Tropescilloscope: Daylight Horror

The sun shines on horror-themed stories. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes No-Sell Cool Old Lady Killed Mid-Sentence Hero Antagonist The End... Or Is It? The Mole Leaning on the Fourth Wall Star-Crossed Lovers Wham Shot Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Annoying Younger Sibling Canon Foreigner Closed Circle Overprotective Dad Science Fiction Films As Himself Demonic Possession Twist Ending Groin Attack Adapted Out Artistic License – Military Vitriolic Best Buds Meaningful Echo Italian Films Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds One-Man Army Evil vs. Evil Heroic BSoD Villain Ball No Ending Rule of Funny Anachronic Order Bloody Hilarious Evil Laugh I Need a Freaking Drink The '80s Break the Cutie Freeze-Frame Bonus Does This Remind You of Anything? Animal Title Index Evil Counterpart Black Comedy Take That! Foregone Conclusion Mr. Exposition Damsel in Distress Evil Is Hammy Unresolved Sexual Tension A Father to His Men Mercy Kill Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Insult Backfire Red Oni, Blue Oni Dramatic Irony Scare Chord Serious Business Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Running Gag Ship Tease Reckless Gun Usage Together in Death Wounded Gazelle Gambit Room Full of Crazy Sole Survivor Breaking the Fourth Wall Drowning My Sorrows Punctuated! For! Emphasis! The '70s Badass Boast Artistic License – Geography Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane All There in the Script Product Placement Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Foreshadowing Disney Villain Death The Cameo Corpsing Scary Black Man Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Crazy-Prepared Daddy's Girl Time Skip Video Credits La Résistance Bond One-Liner Sci-Fi Horror Film Series "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Red Herring Arch-Enemy Skewed Priorities Casting Gag Loophole Abuse Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Beard of Evil Bullying a Dragon Line-of-Sight Name My Greatest Failure Catch-Phrase I Did What I Had to Do Male Gaze Amoral Attorney Dirty Cop Humiliation Conga Obfuscating Stupidity Curb-Stomp Battle Karmic Death Fat Bastard A God Am I Japanese Films Ms. Fanservice Action Survivor Animal Motifs Brainless Beauty Malevolent Masked Men Whole Plot Reference Eiffel Tower Effect Funny Background Event Retired Badass Bloodless Carnage Action Prologue Double-Meaning Title Adaptational Heroism Moment Killer Slap-Slap-Kiss Politically Incorrect Villain Deliberately Monochrome Air-Vent Passageway Cain and Abel Never Trust a Trailer All for Nothing Eye Scream Affably Evil Blonde, Brunette, Redhead A Minor Kidroduction Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene All Girls Want Bad Boys Intergenerational Friendship Costume Porn Stepford Smiler Slasher Movie Random Events Plot Blatant Lies Dark Reprise Imagine Spot Peek-a-Boo Corpse As Long as It Sounds Foreign Taking the Bullet Crucified Hero Shot Badass Longcoat Manipulative Bastard The Place Chekhov's Gunman Male Frontal Nudity Posthumous Character Riddle for the Ages Black and Gray Morality No Antagonist Jump Scare folderlabel Fantastic Racism Defrosting Ice Queen Blood Knight From Nobody to Nightmare Kubrick Stare An Arm and a Leg Shirtless Scene The Film of the Book Apocalypse How Creepy Child Genre Shift Silence Is Golden As You Know Big Eater The Load Rewatch Bonus Jerkass 20 Minutes into the Future Bait-and-Switch You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! I Have Your Wife Laughing Mad Non-Indicative Name Action Girl Dutch Angle Facial Horror Knight Templar He Knows Too Much Fan Disservice Sadistic Choice The '60s Needs Wiki Magic Love Deadpan Snarker Dark Action Girl Gory Discretion Shot Stealth Pun Aside Glance Lighter and Softer Not So Above It All She's Got Legs Historical Villain Upgrade Not What It Looks Like Camp Gay Bilingual Bonus The Ditz Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Dirty Old Man Determinator Self-Deprecation Hell Is That Noise "The Reason You Suck" Speech Mugging the Monster Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Straight Gay Big Applesauce Vampire Fiction Brick Joke Driven to Suicide Parental Neglect A.I. Is a Crapshoot Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Anyone Can Die Market-Based Title Plucky Comic Relief And Starring Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Friend to All Children Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Parental Incest In Medias Res Drill Sergeant Nasty The Vamp Insistent Terminology Suspiciously Similar Substitute Hoist by His Own Petard Revenge Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Ripped from the Headlines Important Haircut Anachronism Stew Dies Wide Open Noodle Incident Sacrificial Lion Neck Lift Pimped-Out Dress Ungrateful Bastard No OSHA Compliance Light Is Not Good Composite Character Woman in White Not Using the "Z" Word Hair-Trigger Temper Gorn Chiaroscuro Badass in a Nice Suit Sequel Escalation Based on a True Story Red Right Hand Defiant to the End Redemption Equals Death Grey and Gray Morality Unreliable Narrator Mood Whiplash Adaptational Badass Hong Kong Films Toplessness from the Back Historical In-Joke Translation Convention Mexican Standoff Danny Peary Cult Movies List Only a Flesh Wound Trailers Always Spoil Creator Cameo Fun with Acronyms Slashed Throat Only Known by Their Nickname Canadian Movies Dumb Blonde Same Language Dub Actor Allusion Belligerent Sexual Tension Easily Forgiven The Bully Empathic Environment Well-Intentioned Extremist The Dog Bites Back Race Lift Mooks Cassandra Truth An Aesop '80s Hair Half the Man He Used to Be Historical Hero Upgrade Aluminum Christmas Trees Death by Sex Token Minority Biopic Face Death with Dignity Diabolus ex Machina Pet the Dog Horror Films Award-Bait Song Only One Name The X of Y Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Get Out! Adaptational Attractiveness The Power of Love Mighty Whitey Bavarian Fire Drill Title Drop Word of God As the Good Book Says... Artistic License – History Our Vampires Are Different I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Blackmail Sinister Minister Television Movie Index Suspiciously Specific Denial Film Noir Your Cheating Heart Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Badass Bookworm Broken Bird Character Development Laser-Guided Karma Rated M for Manly For Want of a Nail Documentary Spanner in the Works Five-Man Band Faux Affably Evil Book-Ends Vomit Indiscretion Shot Adaptation Dye-Job Final Girl Happily Married Bring My Brown Pants The Voiceless MacGuffin Big Damn Heroes Anguished Declaration of Love Expy Frame-Up Big Brother Instinct Death by Irony Spiritual Successor The Atoner Made of Iron Sequel Hook Armor-Piercing Question Mr. Fanservice Even Evil Has Loved Ones Missing Mom Serial Killer Dropped a Bridge on Him Up to Eleven Large Ham Creative Closing Credits And I Must Scream Cold-Blooded Torture No Celebrities Were Harmed Shower Scene Hate Sink The Hero And the Adventure Continues One-Word Title Domestic Abuse Curse Cut Short Yandere Celebrity Paradox Throwing Your Sword Always Works Here We Go Again! The Alcoholic Author Avatar French Films Poor Communication Kills Naïve Newcomer Daylight Horror Deal with the Devil Freudian Excuse Adaptational Villainy Dogged Nice Guy Ghost Fiction The Lost Lenore Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Cloudcuckoolander Hollywood Darkness Fingore Adaptation Distillation Offscreen Moment of Awesome Badass Grandpa Not Even Bothering with the Accent Arranged Marriage Victoria's Secret Compartment O.O.C. Is Serious Business Hypocrite Crapsack World Beware the Nice Ones Red Shirt This Is Gonna Suck Silent Movie I'm a Humanitarian Heterosexual Life-Partners Shown Their Work Call-Forward Wicked Cultured Dissonant Serenity Fourth Date Marriage Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Real Life Gainax Ending Pyrrhic Victory Jerk with a Heart of Gold Punny Name The Big Guy Knife Nut After the End Historical-Domain Character In Name Only War Is Hell Last-Name Basis Man on Fire Destination Defenestration Genre Throwback Villain Song Card-Carrying Villain Music Stories Psychopathic Manchild Death by Adaptation Took a Level in Badass Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Kill 'em All A Date with Rosie Palms Everyone Has Standards Anti-Hero Henpecked Husband All Just a Dream Shipper on Deck You Killed My Father Too Dumb to Live The '50s The Smart Guy Narrator Villain Opening Scene The Un-Reveal Accidental Murder The Stinger Getting Crap Past the Radar Exact Words Rousing Speech Exactly What It Says on the Tin Playing Gertrude Police are Useless Taking You with Me Rape as Drama Madness Mantra Extreme Doormat Older Than They Look Fainting Those Two Guys Intrepid Reporter Fiery Redhead Faking the Dead The Faceless Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Improbable Aiming Skills Idiot Ball Adorkable Sports Stories Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Captain Obvious The Musical Bi the Way Military and Warfare Films Big "NO!" Ominous Latin Chanting Parental Substitute Love Triangle The Chessmaster Disney Death Only Sane Man Call-Back Ascended Extra Bury Your Gays Bolivian Army Ending Unwitting Instigator of Doom Tempting Fate Martial Arts Movie Corrupt Corporate Executive Very Loosely Based on a True Story Improbable Weapon User Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Contrived Coincidence Failed a Spot Check Death Glare Rule of Cool Lock and Load Montage Handicapped Badass Villain Protagonist "Well Done, Son!" Guy Vomit Discretion Shot Epic Movie Bar Brawl Married to the Job Improvised Weapon Suddenly SHOUTING! Rule of Symbolism Super Strength Dwindling Party Retcon Big Bad Duumvirate Girl-on-Girl Is Hot The Hero Dies Black Best Friend Beauty Is Never Tarnished Combat Pragmatist Country Matters Major Injury Underreaction Cat Fight Age Lift Big-Bad Ensemble Body Horror Darkest Hour Gender Flip Totally Radical Eyepatch of Power Adaptation Expansion Punch-Clock Villain Stuff Blowing Up Framing Device Chekhov's Skill Mundane Made Awesome Covers Always Lie Evil Plan Implacable Man Drives Like Crazy Soft Glass Superhero Cruel and Unusual Death Pay Evil unto Evil Drugs Are Bad Fish out of Water Pretty Little Headshots Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Reality Is Unrealistic Kick the Son of a Bitch Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Soundtrack Dissonance Heroic Sacrifice Becoming the Mask Artistic License – Biology Funny Foreigner Mad Scientist Dying Moment of Awesome Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Bad "Bad Acting" Action Genre Downer Ending Sassy Black Woman Ironic Echo Big Fancy House Slasher Smile Loads and Loads of Characters Cowboy Cop Fantasy Films Immune to Bullets Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Stalker with a Crush Ass Shove Cluster F-Bomb Unusual Euphemism My Beloved Smother Extremely Short Timespan What Happened to the Mouse? Outrun the Fireball Red Eyes, Take Warning Cool Shades BFG Even Evil Has Standards Fanservice Extra Your Head A-Splode Artistic License – Law Artistic License – Gun Safety Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Almost Kiss Disguised in Drag Dual Wielding There Is No Kill Like Overkill Ugly Guy, Hot Wife From Bad to Worse Visual Pun Sir Swears-a-Lot Neck Snap Truth in Television The Alleged Car Crazy Jealous Guy What You Are in the Dark Dull Surprise Works Set in World War II Film Noir Index Flashback Match Cut Psycho for Hire The Chick Wretched Hive Have a Gay Old Time More Dakka Training Montage Fake Shemp Villain with Good Publicity German Films Greater-Scope Villain Does Not Like Shoes Race Against the Clock The Smurfette Principle Police Brutality Honor Before Reason Disproportionate Retribution The Brute N-Word Privileges Cat Scare Psychological Thriller Worthy Opponent Scenery Gorn Lampshade Hanging Informed Ability The Dreaded Alpha Bitch The Ace Guile Hero Meaningful Background Event Retirony Jerkass Has a Point Famous Last Words Evil-Detecting Dog Comically Missing the Point Rich Bitch Leitmotif Chase Scene Antagonist Title Take a Third Option Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Nice Hat Bunny-Ears Lawyer Bittersweet Ending Karma Houdini Shell-Shocked Veteran Mistaken for Gay Heel Realization Berserk Button Ambiguous Disorder Would Hit a Girl It Can Think Continuity Nod Gilligan Cut Brother–Sister Incest Overly Long Gag Author Appeal Four-Temperament Ensemble Dark and Troubled Past Real Life Writes the Plot Depraved Bisexual Romantic False Lead Abhorrent Admirer Bad Boss Maybe Ever After Fate Worse than Death Betty and Veronica Jitter Cam Department of Redundancy Department Woman Scorned Big Bad Demoted to Extra Eagleland Ambiguous Ending Humans Are Bastards Make It Look Like an Accident Rule of Three Disappeared Dad Beta Couple Insane Troll Logic Interrupted Suicide No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Refuge in Audacity Bald of Evil Awesome, but Impractical Developing Doomed Characters Fire-Forged Friends Children Are Innocent Sealed Evil in a Can Christmas Movies Index It's Personal Tagline Blood from the Mouth Redshirt Army Pragmatic Villainy B-Movie Not So Different Shut Up, Hannibal! Sanity Slippage Abusive Parents Novelization Bare Your Midriff Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Auto Erotica Eldritch Abomination Adult Fear Sexy Discretion Shot Those Two Bad Guys Conspicuous CG Brutal Honesty "Shaggy Dog" Story Put on a Bus Earn Your Happy Ending Motor Mouth Rasputinian Death Mind Screw You Have Failed Me Double Entendre Cool Guns The Reveal The Stoic Recycled IN SPACE! Fatal Flaw Tranquil Fury Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Show Within a Show Papa Wolf Expository Hairstyle Change You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Mama Bear Face–Heel Turn Plot Hole Asshole Victim Properly Paranoid Unspoken Plan Guarantee Attempted Rape Spell My Name with an "S" Gratuitous English Homage Genre Savvy Fatal Family Photo Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Accidental Misnaming Not So Stoic "Awesome McCool" Name What the Hell, Hero? The Ghost True Companions Villainous Breakdown Paper-Thin Disguise The Bad Guy Wins Those Wacky Nazis May–December Romance No Name Given The Sociopath Establishing Character Moment Broken Pedestal British Films Bowdlerise Took a Level in Jerkass Hope Spot Better to Die than Be Killed Undying Loyalty Darker and Edgier Coming-of-Age Story Bloodier and Gorier Determinator aka: The Determinator Horror Comedy Credits Gag World of Ham Hero of Another Story Vacation Films Instant Death Bullet Morality Pet All There in the Manual Names to Run Away from Really Fast Bound and Gagged Our Zombies Are Different Babies Ever After timeperiod Central Theme He Who Fights Monsters In the Back Good Is Not Nice It's All About Me Mystery and Detective Films Heel–Face Turn Catapult Nightmare Spiteful Spit No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Distracted by the Sexy Broken Aesop Death of a Child Pretty in Mink I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Irony Cool Old Guy Epic Fail The Lancer Setting Update Never Found the Body Calling the Old Man Out Only in It for the Money All Men Are Perverts Evil Sounds Deep Alliterative Name Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Pragmatic Adaptation Let's Get Dangerous! Dark Is Not Evil Logo Joke Hypocritical Humor Smug Snake Eureka Moment Adults Are Useless Meet Cute Mythology Gag Kids Are Cruel Bottomless Magazines Shoot the Shaggy Dog Fanservice It Will Never Catch On Wrong Genre Savvy Hollywood Law Grievous Bottley Harm Zombie Stories Public Domain Feature Films Ax-Crazy The Casanova Black Dude Dies First Obviously Evil Back from the Dead Be Careful What You Wish For Jerk Jock Stock Footage Despair Event Horizon Captain Ersatz Actually Pretty Funny The Stoner Guns Akimbo Leave the Camera Running Would Hurt a Child For the Evulz Due to the Dead Made of Explodium Chekhov's Gun Protagonist Title An Axe to Grind The '90s Flipping the Bird Offscreen Teleportation Off-into-the-Distance Ending Animated Credits Opening The Great Depression Reasonable Authority Figure Dramatic Gun Cock Wham Line Not Quite Dead Australian Movies Once More, with Clarity! Deliberate Values Dissonance Deus ex Machina NO INDOOR VOICE Affectionate Parody Nice Guy She Cleans Up Nicely Didn't Think This Through Storming the Castle Hooker with a Heart of Gold Camera Abuse Off with His Head! Oh, Crap! Smoking Is Cool Artistic License – Physics Men Are the Expendable Gender Early-Bird Cameo Hidden Depths Foil Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Adaptation Name Change The Quiet One Love at First Sight Bond Villain Stupidity The Dragon The Starscream Stealth Hi/Bye Did Not Get the Girl The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Precision F-Strike Re-Cut Stylistic Suck Pre-Mortem One-Liner Index of Film Westerns Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Evil Is Petty Never My Fault Left the Background Music On Unusually Uninteresting Sight Death Seeker The Mafia Reality Ensues Obstructive Bureaucrat Gold Digger Shout-Out Arc Words Really Gets Around Black Comedy Rape Heroes Want Redheads The Cavalry Gone Horribly Right Roaring Rampage of Revenge Ambiguously Gay Bland-Name Product Meaningful Name Butt-Monkey Small Name, Big Ego The Oner Green-Eyed Monster Authority Equals Asskicking Say My Name Agony of the Feet Russian Films Femme Fatale Manic Pixie Dream Girl Tap on the Head Dramedy Chewing the Scenery Scenery Porn Thriller Batman Gambit Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Boom, Headshot! Decoy Protagonist Enemy Mine Kill It with Fire Every Car Is a Pinto Amusing Injuries Manchild Naked People Are Funny How We Got Here Manly Tears Reality Has No Subtitles Kick the Dog Alas, Poor Villain One Steve Limit Evil Brit Dressing as the Enemy Monumental Damage Car Fu Badass Normal Nothing Is Scarier Cool Car Spared by the Adaptation Anti-Villain My God, What Have I Done? Break the Haughty Romantic Comedy Early Installment Weirdness Advertised Extra Parental Abandonment Deconstruction The Remake Dirty Coward