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How crappy are these flashlights they have?


Does this town get shipments of the most low quality breaking flashlights on earth? Im watching this movie like jesus somebody get a Maglite!

"There isn't a tighter shirt, we checked."

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Agreed I have never seen flashlights and Lanterns break and die so fast in my life.

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You guys have missed my other posts about "Hollywood fear props".

Hollywood fear props pop up again and again in mystery thriller and horror movies to ante up the suspense, fear, and terror factor.

Here are the most commonly used Hollywood fear props.

1) The fragile flashlight/torch.
a) Whenever an actor drops the flashlight in the horror movie, it always
shatters the lens and becomes inoperable, leaving everyone in darkness.
b) While using said fragile flashlight, the light beam starts to flicker
and goes out, despite the actor desperately slapping the flashlight on
the palm of his/her hand.

2) The cell phone.
a) There's never any cell phone service wherever the horror movie actors
find themselves.
b) While desperately trying to call for help, the actor drops his/her
cell phone and watches it shatter into pieces on the ground. Hollywood
cell phones are like Hollywood flashlights, extremely fragile.
c) While trying to hide from the crazed serial killer, the actor's
cell phone always rings.

3) The hand-held candle.
a) Who uses a hand-held candle instead of a flashlight? Evidently it's
still used. In the recent, "The Boy", the actress investigates weird
sounds and noises in the creepy, darkened, English manor house she's
house and baby-sitting. Naturally a wind blows out of nowhere and
extinguishes the candle light, leaving her in darkness.
b) The actor may not have a flashlight but there's always a handy candle
around which usually gets extinguished by the first breeze.

4) Antique toys seem to be very effective in helping to set a gothic, spooky
atmosphere inside very old homes and mansions.
a) The creepy old music box pops its lid open and wind-up music starts
playing.
b) Sometimes an old toy will start moving on its own. The monkey toys
are especially good for this.

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