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* Neil Marshal's ''Film/TheDescent'' made this work with some good tension between the characters and some genuinely scary scenes of spelunking. Some critics even preferred the beginning segments, due to the film first playing on the fear of getting stuck in a cave, and it's been occasionally opined that the parts where the protagonists are running from the Crawlers are actually ''less'' scary than the [[NothingIsScarier full half hour of agonizing build-up where the audience just KNOWS that the monsters are coming eventually, but not from where or when]].
* Neil Marshal's ''Film/DogSoldiers'' does this by necessity, considering the budget limitations on showing the werewolves too often, but actually makes the squaddies pretty likeable. It helps that "badass group of British soldiers out on a mission somewhere" is inherently more interesting to watch than a bunch of horny teenage morons being awful to one another.

%%* Played straight in the ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' series.

* VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Is a prequel that tells the tale of 3 doomed apprentices: Terra, Ven, And Aqua in their search for the missing Keyblade Master Xehanort, by the end of the game Terra is stripped of his body and his soul animates his armor to attempt to stop Xehanort from escaping, left stranded in the Keyblade Graveyard after. Ventus is used to complete an ancient weapon known as the "X-Blade" and in his attempt to destroy it has his heart damaged in a way that leaves him comatosed. Finally Aqua does battle with posessed Terra and falls into the Realm of Darkness saving Terra's body which ends up becoming the "Xehanort" Sora would later face in the original two games in his Heartless and Nobody incarnations.

* ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS'' We have Trish, Cole's Ex-Girlfriend who turns her back on Cole after he is framed for purposefully unleashing the Explosion that destroyed Empire City and inadvertedly killed her Sister. While Cole can either patch things up with her or permanently burn the bridge based on your actions the choice is ultimately irrelevant as near the end she is Kidnapped and put into a SadisticChoice where he must choose a group of Six Doctors or Trish alone from dying, No matter the choice she is killed. The ending reveals Kessler (A.K.A. Future Cole) had this purposefully planned to prepare Cole for a forthcoming danger he failed to stop, killing his own love to make sure he wasn't "tied down by emotions" when it happened.

* VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Is a Prequel that tells the tale of 3 Doomed Apprentices: Terra, Ven, And Aqua in their search for the missing Keyblade Master Xehanort, by the end of the game Terra is stripped of his Body and his soul animates his Armor to attempt to stop Xehanort from escaping, left stranded in the Keyblade Graveyard after. Ventus is used to complete an Ancient weapon known as the "X-Blade" and in his attempt to destroy it has his Heart damaged in a way that leaves him comatosed. Finally Aqua does battle with Posessed Terra and falls into the Realm of Darkness saving Terra's body which ends up becomming the "Xehanort" Sora would later face in the original two Games in his Heartless and Nobody incarnations.

* ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS'' Gives us Trish, Cole's (Fresh) Ex-Girlfriend who turns her back on Cole after he is framed for purposefully unleashing the Explosion that destroyed Empire City and inadvertedly killed her Sister. While Cole can either patch up with her or permaintly burn the bridge based on your actions, his choice is ultimately irrelevant as near the end she is Kidnapped and put into a SadisticChoice where he must choose a group of Pedestrians or Trish from dying. No matter the choice she is either killed alone or included in the group. The ending reveals Kessler (A.K.A. Future Cole) had this purposefully planned to prepare Cole for a future fight he failed to win, killing his own love to make sure he wasn't "tied down by emotions" when it happened.

* "VideoGame/inFAMOUS" Gives us Trish, Cole's (Fresh) Ex-Girlfriend who turns her back on Cole after he is framed for purposefully unleashing the Explosion that destroyed Empire City and inadvertedly killed her Sister. While Cole can either patch up with her or permaintly burn the bridge, his choice is ultimately irrelevant as near the end she is Kidnapped and put into a SadisticChoice where he must choose a group of Pedestrians or Trish from dying. No matter the choice she is either killed alone or included in the group. The ending reveals Kessler (A.K.A. Future Cole) had this purposefully planned to prepare him for a future fight he failed to win, killing his own love to make sure he wasn't "tied down by emotions" when it happened.

* "VideoGame/inFamous" Gives us Trish, Cole's (Fresh) Ex-Girlfriend who turns her back on Cole after he is framed for purposefully unleashing the Explosion that destroyed Empire City and inadvertedly killed her Sister. While Cole can either patch up with her or permaintly burn the bridge, his choice is ultimately irrelevant as near the end she is Kidnapped and put into a SadisticChoice where he must choose a group of Pedestrians or Trish from dying. No matter the choice she is either killed alone or included in the group. The ending reveals Kessler (A.K.A. Future Cole) had this purposefully planned to prepare him for a future fight he failed to win, killing his own love to make sure he wasn't "tied down by emotions" when it happened.

-->'''[[AxCrazy Vaas]]''': I really like this phone. This is a nice phone.