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Horror Hates a Rulebreaker
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The good news is, supernatural terrors tend to follow rules. The bad news is, you might not know them, and may have almost no reason to believe said terrors exist until after breaking the rules. Maybe you couldn't resist the dare to enter the woods, or being told to stay away from the creepy house made it all the more tempting. Perhaps your car broke down on the wrong backwater road, or you were kind hearted enough to lend the wrong traveller some assistance. It would have been nice if the Untrusting Community were more willing to warn outsiders (or at least have someone more credible than a creepy old man warn people), but hey, the last few ignored them anyway. Sometimes this is an inherent part of how the horror works; the main characters have cursed themselves by doing the wrong thing or being in the wrong place. Other times, it might be more a case that they're in the hunting grounds of some supernatural creature, and have to follow the rules to avoid it (or should have followed them to avoid this situation). More often that not, the rules are consistent, but absurd, unfair or both, and creatures bound by them are more than happy to use Exact Words. If you're lucky, maybe it's not too late to do something about it. Perhaps there's a way to break the curse once and for all, through Magic A Is Magic A. Maybe it will leave you alone once you follow the rules. On the other hand, it's often the setup for a Cruel Twist Ending (indeed, combining such an ending with this trope is effectively the horror equivalent to a Fair-Play Whodunnit, as it establishes it's entirely reasonable that the cast are already doomed). You Can't Fight Fate, after all. Pops up in many Urban Legends and Creepypastas, especially ones that centre around performing specific rituals to a certain end. Even for ones that don't actually have any rules you must follow there's still a handy survival guide to help your chances of survival (the idea of rules in horror could be considered the ancestor of The Universal Genre Savvy Guide for any form of fiction). Subtrope of Inevitably Broken Rule. This trope could be considered the origin of quite a few other tropes (for example, the idea of a Weaksauce Weakness comes from monsters in folklore that could be defeated by everyday items, if used correctly). It's the calling card of The Fair Folk when they're played for horror, and often how a creature subject to The Punishment operates. It is also closely related to the way Gothic Horror revolves around the Natural Order of Things (whether Nature, God, or some other cosmic structure) punishing those individuals who dared to break its rules. Taken to its logical conclusion, you end up with a Cosmic Horror Story, where the rules are so beyond human comprehension even a slight understanding can drive you mad. Also not to be confused with Supernatural Law. May overlap with Now You Tell Me if someone tells the person about the rules too late. Super-Trope to: Chain Letter Food Chains The Scourge of God Speak of the Devil Stay on the Path |
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The Grudge has a fairly harsh example; the moment anyone enters the haunted apartment, the ghosts begin stalking them relentlessly, killing them and making them new tortured spirits to claim yet more victims. Even leaving can't save you. The franchise eventually takes this to its logical conclusion making the curse become The Virus after it escapes the apartment. | |
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Island of the Slaughtered: According to the Narrator, each of the fifteen ghosts haunting the titular island has a different set of rules that anyone who encounters them must follow; breaking them will result in the ghost killing you. In Heather's case, the only rule you have to follow is leaving the island immediately. | |
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In Truth or Dare (2017), the Entity immediately kills anyone who refuses to participate in the challenge after they've agreed to it. | |
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The 2022 Hellraiser film adds in a new concept to the franchise with the ability to obtain a great reward from Leviathan. It requires someone to solve all six configurations of the box, and each one must be paid for with a sacrifice, which is chosen by stabbing the victim with a blade that pops out of the box each time a configuration is solved. The thing is, once the process is started, the Cenobites demand it be finished. This wasn't a problem with Voight, who wanted a reward and was willing to sacrifice anyone to get it, but Riley understandably refuses to continue after several unwitting sacrifices. The High Priest, angered by Riley's refusal to participate, solves the next puzzle for her and makes it stab Riley's palm. The High Priest then offers Riley a Sadistic Choice: either she choose another sacrifice to take her place and finish the remaining configurations, or she'll be sacrificed and someone else will carry on with the process. | |
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Talk to Me: Instructions for the conjuring ritual clearly specify that the candle must be blown out within 90 seconds. Riley becomes possessed (or appears to) by the spirit of Mia's mother. Eager to talk to Rhea, Mia stops the others from blowing out the candle. Riley pays the immediate consequences by smashing his own head and nearly plucking out his own eye. | |
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Home Safety Hotline revolves around the player informing callers about how they need to go about dealing with various problems, many of which involve The Fair Folk. Naturally, giving anyone faulty information or the wrong advice won't end well for them... | |
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The Gremlins series is a classic example of this trope/genre of horror. The adorable little Mogwai named Gizmo had a number of rules that anyone taking care of one needed to know. The first rule was never to place a Mogwai near bright light, especially sunlight as that would kill them. The second rule was never to get any water on them or have them drink it, as this was their primary means of reproduction, and when this rule was broken, it resulted in a number of Mogwai getting born from Gizmo's back who weren't nearly as nice as him. The third and final rule was never to feed a Mogwai after midnight (something the new Mogwai tricked the protagonist into doing by means of ripping the wires out of a mains-powered analog clock), because that would result in the Mogwai undergoing a transformation into one of the eponymous Gremlins. The key to defeating them turned out to be weaponizing the first rule, which worked on both Mogwai and Gremlins alike. | |
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The SCP Foundation is basically all about studying these sorts of entities...and using those rules to keep them contained (even if it costs the lives of a few "D-Class" personnel). Sometimes this is as simple as keeping a cursed item in a locked drawer, or keeping a monster in a Tailor-Made Prison. Other times it can be as bad as keeping entire towns cordoned off, and filled with highly trained (or disposable) agents. SCP-1384 is a humanoid statue with seemingly omnipotent powers — but it's also a pawn in a life-sized board game whose rules it refuses to divulge because it knows the Foundation wants to contain it while it wants to be free. It's fully sapient and quite chatty, but a single wrong move or misstep allows it to take a turn and move closer to freedom. And one of the rules they do know is that if thirteen days pass without the Foundation making a "move", the statue can advance a space. The unnumbered SCP in the 4000 slot is heavily implied to be the (or at least a) Land of Faerie. The place has a byzantine network of rules, many of them concerned with names and the act of naming, and breaking any of them has dire consequences. The short version: Follow Procedure 4000-HALLOWAY to the letter, always be polite, and never, ever describe something the same way twice. Proper names are right out. SCP-2317 has Procedure 220-Calabasas which must be followed to the letter to avoid a being bursting into our reality and killing everything in it ... or, at least that's what the foundation wants you to think. The truth is that there is no way to stop it, and Calabasas is a placebo that is strictly enforced to trick the personnel of the site from abandoning it in a panic. SCP-231 has a procedure that is done to a woman who is potentially pregnant with some horrific abomination that, if birthed, will destroy the world. Procedure 110-Montauk is described as being so horrifically inhumane and awful that there is no record of the staff on the project, and all staff must wear concealing helmets, clothing, and voice changers. Additionally, a member of the D-Class with the ability to carry out the procedure without killing SCP-231-7 must be used in testing. We are never told exactly what Montauk is as only onsite staff and the O5 council are allowed to know. One of the O5 council mentions in a memo at the bottom of the article that Montauk is a horrific procedure, but that failing to follow it will likely result in, with no uncertain terms, the decimation of humanity. |
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The Holders Series: Each installment is a set of precise, albeit usually florid, instructions to pass the Holder's trial, with any minute deviation bringing death or worse. Success earns an Artifact of Doom in a Cosmic Horror Story, so there isn't really any winning option. | |
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In The Gravedancers, the protagonists draw the wrath of three angry ghosts by dancing on their graves during a drunken wake for their friend; having been encouraged to do so by a mysterious poem they found on their friend's grave. | |
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In Persona 4, Shadows have a magically-enforced right to be acknowledged (though not obeyed) by the person they're a part of. A person can hate their Shadow, work to minimize it, keep it under lock and key- but saying that the Shadow doesn't exist or isn't part of them is a lie. At that point, the Shadow is free to respond in kind, which usually means murdering the person who denied it. | |
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Ready or Not (2019): The protagonist must spend the entire night on the mansion's grounds in a literal life or death game of cat and mouse. The rules say she can leave freely after that, however the family who own it must kill someone during the game as a sacrifice. It's not made exactly clear whether newcomers (Grace, in this case), must be the sacrifice, as several maids were offed during the game, but the family decides not to take any chances. At the end Mr. Le Bail, true to his word, allows Grace to leave with a respectful nod, and kills off the entire Le Domas family after they break the rules trying to kill her as the sun rises. | |
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In babytails, Diamond Tiara is told not to eat any sweets until her tail has finished shedding. Being a Spoiled Brat who's not used to being told no, she secretly eats them anyway. It turns out that the sweets mess up the growth process of the babytail fruit, creating one that's horribly difficult and painful to extract. | |
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Trick 'r Treat: Samhain's mere presence tends to give rise to a lot of supernatural events wherever he goes, giving him a wide variety of ways to kill people who break from Halloween tradition. But as long as people give out candy, stay in costume, don't blow out the jack-o lanterns, and otherwise adhere to the Halloween "rules" until midnight, he'll leave them be. However, he doesn't take kindly to anyone murdering trick or treaters (more specifically, kids), and will go out of his way to kill the culprit, even if they do adhere to the rules. | |
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Zigzagged in Dungeons & Dragons with warlocks. Once a warlock makes a pact with their patron, they get a supernatural gift that allows them to cast their spells. Unlike a Cleric or a Paladin (which could potentially lose their magic if they disobey the tenets of their deity), a Warlock cannot lose their power if the contract with the patron is broken. Considering that Warlock patrons are Physical Gods at the low end of the power scale, making them angry at you by breaking their rules is a very bad move, but you can do it. | |
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The Laughing Salesman: Moguro Fukuzou, the titular Humanoid Abomination with incredible magical powers, can make any wish of yours come true for free, provided you can follow the terms of his agreement. His "agreements" usually consist of one single rule that you must never, ever break. When his clients almost inevitably do, he uses his powers to humiliate them, ruin their lives, or at times even cause their deaths (though he doesn't directly kill them). However, simply not making a deal with Moguro isn't an option — reject his services, and he'll ruin your life anyway. | |
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Snarled: In "The Noonwraith", Ola's father tells his son, his daughter, and his daughter's friend Sophie not to go outside on a scorching day. Naturally, Sophie, who Ola notes loved ignoring rules, talks Ola into going out into the grain field with her, where she lights up a cigarette. The titular spirit kills Sophie, and Ola only escapes with her life because her little brother arrives to pull her away. | |
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In the world of Horror Shop, the cosmic role of closet monsters and other horrors is to haunt rulebreakers and punish them for breaking the rules of society. | |
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It Follows effectively turns this trope into a metaphor for an STD. Having sex with someone carrying the curse passes it on, causing a malicious spirit (taking the form of a random bystander, and only visible to anyone cursed) to relentlessly stroll towards you, killing you if it catches up and moving back to stalking whoever passed it on. The only solution is to keep moving, or pass it on and hope for the best. | |
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In Poppy Playtime, Mommy Long Legs actually does play by and enforce most of the rules of the test games you play, even giving the player parts of the train code as a reward for doing them, and you're outright told to follow the rules - she only becomes much more directly hostile when the player is forced to leave the final game through an unapproved exit. | |
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There are three Simple Rules in "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell". Don't kindle flame, don't shed the blood of another, don't run at night. Breaking them sends the shades that inhabit the Forests into a homicidal rage. | |
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Irrational Fears discusses the feeling of safety from monsters under the bed we get from being covered by a blanket, stating that it's a rule we're born knowing. | |
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The Kuchisake-onna will ambush you while you're walking down the streets alone, wearing a face mask and carrying a large pair of scissors, and asks if you think she's pretty: if you say "no" she'll kill you with the scissors, if you say "yes" she'll remove the mask, revealing a horrific Glasgow Grin and ask the question again; this time if you say "no" she'll cut you in half with the scissors and if you say "yes" she'll use the scissors to inflict the same mutilation of you so that you can be "pretty like her". You can't simply run away from her because she's as fast as the wind, but you can distract her by throwing her coins or candy as a distraction, confuse her by saying she looks average or asking her if you are pretty, or tell her you have a prior engagement so she'll leave you alone. | |
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Pet Shop of Horrors involves Count D and his petshop of very rare and very exotic pets, many of which often can appear human to clients who are searching for something in life - a pet to help them get over the loss of a child, or to cope with unrequited love. Count D's contracts always include specific instructions in regards to taking care of these pets, including things that they are not to do. And when these rules are inevitably broken, Bad Things tend to happen to the clients as a result. | |
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In Dead Silence, the antagonist (the murderous ghost of a female ventriloquist) can't kill someone if they don't scream first. She does NOT make it easy to keep silent. | |
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Until Dawn basically has two rules; stay away from the mountains after dark (where you're at risk of being eaten by Wendigos), and don't eat human flesh while you're there, allowing the spirits to possess you and transform you into one. The latter was broken in the backstory by some miners who were trapped in a cave-in, and the former's done by the main characters, and also happens in the prologue (which also ends with the character being forced to eat the flesh of her dead twin to survive, allowing a Wendigo spirit to possess her). | |
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Drag Me to Hell has Christine Brown cursed by Sylvia Ganush, an old woman who curses Christine because she wouldn't extend Sylvia's mortgage. This curse sets a horrendous demon against Christine to terrorize her for three days, after which she'll be Dragged Off to Hell. However, Christine can break it by cursing someone else to go in her place, as well as make a sacrifice to the demon Lamia. As a result, Christine kills her own pet cat, then uses a button from Sylvia's coat to condemn her in Christine's place. Except not. Turns out a Cat Scare caused Christine to mix up the button for an old coin, meaning the curse was never broken, and she's dragged down to Hell anyways. | |
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Chronicles of Darkness: Each domain of The Underworld has its own Old Laws that range from simple prohibitions (e.g.: "Your Word Is Your Bond") to elaborate obligations (e.g.: visitors to the Killing Fields must join a side, receive a rank, and behave appropriately to it). The ruling Kerberoi sense any breach of the Law and take great pains to punish it — fleeing back to the living world doesn't deter them. | |
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Grave Encounters 2 has the Abandoned Hospital as a Genius Loci, with Sean being demanded to finish the film that Alex is working on in order to escape. The hospital refuses to elaborate in an effort to torment him, but he ultimately complies. It kills Sean anyway and gives the honor to Alex. Ultimately, Alex publishes his film to avoid the hospital forcing him back within its horrifying walls. | |
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The Sakabashira Game: The biggest rule of the titular Deadly Game is that you must Stay on the Path of Cherry Blossoms at all times. Take a step off and the Host will promptly kill you while berating you for not listening. | |
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Twisted Princess: One interpretation of Cinderella being turned into a Scary Scarecrow is that this was her punishment for not making it back home before the last stroke of midnight. | |
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The Village (2004): The titular Commune lives in fear of monsters in the woods and have a strict set of rules to avoid their attention. Subverted with The Reveal that the monsters are villagers in costumes, trying to keep the community isolated by fear. | |
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YuYu Hakusho: Yuu Kaito from the Chapter Black Story Arc has an ability called "Taboo" which lets him implement word games that those within his territory must adhere to or their souls will be extracted from their bodies. Even he's not exempted from the rules of his word games. | |
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Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: The episode "Doo Not Disturb" has a hotel haunted by the ghost of the hotel manager's deceased strict mother, who stalks those who violate the very peculiar rules placed on signs around the hotel. It's a "Scooby-Doo" Hoax, of course, perpetrated by the hotel manager's estranged brother who didn't want to run the place the same way their mother did. It turns out he wants a hostile takeover, literally, of the old hotel in spite of his success with another hotel he started on his own by scaring the guests to make it go under. | |
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How to Survive Camping: The whole series revolves around the list of rules written by the campsite owner, and how breaking them always ends horribly for those involved. Break rule #9note don't fall for the lady in chains' Wounded Gazelle Gambit, and the lady in chains will kill you. Break rule #6note don't sleep anywhere besides your tent or a hammock you have personally set up , and something will probably kill you in your sleep. Break rule #18note don't do business with the children without a wagon , and the owner will kill you, as a precaution. Break rule #4note You may dance with the dancers if they welcome you, but back off if they don't and never look at the musicians , and the dancers may not even grant you the mercy of death. Break rule #21 note Stay hydrated, and vodka mixed with gatorade is not an acceptable substitute, and you really have only yourself to blame for your subsequent and completely mundane hospitalization. | |
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The Cabin in the Woods: In order to ensure humanity's continued survival, every year the Organization must sacrifice a group of people to appease the Ancient Ones. These days, simply throwing someone into a volcano won't cut it, and a more elaborate ritual is needed: namely, having five sacrifices act like horror movie stereotypes via drugging, having them disturb one of many artifacts which summon monsters from deep in the Organization's vaults, and then having them hunted down by that monster. The "Whore" has to die first, and the "Virgin"'s death is completely optional. The "Athlete", the "Scholar", and the "Fool" can be killed in any order, as long as they're not the first to be killed and as long as the "Virgin" outlives them all. However, the sacrifices must be killed off before sunrise the next day. Marty, their designated "Fool", ends up becoming immune to the drugs the Organization was using thanks to his personal stash of marijuana that they missed, and survives with Dana (at least, until the Ancient Ones throw a tantrum in response). The Organization thinking that they'd killed Marty and prematurely announcing that he's been sacrificed is the first moment that gets the Ancient Ones grumbling. There are other scenarios playing out in other countries around the world that are meant to follow the tropes specific to the horror stories of those cultures. Only one of these scenarios is needed to succeed, but these all went Off the Rails too, causing the Ancient Ones to wake up and destroy the world. This also happens inside the scenario the organisation has to run - the subjects have to be warned about what they're getting into, and they have to choose to go into the basement containing various doom artifacts. However, the odds are stacked by making sure the Harbinger (the person delivering the warning) is as unpleasant as possible to make ignoring it easier, and by ensuring the basement door is found when the subjects are already making various drunken bets. |
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