No doubt many of you have noticed how often movies reuse tropes and themes that were used many times in other movies. Sure, sometimes it can work, especially if it’s a unique twist on the concept. But that’s not always the case, and other times, the trope is run into the ground.
Well, one horror movie trope that has eluded many of us is how males in movies fall for female serial (or not) killers or straight-up monsters in female disguise just because they weren’t thinking.

Image credits: JBRylah
Writer, editor, and horror enthusiast Juliet Bennett Rylah has recently made a list on her Twitter pointing out a number of horror movies that, to put it simply, include dumb horny guys, and the internet loved it.


Image credits: JBRylah
Check out the list with all of JB Rylah’s comments included below. And while you’re down there, vote and comment on the ones you like the most!
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Species (1995)
Oh, I remember watching that movie. Damn... don't even know anything about the plot but I remember the woman-monster-thing eating people. huh
easy, let me explain....she likeses us we thinkses not and likeses back...men...clear ? :)
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Juliet Bennett Rylah is a writer and editor for a number of news outlets, including We Like L.A. and The LAnd Magazine, but is also an avid horror movie enthusiast.
One day, she noticed how many movies have this pretty obvious (and somewhat ridiculous) theme of sexually aroused men being seduced by murderous women (or murderous female monsters) and then, surprise, murdered to death. Or transformed into vampires. Victimized, the word I was looking for was victimized.
So, she went to Twitter to share some of her observations regarding this trope, saying “Men in horror movies are always like wow, a sexy lady just emerged from the woods/bog/cave/lake etc. and wants to kiss me? Nothing suspicious about this!”
Jennifer´s Body (2009)
Megan Fox? This would totally happen to about 87% of dudes and 23% of chicks.
No Escape Room (2018)
"Some moistened bint distributing swords is not a legitimate basis for a governmental system, amirite? Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony" "Be quiet!"
Load More Replies...If she just emerged from the crown of her head, why is the hair on top of her head dry?
It reminds me of a picture here in BP of a kangaroo in the middle of a lake... The warning was: do no enter the water!
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Just imagine if it was three men doing that with a woman. Oh and spoiler alert, it's not fine. They try to kill him
Load More Replies...Jonathan Harker is slowly going mad at this point of the story, and he thinks that he is dreaming in this scene (also in the book). Only when the first woman bites him does he realize that it's really happening. Dracula comes at this precise moment to stop them, and Jonathan falls back into sleep. Not the best example :-)
In fairness, Mr. Harker was definitely not fine with this, at least in the book. Ge could hardly resist, but there was vampire magic involved
Not fair, Dracula had been bleeding Harker regularly, he was in a demented and hallucinatory state and (if I recall correctly) actually thought he was with his beloved Mina.
Can't vampires hypnotize people? In the book wasn't Jonathan deeply upset with his behaviour under hypnosis because he loved Mina? Wasn't this really similar to sexual assault and being hypnotized by a vampire is like being drunk or on drugs?
Yeah that bit always seems really dumb to me... but then he obeys Draccy- boos' orders not to leave etc so he is kinda stupid anyway. Oh wait - he was actually going mad so he's not himself.
Rylah mentions a number of films (and dumb horny men in them), including Trick 'r Treat, It Follows, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Hellraiser, and many more.
Each tweet also included some hilarious comments and remarks from Rylah herself. Most of the time, she voices what’s going on in the minds of the male characters before their impending doom, but there are also other comments like her saying where she herself would have probably died.
The Shining (1980)
Of all the places to have a random nude woman, this is the least strange.
Ok but he is not right in the head anyway so that bit is not surprising
Same remark as the one about Jonathan Harker. At this point of the story, Jack Torrance is already pretty mad.
I saw this at the drive-in with my parents when I was a kid. Still one of my favourite horror flicks. The fabulous decor in the Overlook Hotel is such eye-candy.
he is under the control of the hotel and the spirits there. he's not thinking straight period once we get to that scene....they all need to be corrected...
Again, Jack is in the process of going mad and is hallucinating loads of weird s**t - did you not understand the film?
Did you mean to say : "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy" ?
Load More Replies...Splice (2019)
Ok - this film is messed up and that bit is probably the worse bit.... I mean, WHY????? Mongo
Doesn't the monster eventually change genders by the end of the movie which makes it even more messed up?
and also impregnated his/her (?) mother who's keeping the child at the end
Load More Replies...ummm whaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttt???? You script writers are getting waaay too comfortable with being able to use your imagination.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
Darla and Liam, actually. Angel/Angelus is his vampire name 🖤
Load More Replies...I mean, in those days it could have been a high class street walker.
To be fair, Liam was a horn dog. With daddy issues. I guess that's no excuse.
To be fair, if he hadn't followed then the series wouldn't be there as he'd not be a vampire, so we wouldn't know.
Rylah also provided some context on how there are also mythologies that are based on seducing men:
“The baobhan sith gets you when you have horny thoughts. The patasola gets you in the wilderness. The sayona gets cheaters. A lot of sexy monsters are just hungry. The folklore is to try to encourage you to NOT be seduced by a sexy monster, but as many of you have shown… you are horny for monsters.”
She did, however, also point out that this list doesn’t say that all men in real life make poor decisions—it merely points out how a trope was used repeatedly in ridiculous ways.
Knock Knock (2015)
maybe they are teenage girls who fell into a lake. Maybe they were also homeless.
Are these two good reasons for people to come inside your house???
Load More Replies...If Ana de Armas comes knocking on my door she's getting invited in no matter what her intentions. She can give me a deathgasm any time she wants.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
It's okay. Buffy got her. And it's supposed to be both weird, funny, and kick-ass.
Load More Replies...So the numerous cases of teachers secuding her students that hit the news in the recent years were all praying mantis monsters?
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
(If you want James Marsters doing his natural accent, he reads The Dresden Files audiobooks (among others). He reads me a bedtime story every night! *happy sigh*)
Load More Replies...Wait...are you saying...but Spike hated evil Angel. Hated him. But in Angel season 5, Spike did say he and Angel were intimate once. As I recall. I do low-key ship Spangel.
Wait, what?? I missed a big detail like Spike and Angel hooking up? I.need.now.. pls. What episode? (Yes, I am a massive yaoi fan, no chance denying that)
Load More Replies...Well, Spike was an extremely bad poet. That's how he got his nickname of "Spike the Bloody." Bloody awful poet.
Actually this one Drusilla kind of told Spike what she intended, and he had suspicions that she wasn't human. But he went with it anyway because finally a beautiful lady he could simp over was talking to him and not mocking him (Dru and Spike forever btw, Angel ruined the dynamic imho ;p)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
She could literally explain to me in detail,how she would murder me after she did that dance and I still wouldn't move....smoking hot!!
Beautiful woman dancing in a skeezy bar, that only truckers and bikers can go to, out in the middle of the boondocks, and it takes you hours to get to.
A friend went to a super shady strip club in the middle of nowhere and, I kid you not, he actually expected it to be good. These stupid plot lines aren’t so stupid after all!
Load More Replies...I loved the music too! The dance was simple but so very hot!
Load More Replies...A few million dollars made her get over it rather quickly
Load More Replies...To be honest, nothing is odd about the Titty Twister at first or even second glance. A crazy biker and Trucker Bar with chicks dancing on tables.
I've seen the movie more than once (and the videoclip even more) and each time I would definitely fall for Satanico Pandemonium.
at first i thought that snake was some kind of weird set of extra arms
Hellraiser 2: Hellbound (1988)
Many people found this to be a rather entertaining list. Rylah’s Twitter thread made some headlines and garnered over 28,000 likes with over 5,000 retweets.
Many in the comments pointed out some other movies that used this same trope, adding to the list of dumb guys in horror films, while others were discussing the nuances of the genre.
You can check out more by going to Rylah’s Twitter thread, but before you go, let us know what you thought about this in the comment section!
American Gods (2017)
Hers will be too if she consumes too many worshippers!
Load More Replies...yup, this series is based off the book American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and this character is in the book too. 🤣 🤣 🤣
Load More Replies...Worshippers with her vagina. You know - she killed them with sex, basically. It's not that big of a reach for a goddess, I think
Load More Replies..."no sorry, i dont wanna take a trip to the *VAGINA NEBULA*."- Technical Boy
Once Bitten (1985)
Are ppl having difficulty reading the title of the movies above the pictures? I've noticed a couple ppl asking what the name of the movie is and I'm like, really.
Lovecraft Country (2020)
Seems to be a series called "Lovecraft Country", but do not quote me on this. Like, could the Twitter poster not include the names of movies? Some of these sound great.
I love Lovecraft Country. It is a quirky show, with good visuals.
basically but no because it more than just one form of the fox
Load More Replies...Queen Of The Damned (2002)
the vampire chronicles in general are just excellent books.
Load More Replies...True Blood (2008-2014)
Why are people getting mad? Women are ALWAYS questioning if the random guy who wants to hook up with them is going to murder them.... I mean that as was of explanation … just we think of it all the time and Are shocked men wouldn't consider it.
Long ago I read about a study done with college students. They were asked what worried them most about going out on a first date. The women tended to be worried about being raped or killed. The men worried about being laughed at.
Load More Replies...Audition (1999)
Every time I see one I run to my room and hide in my pillow for a few hours
Load More Replies...Hannibal (2013-2015)
"These two invite me to dinner, I'm done." Well done, I imagine. With a nice Chianti.
Oh please, well done is for peasants. Medium rare is what you want.
Load More Replies...Girl On The Third Floor (2019)
It's a pretty decent movie but it goes so, so poorly for him. I enjoyed that bit
It Follows (2014)
Cuz it looks like she's walking on water to the boat. :]
Load More Replies...Most guys aren't concerned with regular, old STDs, much less demonic ones.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
"A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" interesting and amazing Iranian Vampire film. Highly recommend!
"A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" A super stylish Iranian Vampire film. Highly recommend.
Load More Replies...I like this movie, it's odd for the genre. She is a very beautiful vampire as well. *swoon*
The Hunger (1983)
catherine deneuve and david bowie? Will die twice for the pleasure of dying again
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
They're so cute, bored, posh and politely blood-thirsty. Great movie with excellent soundtrack.
Because wearing shades in a dark room at night isn’t weird at all...
I'm normally straight, but I'd go for either. Or both. It's the most underrated movie of that year.
Trick 'R Treat (2007)
There were no comments here so I just felt like I had to post something
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Shudder makes the best horror anthologies! This one had me cackling...and also gagging. Brutal.
The Love Witch (2016)
Honestly, I started watching the movie because the star is beautiful. I live witch movies. But... got bored with it
Why can't I edit my own damn posts. Autocorrect changed "love" to effing live. Smdh
Load More Replies...Plot Twist: WOMEN are always the EVIL ONES getting men into trouble. I based this on the above-observations.
I know very few of these movies but it is a familiar trope that a sexy woman can seduce a man and then steal his money or liver or sacrifice him with little to no effort. I'm not saying it's true, but Hollywood thinks it is
Was that comment meant for someone else Messy? It doesn't actually make sense. You okay?
Load More Replies...Just a consequence of the movie genre they´re in. They decide that the "suspicious" aspect isn´t a problem to get in the way. And why should it? There are weird people. Why should they assume that every weird, mysterious or even clearly supernatural/non-human being apparently interested in them wants to kill them? Looking at you, Greek mythology ...
I feel like this is a big thing in spy movies too. sexy woman flirts her way into super secure building. Gets key by seducing middle aged guard, who despite it being his job to be a little suspicious, totally falls for it because she is wearing a short skirt.
Load More Replies...I mean it's one of the typical horror movie characters: Horny guy, dumb blonde, smart nerd (m/w), loveable loser, etc. "Cabin in the woods" is a good satire on this.
Amazing movie. I was laughing so hard at the motorcycle jump part, I had to rewind and watch it a couple more times
Load More Replies...Horror movie trope: Man is minding his own business. Very hot, but very strange woman appears in his locked hotel room, car or on the lone road at night. She is very sexy but has large fangs and she has some other feature like green skin or wings. But whatever she seems to be fascinated with our male protagonist who is just a normal, not really sexy everyday man (who is also sometimes married) so he believes her that this is love or lust on first sight and immediately accepts to has sex with her in some lonely, weird place. Ok, so she has fangs, but she is hot, what could go wrong?
If a stranger is overly friendly to me in any way in any way, I'm immediately suspicious. More likely that I think they will try to sell me some multi-level marketing scheme, or pull me into some sort of religion or cult... rather than killing me, but suspicious none the less
It's as if movies write it so these horny guys are stupid. What a surprise! You think a scary movie is going to write it so a guy actually goes "NOPE" and turns the other way avoiding an hour and a half of movie time? This trope is as played out as the dumb girls in horror movies that jump into a lake without their clothes on. The only reason she's even tweeting about it is because this kinda stuff is just part of the course in scary movies.
I think it's poor writing by people looking for sexy scenes to movies (mixing danger and sex). Most of the time it paints the seduced as simple and stupid. It happens to women in movies too. Hollywood writers like the idea that people just can't help themselves.
There was enough buffy, surprised they didn't go after the xander always falls for a monster thing. They covered the praying mantis, but there were many others. He was grade A monster bait.
I know very few of these movies but it is a familiar trope that a sexy woman can seduce a man and then steal his money or liver or sacrifice him with little to no effort. I'm not saying it's true, but Hollywood thinks it is
Was that comment meant for someone else Messy? It doesn't actually make sense. You okay?
Load More Replies...Just a consequence of the movie genre they´re in. They decide that the "suspicious" aspect isn´t a problem to get in the way. And why should it? There are weird people. Why should they assume that every weird, mysterious or even clearly supernatural/non-human being apparently interested in them wants to kill them? Looking at you, Greek mythology ...
I feel like this is a big thing in spy movies too. sexy woman flirts her way into super secure building. Gets key by seducing middle aged guard, who despite it being his job to be a little suspicious, totally falls for it because she is wearing a short skirt.
Load More Replies...I mean it's one of the typical horror movie characters: Horny guy, dumb blonde, smart nerd (m/w), loveable loser, etc. "Cabin in the woods" is a good satire on this.
Amazing movie. I was laughing so hard at the motorcycle jump part, I had to rewind and watch it a couple more times
Load More Replies...Horror movie trope: Man is minding his own business. Very hot, but very strange woman appears in his locked hotel room, car or on the lone road at night. She is very sexy but has large fangs and she has some other feature like green skin or wings. But whatever she seems to be fascinated with our male protagonist who is just a normal, not really sexy everyday man (who is also sometimes married) so he believes her that this is love or lust on first sight and immediately accepts to has sex with her in some lonely, weird place. Ok, so she has fangs, but she is hot, what could go wrong?
If a stranger is overly friendly to me in any way in any way, I'm immediately suspicious. More likely that I think they will try to sell me some multi-level marketing scheme, or pull me into some sort of religion or cult... rather than killing me, but suspicious none the less
It's as if movies write it so these horny guys are stupid. What a surprise! You think a scary movie is going to write it so a guy actually goes "NOPE" and turns the other way avoiding an hour and a half of movie time? This trope is as played out as the dumb girls in horror movies that jump into a lake without their clothes on. The only reason she's even tweeting about it is because this kinda stuff is just part of the course in scary movies.
I think it's poor writing by people looking for sexy scenes to movies (mixing danger and sex). Most of the time it paints the seduced as simple and stupid. It happens to women in movies too. Hollywood writers like the idea that people just can't help themselves.
There was enough buffy, surprised they didn't go after the xander always falls for a monster thing. They covered the praying mantis, but there were many others. He was grade A monster bait.
