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** Bob has made it his life's mission to eradicate a specific race of monsters after the death of his child. Despite most of them having had nothing to do with what happened to Bob, they are forced to run in terror as Bob [[WouldHurtAChild kills their children]], [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures and kills their loved ones]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution burns their cities to the ground]]. Long after Bob successfully managed to torture and kill the monsters responsible; he is still committing genocide to the monster species as they run in terror and desperately try to hide from the human that is their bogeyman. Bonus points if the narrative [[SwitchingPOV changes perspectives from Bob to the monsters]] as they run from him in a desperate bid to save themselves and their loved ones, showing that, to them, [[HumansThroughAlienEyes Bob is as terrifying as any monster was to humans]].
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** The smaller monster immediately stands its ground against the bigger monster. If it dies, it dies, but [[TiredOfRunning there will be no running away, not now, not ever]].

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** The smaller monster immediately stands its ground against the bigger monster. If it dies, it dies, but [[TiredOfRunning there will be no running away, away]], not now, [[DoNotGoGentle not ever]].
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** The horrifying animals from beyond time and space are animals still, and even when they are smarter than humans they are still as capable of animalistic thought [[HumanityIsInsane as humans]] -- and not everything chooses flight when facing off a bigger threat. Some become even more murderous in an attempt at establishing dominance. Some decide [[TakingYouWithMe they are going to die fighting]]. Many of those who choose flight are definitely not going to choose paths with little collateral damage. And some of those who are clever, well, they may decide to [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass paint the scary hoo-mahn as]] the "[[VanHelsingHateCrimes real monster]]" and get the authorities to take care of them. To make it short: becoming the boogeyman's boogeyman is an impractical tactic.

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** The horrifying animals from beyond time and space are animals still, and even when they are smarter than humans they are still as capable of animalistic thought [[HumanityIsInsane as humans]] -- and not everything chooses flight when facing off a bigger threat. Some become even more murderous in an attempt at establishing dominance. Some decide [[TakingYouWithMe they are going to die fighting]]. Many of those who choose flight are definitely not going to choose paths with little collateral damage. And some of those who are clever, well, they may decide to [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass paint the scary hoo-mahn as]] the "[[VanHelsingHateCrimes real monster]]" and get the authorities to take care of them.them... or [[RabbleRouser rile up a really big crowd of equally scared monsters]] "to show the hoo-mahn [[TorchesAndPitchforks what he makes them feel]]" and [[ZergRush enact a death by a thousand cuts]]. To make it short: becoming the boogeyman's boogeyman is an impractical tactic.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The man who horrifies the horror today [[SoLastSeason will definitely become]] TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled tomorrow. That is just the way [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil the world]] (or [[TheWorfEffect writers trying to prop up]] their pet creation) works.

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The man who horrifies the horror today [[SoLastSeason will definitely become]] TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled tomorrow. That is just the way [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil the world]] (or [[TheWorfEffect writers trying to prop up]] their pet creation) works.works.
** The horrifying animals from beyond time and space are animals still, and even when they are smarter than humans they are still as capable of animalistic thought [[HumanityIsInsane as humans]] -- and not everything chooses flight when facing off a bigger threat. Some become even more murderous in an attempt at establishing dominance. Some decide [[TakingYouWithMe they are going to die fighting]]. Many of those who choose flight are definitely not going to choose paths with little collateral damage. And some of those who are clever, well, they may decide to [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass paint the scary hoo-mahn as]] the "[[VanHelsingHateCrimes real monster]]" and get the authorities to take care of them. To make it short: becoming the boogeyman's boogeyman is an impractical tactic.
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** Bob just happens to be accidentally carrying or manages to discover ([[TheFool through sheer luck]]) the monster's AbsurdPhobia.
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** Bob is murdered, and quite violently at that, by the slasher he just scared the everliving crap out of ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero because]]'' they were scared out of their wits and had access to a weapon -- [[{{Foreshadowing}} just like Alice]] five scenes earlier when she shot Jimmy nine times in an unthinking panic when [[DeadlyPrank he scared her with that prank in which he dressed like the slasher]]. Alice even points out [[NotSoDifferentRemark the irony of the slasher acting just like she did,]] which leads to the rest of the cast fearing that she is a potential second slasher.
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** The thing that scares the monsters is that HumansAreTheRealMonsters, represented in terrorists, Ed Gein-style serial killers, and other maniacs who answer to the question of "those are immortal beings from time and space, how are ''these'' guys supposed to be more scary?" with "[[MugglesDoItBetter they can kill the monsters]], and it's going to be pure [[SplatterHorror giallo]]-flavored."

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** The thing that scares the monsters is that HumansAreTheRealMonsters, represented in terrorists, Ed Gein-style serial killers, and other maniacs who answer to the question of "those are immortal beings from time and space, how are ''these'' guys supposed to be more scary?" with "[[MugglesDoItBetter they can kill the monsters]], and it's going to be pure [[SplatterHorror giallo]]-flavored.pure]] ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''-flavored."
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** The thing that scares the monsters is that HumansAreTheRealMonsters, represented in terrorists, Ed Gein-style serial killers, and other maniacs who answer to the question of "those are immortal beings from time and space, how are ''these'' guys supposed to be more scary?" with "[[MugglesDoItBetter they can kill the monsters]], and it's going to be pure [[SplatterHorror giallo]]-flavored."
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** EvenEvilHasStandards
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** The thing that horrifies the monsters are humans… and they are a collection of beings so vile that the monsters from beyond time and space that feed on souls look more ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards humane]]'' in comparison.

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