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Two Sentence Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

It's supposed to be a one-two punch. You're expecting him to kill her with cyanide, but it turns out you were mistaken! Then he kills her anyway

This kind of joke can totally work in a well-paced comedy, but not a two sentence horror. It's a stretch to do it in two sentences.