Conventions of horror films

Conventions of horror films 

• Never answer the phone 
• Don't accept a ride from strangers 
• Small children are evil
• Never have any medical operation
• Small children talk to invisible playmates who are evil
• Teens are usually spoiled brats who deserve to die 
• Estate agents can never be trusted 
• Work best in rural settings 
• Never purchase a dirty cheap house or apartment 
• Living dead or the living undead zip past an open door or window but nobody sees them 
• Never go into a dark room alone
• Rabbis rarely appear
• Require basements 
• Bad idea to respond to a personal ad
• Bad idea to get in a elevator 
• Bad idea to sleep in horror films 
• Priests are generally well meaning 
• Nuns are to be avoided