Darkness Equals Death: Difference between revisions

[[Daylight Horror]] is [[Not a Subversion]], but an ''[[Inverted Trope|inversion]]'' of this trope.

 

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** Some critics have summarized the movie as ninety minutes of the cast running around chanting "Stay in the light!"

* Several [[Fighting Fantasy]] books will award you non standard game overs for going into tunnels and caves without a light (many of which chastise the player for their foolishness). The Zork gamebook has you (unsurprisingly) eaten by a Grue.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* Invoked in the ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' episode "Our Darkest Hour", where the killer's MO is that he strikes only in darkness by taking advantage of power cuts.

 

* In ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'', a room suddenly turning dark indicates a monster ambush. While some enemies are visible in bright areas, darkness makes them practically invisible.

** In ''Doom 3'', a game [[Nothing Is Scarier|infamous for this trope]], there's a section where you have to choose between the flashlight or a weapon (unless you are escorting a scientist carrying a lantern.)

* ''[[Castlevania]] II'': "What a horrible night to have a curse".

* Dark areas in the ''[[Descent]]'' series often contain [[Demonic Spiders]], especially the [[Invisible Monsters|invisible type]].

 

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[User Friendly]]'' has a [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20170910 page] where a famous cosmologist experiences insight about the true nature of dark matter: it may consist entirely of grues. It's not a happy moment for him.

 

== Western Animation ==

[[Category:Darkness and Shadows Tropes]]

[[Category:Horror Tropes]]

[[Category:Lighting Tropes]]