The hero has escaped! They've given the killer the slip and now freedom is in sight. They're heading towards a car that has worked OK for the whole of the movie, they're going to be fine... Oh... It won't start. And now the killer knows where you are because the engine makes too much noise.
I guess it's to restart a chase or to build suspense, and that's fine, really it is.... The first 12 times... Then it gets to a point where you find yourself yelling at the screen of whatever you're watching your movie on telling them that trying to drive away is more impossible than trying to stay awake in A Nightmare On Elm Street.
You're probably thinking "Surely one car has worked at some point in horror history. Surely they're not all made by the same company, I mean by the fifth movie surely they would've shut down for reliability issues." Maaaaaaate, name one movie, JUST ONE where the hero happily drove away into the sunset. AND DONT COUNT THE ORIGINAL TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. The only reason that car worked was because it was started off screen and not by the hero (or in this case heroine). She just casually caught a lift covered in blood like "Hey I have a psycho killer chasing me, please don't leave me on this road to be diced by that chainsaw freak behind me."
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Only In Horror Movies
RandomA series of dumb things that only would happen in horror movies and annoying things about horror movies. Warning: Personal opinions are very very plentiful, deal with it.
