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{{quote|''"And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."''|[[The Bible (Literature)|Revelation 6:7-8]]}}
There's a group of people held up in a building or house somewhere partying, shopping, or just minding their own business, when all of a sudden, there's some random injured and bloody guy/girl who [[Bring News Back|shows]] up giving [[Bearer of Bad News|an ominous message]] that someone/something's trying to kill them, and that it's following them. Sometimes the bloody stranger [[Almost
Can also involve when said threat doesn't even leave time for the heroes to debate what they are up against and attacks immediately resulting in a [[Surprisingly
A side note for authors to avoid a [[Rouge Angles of Satin]] situation, there are only two "r"s in harbinger. "Harbringer" is not a word.
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* The film ''[[Tales From the Crypt]]: [[Demon Knight]]'' has a man being tracked by a demon making his way to a small inn a nowhere town. Hell is literally coming with him.
* Arguably, ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''. The last not-a-pod-person in a small town gets to the city going on about the invasion, trying to get people to act. He gets locked up right around the time that we hear about a truck with these great big pods that somebody found on the highway...
* [[John Woo]]'s ''[[The Killer]]'' had this as the prelude to the [[Bloodstained
* ''[[The Invisible Man (Film)|The Invisible Man]]'' has a disturbing moment where someone that Dr. Griffin has tried to utilize runs screaming into a small town: ''"The invisible man is coming!"''
* The plot of ''[[Legion]]'' appears to {{spoiler|put a spin on this with the archangel Michael arriving at a diner shortly before an army of angels from ''Heaven'' come to assault the survivors of the Apocalypse. Started by God.}}
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