History Main / TerrorAtMakeOutPoint

* ''Film/InvasionOfTheSaucerMen'' and its remake, ''Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures'', have the hero and heroine run over one of the monsters on their way there; by the end, they have to enlist the other "[[DawsonCasting teens]]" to [[WeaksauceWeakness drive over and high-beam the photophobic Creatures to death with their cars' headlights]].

* One ''{{ComicStrip/Hellboy}}'' story has Hellboy waiting in a car with a female FBI agent for a "Goatman" reported to have scared several young couples, with the agent suggesting a more dynamic approach to attracting the monster. Fortunately he attacks just then, with Hellboy discreetly thanking the Goatman mid-battle for getting Hellboy out of an awkward situation.

* In August 2002, teenagers [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/story%3fid=125882&page=1 Jackie Marris and Tamara Brooks]] were abducted from such a place by criminal Roy Ratliff while parked with their respective boyfriends. They endured a night of terror that included him raping them both and finally ended with the cops shooting him dead within [[JustInTime minutes]] of when he would have likely killed them as well.

-->--''[[MemeticMutation A very poorly translated]]'' ''Main/{{Creepypasta}}''

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* ''Film/InvasionOfTheSaucerMen'' and its remake, ''Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures'', have the hero and heroine run over one of the monsters on their way there; by the end, they have to enlist the other "[[DawsonCasting teens]]" to [[WeaksauceWeakness drive over and high-beam the photophobic Creatures to death with their cars' headlights]].

* ''Film/TheGiantGilaMonster'' opens with the title character killing a pair of teens who were making out in a parked car on the edge of town. We later learn they were in the process of eloping.
* In ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'', the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailer]] for Creator/EliRoth's [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher movie]] ''Thanksgiving'' includes a scene of a woman going down on a guy in a parked car. When she reaches up to touch his face, she finds that his head has been cut off by the slasher!
* In ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'', Music/TomWaits' character tells a story of how he and his ex-girlfriend used to [[SerialKillerKiller "go around the country killin' people who go around the country killin' people".]] We get a montage of their past antics, including invoking this trope to lead the Texarkana Moonlight Murderer (see below under Real Life) into a trap.
* The movie ''Film/NightClaws'' opens with a very by-the-numbers scene of [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] killing two people who are making out in their car.
* ''Film/DeadManWalking'': The flashbacks depicting the murder of the teenage couple shows the two criminals approaching them while they're parked in his car.

[[AutoErotica Teenagers enjoy making out in cars.]] This is probably because they expect that no one will see them, and they won't see anyone. However, teenagers at MakeOutPoint ironically tend to be the first witnesses of the alien invasion, or the zombie apocalypse, or the [[BreadEggsMilkSquick dead body at the bottom of the cliff]]. Quite often, they will be [[SexSignalsDeath brutally murdered]] to show that the MonsterOfTheWeek means business. Why? Perhaps RuleOfFunny. Perhaps they are considered AcceptableTargets. (Bonus if they get [[JustForPun shot at]].)

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E4TheRuthlessPursuitOfBloodWithAllA ...The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding]]", Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia drive to a lover's lane to hunt for humans who are in a state of arousal. In Lestat's estimation, they're a special treat because no blood is sweeter than young people who are swollen with passion. Claudia's fangs rip into one man's neck so savagely that his arterial spray splashes across the windshield of his car, his blood nearly covering the entire surface of the glass. Lestat murders a couple that was parked further ahead off-screen, and when the [[ScreamingWoman screaming girlfriend]] of Claudia's victim runs to Lestat to warn him of the danger, he kills her, too.

* The first three attacks by the 'Phantom Killer' in Texarkana were on couple parked in isolated spots to make out.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fourth episode, Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia drive to a lover's lane to hunt for humans who are in a state of arousal. In Lestat's estimation, they're a special treat because no blood is sweeter than young people who are swollen with passion. Claudia's fangs rip into one man's neck so savagely that his arterial spray splashes across the windshield of his car, his blood nearly covering the entire surface of the glass. Lestat murders a couple that was parked further ahead off-screen, and when the [[ScreamingWoman screaming girlfriend]] of Claudia's victim runs to Lestat to warn him of the danger, he kills her, too.

* ''Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures'' has its hero and heroine run over one of the monsters on their way there; by the end, they have to enlist the other "[[DawsonCasting teens]]" to [[WeaksauceWeakness drive over and high-beam the photophobic Creatures to death with their cars' headlights]].

* In ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'', Music/TomWaits' character tells a story of how he and his ex girlfriend used to [[SerialKillerKiller "go around the country killin' people who go around the country killin' people".]] We get a montage of their past antics, including invoking this trope to lead the Texarkana Moonlight Murderer (see below under Real Life) into a trap.

* Spoofed in the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheHalls'', where Gingy's recolection of the story of Christmas is of him and his girlfriend sitting in a car when they are attacked by SantaClaus, who eats the girlfriend.

* Spoofed in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' ChristmasSpecial ''Shrek the Hall'', where Gingy's recolection of the story of Christmas is of him and his girlfriend sitting in a car when they are attacked by SantaClaus, who eats the girlfriend.

This is something of a DeadHorseTrope nowadays, considering that it is parodied more than it is used. Plus, [[NoOSHACompliance health and safety]] prevents such things happening nowadays, with traffic regulation orders enforcing road signs such as "No motor vehicles" at the locations. TruthInTelevision - the Department for Transport have a fair few enforced at cliff-faces. Nevertheless, as you'll see under Real Life, this ''has'' happened, as a few {{serial killer}}s have made it their preferred ''modus operandi''.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fourth episode, Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia drive to a lover's lane to hunt for humans who are in a state of arousal. In Lestat's estimation, they're a special treat because no blood is sweeter than young people who are swollen with passion. Claudia's fangs rip into one man's neck so savagely that his arterial spray splashes across the windshield of his car, his blood nearly covering the entire surface of the glass. Lestat murders a couple that was parked further ahead off-screen, and when the screaming girlfriend of Claudia's victim runs to Lestat to warn him of the danger, he kills her, too.

[[AutoErotica Teenagers enjoy making out in cars.]] This is probably because they expect that no one will see them, and they won't see anyone. However, teenagers at MakeOutPoint ironically tend to be the first witnesses of the alien invasion, or the zombie apocalypse, or the [[BreadEggsMilkSquick dead body at the bottom of the cliff]]. Quite often, they will be [[DeathBySex brutally murdered]] to show that the MonsterOfTheWeek means business. Why? Perhaps RuleOfFunny. Perhaps they are considered AcceptableTargets. (Bonus if they get [[JustForPun shot at]].)

* Referenced and parodied in ''Literature/HowToSurviveAHorrorMovie''. Contrary to popular belief, DeathBySex isn't a universal truism in horror films. Rather, it's having sex ''in a car'' that will get you killed.

* The [[HairRaisingHare Bunny]] Man urban legend from Fairfax County, Virginia, and the surrounding area, tells of a man in a rabbit suit, terrorizing couples with an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]].

--> '''Boy''': "It's zombies!"
--> '''Girl''': "Zombies?"
--> '''Boy''': "Yeah! And they're ''masturbating''!"
--> '''Girl''': '''''"EWWWWWW!"'''''

--->"Anna-Marie, there aren't any wolves in Pennsylvania." ''(WolfMan pulls him out of the car)''

* The teenage couple in the opening scene of ''Film/{{Zodiac}}'' arrive at such a place, only to be [[spoiler: shot by the SerialKiller]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters: "Monsters, Get Real" has Krumm scaring some teens about to make out in their car.