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horror movies are exciting to watch and will get your adrenalin pumping. But there are many scenes in horror movies that are so predictable and cliche that the audience can guess what will happen next.

There are many types of horror movies. There are the comedy horror movies like “Shaun of the Dead” or “Fido”. And then there’s the type of horror movies that is full of gore like “Saw”, “Friday the 13th” and others.

However, all these horror movies have common threads. They all contain cliché scenes. It’s as if these scenes are a must if a movie wants to horrify the audience. Below are five most cliché horror movie scenes that you would see in many horror movies. 

The scene always begins with the main character going to the toilet. And then he will wash his hands at the sink. While washing his hands and bending over the sink, the audience will be shown a reflection in the mirror of a supernatural entity or possibly a serial killer standing behind.

The main character will then lift his face and look into the mirror. The reflection has miraculously disappeared. Isn’t that so cliché? This is a scene that has been used many times, including in the movie “The Omen” (2006), “Prom Night” (2008), “Mirrors” (2008), “The Others” (2000), “I Know What Did You Last Summer “(1997),” Urban Legend “(1998),” The Shining “(1980) and many more. 

Scenes of static interruption are very much over-used in movies of the found footage genre which is to indicate to the audience that there’s been a loss in signal. It’s an obligatory scene either at the beginning or at the end of the movie. Apart from found footage films like “[REC]” or “Paranormal Activity” that were made in 2007, other horror movies that also use the same technique are “Saw” (2004), “The Ring” (2002) and “Poltergeist” (1982).

Similar to the reflection in the mirror scene, this cliché scene requires the antagonist (probably a serial killer or maybe even a ghost) to appear behind the main character when the main character is unaware. An example might be a ghost dressed in black on the back of Daniel Radcliffe in “The Woman In Black” (2012), the gypsy woman who appears behind the main character in “Drag Me to Hell” (2009) or most of the scenes in “The Descent” (2005). 

Many horror movies will try to explain the antagonist’s behavior by delving into the past and most often than not, the person to blame is the mother. Who caused psycho Norman Bates to kill the women who came to his motel if not his mother in “Psycho” (1960)? What about the mother of Michael Myers in “Halloween” (1978)? 

Isn’t it exasperating that when the main character is in trouble, there’s one stupid policeman or the police in general who 1) does not trust what the main character is telling them, 2) does not investigate further, 3) is not careful when investigating, 4) confines the main character in the lock-up, 5) asks the main character to log back into that scary place to show proof, 6) all of the above? ”My Bloody Valentine” (2009), “Monster House” (2006), “Blind” (2011), “The Descent 2″ (2009) are all movies featuring police stupidity.

These cliché horror scenes may be so predictable and will appear in all horror movies but horror movies are still very well liked by many horror fans.