). A good analogy would be going to a village that survives off hunting and an outsider tries to argue that there is a wolf the size of a horse out there so you can't go hunting for food before winter. When the leader of the village asked for proof the outsider gives a trust me bro I'm a scientist. Also, the expert wasn't sure if that was the shark or not. Plus that "tiny" shark looked almost big enough to bite an adult man in half.

[@mrdanger4035]

Every character that gets the jump on a killer/monster , knocks him out and runs away, instead of decapitating him to make sure it's dead

[@Roberco]

You nailed every note of that Backstreet song!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@AmandaRamey22]

Thanks!

[@AmandaRamey22]

Fantastic job!!! Would love to see your 20 honorable mentions 🤠👉

[@CodyLeachYT]

Thank you!

[@harmie1743]

Damn I'm working on a slasher essay focusing on dumb character decisions for my English class, definently going to use this video for it now!

[@HunterGargoyle]

the evil dead one gives me the quote "no harm ever came from reading a book" in my head every time

[@jerrys1]

I just watched Creep 2, and that entire movie is just the main character making bad decision after bad decision; and it’s hilarious.

[@beavers1978]

I'm gonna defend Tommy digging Jason up. Tommy had psychological issues after the events of Part 4, and it got so bad that by the time Part 5 happened, the dude was suffering from hallucinations and nightmares of Jason. It also didn't help that Roy Burns went on a copycat killing spree around this time, so that further worsened his issues to the point that Tommy had a psychotic breakdown and nearly killed Pam. Fast forward a few years, and Tommy wants to have some form of closure. He wants the hallucinations and nightmares to stop so he can actually move forward with his life. So, in his mind, burning Jason's body would give him that relief. Also, there's no way Tommy would've known that lightning would bring Jason back to life.

[@jessiejames5459]

The kid who disable the alarm and open the door to the black guy in The Purge, then the family become the target for the villans!

[@NorthWalesKid]

basically everything Chris does in Friday 3 right up to the point where she fights Jason. She’s single handedly responsible for every death in the film apart from the two store owners at the beginning

[@IHRZGHKIP]

"The Strangers". There's 3 creepy kids with knives in our yard. I have a shotgun. I THINK I SEE A FUCKING WAY OUT OF THIS!!!!

[@daric_]

The #10 kill lead to one of the funniest scenes ever in "Scary Movie" with the overweight girl breaking the motor and chain when trying to lift her and the garage door

[@ceige3102]

Cody I just had my first kid! Any advice? I see you mention your family a lot, and it makes me appreciate family centered men like you and would love to take any advice you could give.

[@jakebiomask]

Id definitley travel through the zombies to save my dog

[@user-gw1xl8tf6j]

For evil dead you can basically explain those moments away with that no one would actually believe they will unleash a demonic force by reading a book so they do it.

[@pavlik82]

Hey Cody, love the channel! How about an aquatic horror ranking? or best shark movies. There are at least 35 movies.