10 Worst Pranks Gone Wrong In Horror Movies

While pranks gone wrong are a horror movie staple, the worst instances of this trope feature practical jokes that would never have been funny, even if they didn’t end in disaster. Horror movies are often filled with characters trying to get gruesome revenge on their tormentors. Giving a villain a sympathetic backstory is a surefire way to ensure viewers won’t feel too bad when the movie’s main characters start dropping like flies. An early example of this approach can be seen in 1980’s original Friday the 13th, where the killer’s first victims are two camp counselors who ignored a drowning child in favor of canoodling.