{{Ununnilium}}: ...no, I'd say they ''can'' be avoided. And quite deftly, too.

{{Robert}}:Some of them can be. Others are integral to the horror genre. Without them, the stories don't terrify. E.g, the odds must seem heavily stacked against the heroes. If it always looks like they've got a fair chance of victory, it's not exactly frightening.

{{Gus}}: I was just throwing out a blurb for the index. Please feel free to recast it in any way that better introduces the topic.