“Run out of the house, bleeding, towards a police officer. Immediately get killed by the cop.” – A film by Jordan Peele
Based on a true story
Curiosity. You have a higher chance to see the intruder that way.
I just watched the original Halloween. When she tries to get help next door they don’t come to the door. Later she’s able to successfully attack Mike Myers from inside a closet.
If horror movie characters acted logically the movie would either be boring or people would get up and leave out of frustration over shenanigans. It’s a lot more engaging to have a character make a few mistakes which catches up to them than to have them do everything flawlessly and still end up dying because the enemy is just that overpowered/story is that poorly written.
