Standing in the Hall
Until the 1970s, a common punishment used by Japanese school teachers for tardiness or rowdiness in class was to have the student (almost always a boy) stand out in the hall holding two water-filled buckets (every classroom has buckets since the students normally do the cleaning anyway); the public disgrace could be compounded if the student grew tired and had to put the buckets down on the floor.
Unstable Horror Ally
In a horror story with a singular protagonist rather than a Dwindling Party, it's very hard to find help. The creators want to keep the audience on their toes, so if the protagonist has an ally, that ally can't be too nice or comforting. In order to maintain a sense of tension, ally characters in horror works tend to have some scary traits, despite not being the main source of horror in the story
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