Every one of these types of movies the husband is the clichéd idiot
shareI agree and also the children always being the snotty rude brats with no proper manners towards adults when spoken to and etc. . I guess the certain writers of these movies want us to hate the main characters from the get go . Thanks draftdubya-274-182961 for your subject post .
shareat least they avoided the evil stepmother cliche, but yes it's a shame they went with the irrationally irresponsible father instead
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"I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me..."
There really are only so many different ways to play it, all of them are going to be a cliche because all of them have been done before many times.
The OP's claim that horror movies always make the father into a clueless douchebag is just him seeing what he wants to see. For example, The Conjuring had a father who wasn't clueless or a douchebag.
That's called an exception, not the rule.
shareDon't be a misogynist. We can't do anything to make women feel inferior... even though in real life, they more than likely will try to climb on their husband's shoulders to avoid getting attacked in a truly terrifying situation like this.
Get off your soapbox while I play you a tune on the tiniest violin.