No matter how subversive or original they may seem, it’s exceptionally hard for modern horror movies to avoid the same tropes or storytelling tricks established by their predecessors. Nowadays, it seems like all horror movies are, in one way or another, indebted to the films that have come before them. Even innovative films like Get Out, Barbarian, and Midsommar owe a lot to horror classics like The Stepford Wives, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Wicker Man.
