| rdfs:comment | - Water can be one of the most dangerous things in a horror film. You're not likely to drown in it, but there are other reasons to avoid it like the plague: 1.
* If you fall into the water, in the next shot, you are likely to be a dozen yards away from dry land, easy prey if the killer is in the water. 2.
* If you fall in, but are just a couple feet from safety, the water will not let you move forward, no matter how frantically you splash around.
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* This won't be a problem for people who can swim, but how can the audience know someone can swim unless it is explicitly stated... twice? 1.
* If the killer is in the water, either the water will be opaque until the killer appears, or we see the killer rising up, but the victim will be forced by the water to look in the opp
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| abstract | - Water can be one of the most dangerous things in a horror film. You're not likely to drown in it, but there are other reasons to avoid it like the plague: 1.
* If you fall into the water, in the next shot, you are likely to be a dozen yards away from dry land, easy prey if the killer is in the water. 2.
* If you fall in, but are just a couple feet from safety, the water will not let you move forward, no matter how frantically you splash around.
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* This won't be a problem for people who can swim, but how can the audience know someone can swim unless it is explicitly stated... twice? 1.
* If the killer is in the water, either the water will be opaque until the killer appears, or we see the killer rising up, but the victim will be forced by the water to look in the opposite direction. If this trope is in effect and the killer is not human, then the monster is often a hideous water-dwelling creature. Compare Super Drowning Skills, where water acts like a Bottomless Pit in Video Games, and Grimy Water, where going into the water hurts you. Murder Water is where the water itself is actively trying to kill you. For water as Death Trap, see Drowning Pit. Examples of Danger 1:
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