The Heartless Trope In Horror, Explained
Whether good or lackluster, there are many haunted house movies that feature ghosts who haven't truly moved on from the place they used to live or the people who hurt them. Sometimes this can be clichéd and boring and other times, the stories can be legitimately scary.
There are many horror movie tropes that fans wish would be retired but one that is really compelling is the «Heartless» trope. Since it can be used with ghosts or monsters, there are some haunted house films that employ it to varying degrees of success. It doesn't come up very often, which makes it exciting, and there is one movie where it is used in a brilliant way.
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According to TV Tropes, The Heartless are «monsters born out of people's negative emotions.» These could be spirits or this trope could be part of the body horror genre. TV Tropes notes that if the main character who is the hero of the story turns into The Heartless, then the movie is using another trope called «Face–Heel Turn.»
The most important thing for horror fans to know that these monsters are tough to get rid of, which is what makes them terrifying. TV Tropes notes that the hero of the story might be able to defeat them or make them feel better.
The best example of this horror trope is the curse that is at the core of the Ju-On franchise. Takashi Shimizu is the creator and while there were several short films and direct-to-video releases, the first movie which was in movie theaters is Ju-On: The Grudge from 2002. The main character Takeo Saeki (Takashi Matsuyama) kills his wife Kayako Saeki (Takako Fuji) and because he kills her when he's upset and betrayed, she becomes a vengeful ghost.
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