History Main / DaylightHorror

* A few of the games in the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise start off in the day, granted a dark and gloomy day, before moving on to night. ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' however has the whole game take place during an overcast day with the only truly dark lighting being inside buildings or when the town shifts into one of it's nightmare world incarnations.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' as well. Until you get out of the police station that is. The horrifying aspect being that the day and night are nearly indistinguishable since the smoke from the burning town is blotting out the sun.

* Sometimes, the budget does not allow for any night shots and the filmmakers don't want to use HollywoodDarkness.

* ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'':

Not to be confused with LightIsNotGood, although it can invoke this. See also WeakenedByTheLight and SceneryDissonance.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'''s daytime segments don't just change the lighting, but the behavior of one of the [[EliteZombie Special Infected]]. [[SavageSetpiece Witches]] normally sit in one place at night; during the day they wander around. To compensate, they're considerably harder to aggravate.

* The sunlight adds a sense of realism often found in documentaries, where mankind's brutality doesn't wait for dusk, as often seen on the news.

-> A bloody dawn broke over a scabbed and tortured world.

-->-- [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/v14/1/armageddon Armageddon]]

-> Fear the dark if you must, but don't mistake sunlight for safety.
-->-- [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Josu Vess]], [[https://media.wizards.com/2018/dom/en_FFmZbkUjw3.png Eviscerate]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' two-part Season 2 closer "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 2]]" take place in the middle of a glorious day in the most beautiful city in Equestria, with everyone gathered to celebrate a fairy-tale wedding. Then the sky starts raining Changelings ...

* The Gobblewonker from ''WesternAnimation/Gravity Falls'' is one of the few creatures of the show that dares to attack in the daytime (or at least not inside a dark place).

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* Famously, Creator/BramStoker originally had ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' [[DaywalkingVampire walking freely during the day]]. This is a staple of the Victorian vampire fiction. The idea of vampires dying in sunlight only became prevalent in the early 20th century thanks to the silent film ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. Similar examples include Lord Ruthven from ''Literature/TheVampyre'' and ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}''.

* Famously, Creator/BramStoker originally had ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' walking freely during the day. This is a staple of the Victorian vampire fiction. The idea of vampires dying in sunlight only became prevalent in the early 20th century thanks to the silent film ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. Similar examples include Lord Ruthven from ''Literature/TheVampyre'' and ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/InAHeartbeat'' goes for a similar feeling to Tarzan, with standing in the light being associated with exposure and danger.

** The fifth is the Drowned, an AquaticMook variant of the zombie that can spawn at day if the light level at the seafloor is low enough, or if a normal zombie is submerged in water for a bit of time. It surfaces to attack the player, and doesn't burn in sunlight easily since the water it tensd to be in puts out the flames. Drowned may also spawn with a Trident, in which case it gains a painful ranged attack.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'':
** Most enemies spawn in darkness and burn in direct sunlight, with the exception of three mobs. The first is the giant spider, which becomes passive and stops attacking the player without provocation after the sun comes up. The second exception, [[DemonicSpider The Creeper]], is an ActionBomb which combines several annoying traits. Its body is mottled green, so it blends in rather well with trees. It's completely silent except for a hissing sound it makes right next to you moments before detonating. Its [[ArtificialBrilliance AI is advanced enough]] that it can ambush the player, hiding in alcoves or around corners waiting to catch you by surprise. And most importantly for this trope, sunlight neither harms nor pacifies creepers, so when you leave your shelter in the morning, they'll be waiting for you. The third is the very creepy Endermen, which just stand there... until you look at their faces...

-> '''Kennedy:''' Okay. Okay, this is what we're going to do, okay? We're going to go inside the cabin, we're going to lock ourselves in there, and we will leave first thing in the morning.\\
'''Chet:''' What? No, he's not a fucking vampire, Kennedy. He can still kill us in the daytime.
-->-- ''Death Do Us Part'' (2014)

--> "I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer grey skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are grey."