If you and that girl were trapped in that elevator but let's say she didn't get scratched or anything,would you have stayed.I mean after all,you're pretty much safe in there.
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You know how Bava and Argento work with these flicks; there's nowhere safe to hide. Not a closet, not an air-duct, not even your own apartment (barricaded or un-barricaded) is safe from these demons. Just think about Hannah, all alone in her apartment with George stuck in that elevator. She wasn't doing anything to draw attention to herself, just chilling quietly waiting for her man to get back, and what happened: the demon-ling Tommy sniffed her out.
Sally-Demon, blinded by the gas explosion and suffering from a thick pole through the abdomen, still manages to fumble around right to the room Hannah and George are trying to have a baby in. Eventually that would have happened to George and Mary in the elevator, even if they hadn't left themselves so conveniently exposed by prying the doors open. It was just a question of time before they got sniffed out too.
Personally, I like this atmospheric "no where to hide"-clause they were using in these two movies because it kept the action from ever slowing down too long. It adds a little more humidity to an already claustrophobic run/fight/or die situation the characters find themselves in when there's no safe places for them to go.
Imagine that conventional wisdom is a forest: I am Chainsaw, you are squirrels.
That is one of the most clever answers ive read on these damn boards. I have always thought the same way. Thats what I love about horror movies. Horror with a safe way out wouldnt be horror
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"Horror with a safe way out wouldnt be horror"
Nah, I think you always have an out, but normally the characters in horror movies are too dumb or too frightened to think clearly to see there way out. If the characters have no way out against creatures they cannot beat, it is simply a snuff film.
Having said that, I am not sure being stuck in an elevator with a claustophobic woman would be the way to go (even if she is a hooker).
esp if he left his wallet in the apartment.
shareVery nice response! Of course, if I had a pregnant wife out there, I would try and save her too. If not, I would probably try and find a way out, just in case $#!&
happened, because never assume you're safe!
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Yeah, you're safe from demons, but you'll eventually die from either
starvation, dehydration or suffication. Either way, you're screwed!
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I'm one for staying put if it's safe. Yes, I'd have stayed.
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I would have at least humped on that chick for awhile in the elevator.
shareBe a man dude! You got to save more than one life to save when you're George then how can you stay in the elevator?
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