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Horror Movie Montage Features Cell Phone Failures

by Caleb Johnson on September 24, 2009 at 05:47 PM


When it comes to horror movies, there are a few constants. Yes, the characters will venture into that creepy death factory, sex scenes will always end in a bloody death, and most importantly, cell phones will never work when they're most needed. After all, what better way to create tension and move along the paper-thin plot? Until watching this hilarious crap-out compilation (check it out after the break), you might not have realized exactly how many ways a horror movie character can not use a cell phone.

There is, of course, the dead zone, accompanied by a frustrated cry of "No signal!" And then there's the perennially funny dead battery, which usually leads to the phone being angrily tossed into the woods or the backseat of a car. Last, and our favorite, is the 'killer smashes cell phone' scene. If there's a lesson to be learned from the mistakes shown in this clip, it's this: invest in a satellite phone before you take that camping trip to a remote, ramshackle cabin, located outside a creepy, old town. [From: YouTube user richfofo, via Textually]

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