Cell Phones in Horror Movies: A Stupid Nuisance
Filed under: Horror
Just a few days ago my good friend Peter Martin asserted that we should prohibit cell phone usage within movie theater auditoriums. I'd like to take that idea one step further: Let's also eliminate all cell phones from horror films. Why? Because, as the following video clearly (and amusingly) indicates, a cell phone in a horror film is about as useful as a condom in a vasectomy clinic.Pity the poor screenwriter who must "isolate" his horror film characters for story purposes. And check out how lazy most of 'em are when it comes to taking cell phones out of the equation. ("Ugh, no bars! No signal!") Also, you ever notice how cell phones never work properly in horror movies -- except when it's a horror movie about haunted cell phones? Then you get all the damn signal you want, right? Check out the evidence at Horror Squad!
(Thanks to @flickchart for the heads-up on the video.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-20-2009 @ 4:15PM
techstar25 said...
What do you call a horror movie without cellphones?
A period piece.
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10-20-2009 @ 5:16PM
James said...
I'm with techstar on this one, this video has been making the rounds for a couple weeks now but, to create a modern film most of them deal with cell phones in one way shape or form, comedies, action movies, dramas, they all do it. Horror has to either disconnect the characters from the world or the story will be over in 4 seconds when they call for help and then the police arrive. The good films that use cell phones have fun with it, like shaun of the dead, Ed's phone works, but he never uses it to try and call for help, because if he did, they'd be saved a hell of a lot sooner, but it's funny because of that.
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10-20-2009 @ 7:38PM
GameJerk said...
Not to be a stickler, but a condom would be still be necessary in a vasectomy clinic if the sexual intercoursers did not want to contract any STI’s.
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10-21-2009 @ 8:21AM
C.A. said...
You're not a stickler just a person who makes weird metaphors.
10-22-2009 @ 12:32PM
Dev said...
A really clever and smart blogger, Rich at Four Four put the clip together, by the way. http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2009/09/no-signal-a-supercut.html
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