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One of the wonderful things about [[Horror]] [[Film
The thing is, anyone even ''approaching'' behaviour that is reasonable and appropriate to continued survival in the [[Slasher Movies|Slasher Movie]] will die. This isn't necessarily because of [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] or them being an anti social [[Crazy Survivalist]]. Instead, it serves two purposes:
First, it serves as an easy way to bring up and dismiss 'obvious' solutions, often via what amounts to a
Second, while leading a group to safety or simply survival, [[Good Is Not Nice|the leader]] rarely has the chance to be [[Officer and a Gentleman|polite]], or allow the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism|"niceties"]] of [[Disaster Democracy|democracy]] and [[Rule of Empathy|universal empathy]]. Things that, to the fellow characters and the viewer, make them [[The Chew Toy|decidedly unpopular.]] And yes, this is just as big a wall banger as [[Death by Genre Savviness]], as those surviving are [[Too Dumb to Live]] [[Nice Guy|(but usually nicer).]]
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