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* In interviews, [[Clive Barker]] has spoke of his intent to avert this trope, due to its overuse in horror films growing up, and so the titular ''Rawhead Rex'' was revealed early in the movie. All ''[[Hellraiser]]'' films have followed the convention of showing the Cenobites in their full, gruesome glory.
* 1980's ''[[The Changeling (film)|The Changeling]]'' is made completely on this concept: it's a ghost story where you never see the ghosts. Very scary.
* AJ Annila's [[Surreal Horror]] film ''[[Sauna]]''. Sure, there's a [[Stringy
* The first half of ''[[Pontypool]]'' is terrific, the audience and characters are being fed by information about the chaos happening outside through phone calls, and no one knows exactly what is happening.
* In The [[Alfred Hitchcock]] movie ''[[The Trouble with Harry]]'', which is for the most part a comedy, there is one scary part. [[Paranoia Fuel|It is never explained who or what keeps opening that closet door...]]
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=== Webcomics ===
* Parodied in ''[[Adventurers!]]'': Faced with the video game version of walking around a dark, dangerous hole in the ground, [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20021219.html Gildward is clueless].
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Volume Five, two men from the troupe scout ahead, and return riding as fast as they can, and there's no pursuit. Then the monsters come...
** Worse, when Lars and Augie tell the story, this is when they note that something is ''very'' '''very''' wrong.
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