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Welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 smartest diversions in horror movies.

That was just a diversion to get us out of the priest for this list will be looking at times characters and scary movies got the upper hand on their adversaries by drawing their attention elsewhere.

Obviously there will be spoilers ahead know of any other instances, divert yourself down to the comments below.

Number 10 pig in our locker, the Texas Chainsaw massacre.

While not widely beloved, this horror remake does have its fans as it created a template.

The genre would replicate for years to come.

Generally faithful to the original texas chainsaw in plot.

This one does fear off some.

In the third act as protagonist, Aaron ironically attempts to lose Leatherface in a slaughterhouse.

Yeah, it doesn't entirely work.

Rather than simply hide though Aaron devises a plan whereby she can ambush her attacker, she puts a piglet in a locker and hides in another one Across the way when leatherface goes to confront the noise, he's greeted by a different kind of meat, allowing Aaron to catch him off guard and cleave off his favorite chain sawing arm, clever girl.

Number nine, burning bob The Hills have eyes, it's not just horror movie protagonists that can set up diversions.

Sometimes the villains are just as smart case in point at West Craven's The Hills have eyes.

The film sees the carter family stranded in the desert during a road trip.

Little do they know they're being stalked and preyed upon by a very different family altogether.

When carter family patriarch bob goes off to get help, he's kidnapped by the sadistic papa jupiter, who then crucified the poor man and sets him a light to draw the others away from the trailer with the bulk of the carters distracted Pluto and mars ransacked their belongings, which ultimately leads to the innocent ethel and Lynn being fatally shot.

Number eight passing it along.

It follows part of the genius behind it follows is having a virtually unstoppable, slow moving entity that will eventually track you down.

But that's not going to stop the characters in this movie from delaying the inevitable.

This thing, it's gonna follow you.

Somebody gave it to me and I passed it to you.

Protagonist J has pretty much the worst date ever as her partner passes along a deadly supernatural STD though, he does give her instruction to pass it along herself, extending the chain of cursed individuals to buy more time any guy would be with you just sleep with someone else and tell him to do the same thing.

Maybe it'll never come back.

It's a pretty heartless thing to do, but virtually the only defense against such a force though certainly conflicted.

It's a diversion.

J2 is forced to resort to though her partners aren't quite as lucky to be here sooner or later you could pass it on.

I did once.

Number seven book burning misery apparently nothing gets someone's attention, like setting things ablaze.

In this classic Stephen King adaptation, injured writer paul.

Sheldon is held against his will by the psychotic Annie Wilkes.

His number one fan in 18 71 women often died in childbirth.

But his spirit is the important thing and misery.

Spirit is still alive.

What incensed over him, killing his flagship character misery and appalled by his new material and he forces paul to burn his new manuscript.

The only copy he has, Oh my goodness, goodness gracious!

Oh my Though Annie has him write his character back to life, Paul realizes the novel's completion will also coincide with his death though other escape plans fall through Paul uses Annie's love for misery against her lighting the finished novel on fire paul.

You can't why not?

I learned it from you.

This allows paul to gain the upper hand, setting off a struggle that ends with Anne's death.

Number six, live feed soar to the saw franchise quickly became known for its twist endings and the second installment is no different corrupt cop, eric Matthews and a swat team are able to apprehend the jigsaw killer at his hideout, only to discover a sadistic game is being played elsewhere.

With the law, life of Matthew's own son Daniel hanging in the balance.

The movie then cuts between the two locations as Matthews is forced to play his own game of sitting and waiting with Jigsaw, I only want to talk to you.

Everyone else must leave.

Those are my conditions.

It's a crime scene.

Nobody leaves.

They don't have to leave the building, they just have to leave this area long enough for me to talk to you.

If you agree to that and you will see your son again, Matthews ultimately fails going rogue and forcing Jigsaw to take him to the house, it's then revealed that the other games footage was never live and that Daniel was in fact safe the entire time Matthews lets the pressure corrupt his reasoning game over Number five, releasing Maaleh 28 days later, 28 days later, quickly establishes the immediate danger it zombies pose.

They exhibiting stream rage and infecting others almost instantly.

So you wouldn't think freeing even one captive Zombie would be a good idea.

However, when Jim has to say, his companions, salina and Hanna from misogynistic soldiers, he has to get the upper hand somehow.

The soldiers probably thought keeping the Zombified mailer for experimentation was a good idea, but once Jim sets him loose on the compound, absolute Bedlam follows, Get up the soldiers are helpless to contain the zombie outbreak as Jim is able to sneak around and complete the mission.

You know what they say?

The enemy of my enemy is my zombified friend.

Mm hmm.

Number four looking like young Jason friday the 13th.

The final chapter, Jason Vorhees isn't the smartest slasher out there.

In fact, he's been fooled on more than one occasion.

First when final girl, Ginny puts on his mother's sweater, in part to Jason, mother is talking to you, Jason mother is talking to you while that diversion only works for a time.

The young Tommy Jarvis has much better success in part four.

After Jason dispatches all the neighboring teenagers, he comes knocking at the Jarvis residence while his sister, Trish has more than she can handle, Tommy shrewdly shaves his head to resemble the killer as a young boy, jesus, this distraction gives Trish the opportunity to strike back before Tommy goes all Jason on.

Well, Jason sure, Jason never stays dead for long.

But this strategy ensures the Jarvis name lives on number three setting off fireworks a quiet place, you'd think fireworks would be the last thing you'd want around when there's auditory lee enhanced creatures out and about.

But apparently you'd be wrong.

Yeah, the Abbott family has become survival experts in the wake of the apocalypse, but things go awry when a deadly death angel finds its way onto their farm.

To make matters worse, matriarch.

Evelyn is going into labor, unable to stifle her cries of pain or those of the newborn activating their contingency plan.

Young Marcus sets off the fireworks to draw away the death angels while lee goes to rescue his wife.

The fireworks ultimately draw more death angels to the property.

but in a pinch they prove incredibly effective.

It worked.

No two.

Getting the party started the cabin in the woods.

Again, sometimes you need to literally release the beast to give yourself the opportunity to escape or in this case, all of them get it to go down.

We want to go down after surviving there personally constructed horror movie Dana and marty are forced to enter the subterranean facility operated by the puppeteers behind their ordeal.

Only their arrival is anticipated and they end up pinned down by a slew of armed guards.

Let's get this party started out of options.

Dana presses the big red button, releasing every single monster.

The facility keeps secret.

The chaos allowed the two to maneuver through it.

But at this point we're just giddy seeing virtually every conceivable horror movie villain run rampant.

It's a smart decision and a smart plot device.

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Number one reverse tracks the shining.

With all respect to Tommy Jarvis, Danny.

Torrance may just be the cleverest kid in horror history.

Any one of us would be petrified at the sight of an ax wielding madman, especially at such a young age, but Danny has the wherewithal to not only evade his deranged father Jack, but completely outsmart him, realizing Jack can easily follow his snowy footprints in the hedge maze.

Danny backtracks his own prints to establish a false trail.

This disorients Jack completely giving Danny the opportunity to escape the maze while his father chases ghosts.

Now unable to find his own way out, Jack is left helpless as he collapses and freezes to death.

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