15 things horror movies have taught us about buying a new house

15 Horror Cliches and Houses

If it's priced to sell, it's foundation is in hell.
If there's a chandelier, it's gonna fall on someone at some point in the movie and likely just miss them.
If it has all its original fixtures, it means no one's lived in it long enough to need to replace them.
If there's a strange noise and you find a hole outside in the roof where tiny birds live, it's likely ghosts using the birds to mask their sound, but you'll investigate it anyway, in the dark, by yourself.
A ghost will always try to seduce you
Ghost bodies move slow, ghost heads move very quickly.
A 1980's work music video montage is a bad sign.
Family pets are the first to know, then kids
Young daughters are always somehow connected to the ghost
Physical interaction with a flashback
The house will burn during the climax
Seances just make ghosts angry
Male leads always go crazy
Houses don't let you leave
The soundtrack theme will always be in a minor key


Honorable mention: Kid always does dark themed drawings in pencil or crayon that the teacher brings to the attention of the mother.