Dangerous Windows
In the horror genre, windows are not the safest thing. They're mostly thin breakable glass, often big enough to let monsters and crazed madmen use it as an improvised entrance and make for a nice spot to grab unsuspecting victims to their doom. Soft Glass seems to be in effect as such monsters or madmen are rarely harmed by breaking them with their bare hands. Barricading windows can be hard work if there are too many of them and more often than not whatever is trying to get through, will.
Staredown Faceoff
Whether as a precursor to any actual confrontation or in the midst of it, a tool to intensify a situation is simply to have opposing characters within said situation move in close to each other with unblinking eye contact until they are right in each other's faces.
Not only are they literally not backing down from whatever confrontation is coming with their opponent, they are doing the exact opposite; actively escalating the situation by approaching it, sometimes
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