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10. The Car Won't Start
The killer is coming.
You reach the car.
You get inside.
You turn the key.
Click.
Again.
Click. Click.
Again.
CLICK CLICK CLICK.
Suddenly the car has become a philosophical object.
"Why won't you start?"
Because you're in a horror movie, Dave.
That's why.
The best version of this trope is when the car finally starts...
...and the character immediately drives directly into a tree.
