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EvilIsNotWellLit. We all know this. It's human nature to believe that DarknessEqualsDeath. Therefore, it's been a commonly held trope for [[OlderThanDirt centuries]] that scary things have to happen in the dark. This is why there are so many horror movies where it's AlwaysNight, or why TheLostWoods never see daylight, or why whoever owns the HauntedHouse never pays the elecricity bill. Conversely, well lit, sunny areas with 100% visibility must be safe. We know that no monsters will harm us once [[CueTheSun the sun comes up.]] Hey, the [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight Things That Go Bump]] only do it at night after all, [[TemptingFate right]]? If spooky things always lurk in the darkness, then LightIsGood.

* The sixth season of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' subverted the show's usual "Night-time horror" by having most of the scary stuff happen during daytime, culminating in the death of Tara, and Willow's attempt to destroy the world.

* Lampshaded in an issue of ''TheWalkingDead''. Rick, the main character, complains that it's getting cloudy. His friend welcomes the darkness since it had previously been very sunny and the sunlight was "too much of a contradiction."

* Used frequently and effectively in TheWalkingDead, as the zombies are active in the daytime.

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* Used frequently and effectively in TheWalkingDead, particularly during the second season premiere when the survivors encounter a horde of zombies on the highway.

EvilIsNotWellLit. We all know this. It's human nature to believe that DarknessEqualsDeath. Therefore, it's been a commonly held trope for centuries that scary things have to happen in the dark. This is why there are so many horror movies where it's AlwaysNight, or why TheLostWoods never see daylight, or why whoever owns the HauntedHouse never pays the elecricity bill. Conversely, well lit, sunny areas with 100% visibility must be safe. We know that no monsters will harm us once [[CueTheSun the sun comes up.]] Hey, the [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight Things That Go Bump]] only do it at night after all, [[TemptingFate right]]? If spooky things always lurk in the darkness, then LightIsGood.

EvilIsNotWellLit. We all know this. It's human nature to believe that DarknessEqualsDeath. Therefore, it's been a commonly held trope for [[OlderThanDirt centuries]] that scary things have to happen in the dark. This is why there are so many horror movies where it's AlwaysNight, or why TheLostWoods never see daylight, or why whoever owns the HauntedHouse never pays the elecricity bill. Conversely, well lit, sunny areas with 100% visibility must be safe. We know that no monsters will harm us once [[CueTheSun the sun comes up.]] Hey, the [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight Things That Go Bump]] only do it at night after all, [[TemptingFate right]]? If spooky things always lurk in the darkness, then LightIsGood.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'' in the last episode of the first season, where [[spoiler:Abbadon terrorizes the city and kills loads of people]] in broad daylight.

* The sixth season of ''{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' subverted the show's usual "Night-time horror" by having most of the scary stuff happen during daytime, culminating in the death of Tara, and Willow's attempt to destroy the world.

* ''[[Series/DoctorWho The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' takes place during local daytime, as does ''Fury from the Deep''.

** In fact, just about all of the new episodes.

** Another from JohnCarpenter's films, ''Film/TheThing'', while still using night time for it's scares manages to have a few intense moments in the light of day. Then again the're in the stormy antarctic so it's mostly an overcast day but still.

** Another from JohnCarpenter's films, TheThing, while still using night time for it's scares manages to have a few intense moments in the light of day. Then again the're in the stormy antarctic so it's mostly an overcast day but still.

* ''Film/TheMist'', though it's so foggy you really couldn't tell.

* In ''{{Serenity}}'', Miranda is one of the most brightly lit planets we see in the 'Verse, but it's still where our BigDamnHeroes discover [[spoiler: how the Pax killed almost everyone on the planet and created the Reavers]]. And it's ''terrifying''.

* Invoked in-universe for ''TheZombieSurvivalGuide''. Which recommends finding safe places to sleep during the night, and only 'get moving" when there's Daylight. Implicitly putting you on even terms with the undead, who don't need to see you to find and eat you.

* The upcoming ''{{X-COM}}'' FPS will be set mostly during daytime. Earlier games in the series also had missions that would take place in daylight, depending on when your soldiers arrived at a terror site.

* ''BioshockInfinite'' looks to be heading in this direction.

* The ''{{Cube}}'' is very bright in some chambers.

* ''[[DoctorWho The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' takes place during local daytime, as does ''Fury from the Deep''.