Poll: The Most Common Classical Horror Stereotypes

Results of 239 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Jaws (1975)

    

   Predator animals are the biggest threat for humans in nature. They always lurk in hidden position for finally getting that special meat.
2. 2.
   

   The Exorcist (1973)

    

   Demons are allergic to holy water.
3. 3.
   

   Identity (2003)

    

   Mentally ill or mentally disabled persons are automatically unpredictable bad serial killers.
4. 4.
   

   Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    

   Zombies must be brain-killed to get rid of them.
5. 5.
   

   Wrong Turn (2003)

    

   All incest victims look like deformed creatures and all of them are only about to kill and eat other people.
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   The Terminator (1984)

    

   We are completely helpless against A.I.s and need to learn guerrilla tactics if they rise, instead of pulling the plug, ... real electrical plugs or programmed backdoors by script.
7. 7.
   

   Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

    

   Vampires are to be killed by pushing a wooden stake through their heart.
8. 8.
   

   Insidious (2010)

    

   Demons are souls who can't rest and hunger for and/or thrive from the power of living people they possess.
9. 9.
   

   The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)

    

   Witches are automatically satanically bad, ignoring the fact that the so called "witches" were just female herbalists in mediaval ages in Europe.
10. 10.
    

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

     

    "Not born-as..., but converted" vampires stay at the same age when they were turned to vampires.
11. 11.
    

    The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

     

    Vampires are allergic to garlic.
12. 12.
    

    From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

     

    Ultra-violet light (especially daylight) will surely also kill vampires.
13. 13.
    

    An American Werewolf in London (1981)

     

    Werewolves have to be killed by a silver bullet.
14. 14.
    

    The Omen (1976)

     

    There is the one person which is protected by all evil forces to rule the world by it as an opposite force to god. Even nature protects it.
15. 15.
    

    Daybreakers (2009)

     

    Vampires can only drink blood of people, not animals, ... and also not of people under influence.
16. 16.
    

    Hereditary (2018)

     

    Demon's appearances are mostly connected to satanic cults.
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    The Rite (2011)

     

    It's always necessary to find out demon's names to send them back to hell.