User blog comment:Dorkpool/Stupid Horror Characters/@comment-4849011-20141027001252/@comment-4849011-20141125013425

I remembered something else today - one of the stupidest moments I've ever seen in a monster movie. The movie The Black Scorpion had a number of gigantic scorpions. However, most of them were destroyed, leaving just one giant scorpion to be killed at the end. Our heroes had witnessed the scorpions battling earlier and had seen that the scorpions killed their rivals by stinging them in their throats. Knowing that the throat was a vulnerable spot, they deciced to launch a large electrified needle in order to kill the titular monster. That's all pretty smart. It was what happened at one point during the mission that was incredibly stupid. The first shot missed, so some high official (I want to say it was a general, but it's been years since I've seen the film) pulled the cord to retrieve the dart. Once it was in reach he grabbed the metal dart with his bare hands, stiffened, trembled, and fell over. One of the assistants turned and called back, "Turn off the power!" I thought, "You have got to be kidding me..." So remember, kids, don't grab highly electrified metal needles with your bare hands! It's also stupid that he had to pull it in by tugging the cord. You guys honestly didn't think it might be good to have a reel on that thing?

Also, let's not forget those movies in which there's some kind of deadly disease/contagion, and the characters, despite knowing this, do as much to create open wounds and expose themselves to blood & bodily fluids as possible (such as hitting an infected person in the teeth with a bare fist).