SPOOKY MOVIE BINGO
So I like watching Spooky Movies, and in particular I enjoy participating in Bluesky’s Fright Club daily horror watch party! So I got a wee randomised bingo app so I can play along with friends while we watch scary movies together and see if anyone wins!
You can find me on Bluesky here; if you play I’d love to see your movie bingo cards, if you won, and if you have any ideas for more tropes x
About Spooky Bingo
I broke up all the random options into five categories (technically six, with the centre space “Help” being the only option in the middle for the quasi-free space), and spread them out across the grid. This was to prevent/reduce the chance of a row of five becoming impossible to win, such as a list of five different monster types that never appear in a single movie. Each row of five should be unlikely to win but theoretically possible, such as two character tropes, one fourth wall trope, a location, and something to do with the evil.
I still expect because of the random nature most movies will fail to hit a bingo, but play with your friends and whichever movie gets a bingo will be a rare treat!
Feel free share with me on Bluesky what you found!
What’s available in the random selection pool. If you think of stuff I’ve missed, drop me a message on Bluesky and I can update the lists 🙂
Character Tropes
“it was probably nothing”
Mysterious old mentor who knows what’s up
Reading a scary language out loud
A traitor!
Final Girl (or boy)
Scream Queen (or king)
Bodily Fluids
A Brotha (or sista) knows to GTFO
Holy Person fights evil
Didn’t confirm that evil was really dead
They realise their mistake too late
Fan service character
About to retire after a long, successful career
They wander off alone…
Shitty improvised weapon
Girl scoots backwards on her butt
Saved a life!
“I’m looking for…”
Running while looking backwards
Not running away from obvious danger
Refusal to acknowledge clues
Bad decision immediately punished
Spooky Setting
Haunted House
Abandoned Building
Motel Hotel Holiday Inn
Ancient Burial Grounds (Cursed!)
In Space
Dark Road
Spooky Basement
Spooky Elevator
Graveyard
Literal Hell
No windows
We’re inside a movie or computer
Everyday location, but no people
Stormy Weather
Another Dimension
Another Planet
Time Travelled
Cars Creepiness
Freaky Laboratory
The Evil
Evil won’t die that easily…
Creepy Children
Evil Technology
Murderous Dolls or Toys
Evil out of focus, in the background
Evil appeared while you looked away
Oops, it’s behind you!
Zombies
Demons
Ghosts
Murderous Family
Evil stalks you
Paintings that alter themselves
They look like people!
Bio-engineered animals
Evil is vulnerable to ancient or holy artefacts
Evil pretends to be your friend
Mutants
Furry
Aliens
Almost like people, but not quite right!
Evil in the reflection
Evil laugh
Creepy singing or humming
Evil has a moment of redemption
Vampires
Events / Plot
Bear Trap
Eyes poked (out?!)
Jump Scare
The pet lives!
Scary Lore Dump”
It’s a trap!
Killed by their hobby or job
Titties Reveal
Sex
Perfectly fine car won’t start
Compound fracture from minor fall
Split up to cover more ground
Phones don’t work
The slut dies (boo!)
The black guy dies first (boo!)
Break the chains (or ropes)
Nature is not your friend!
No one believes them until it’s too late
Learning monster lore from books or websites
Setting up defences and traps against evil
Died in uniform
Someone comes back to life!
Protagonist dies
Don’t go in there!
Vored! (got eaten)
Seeks help from holy person
Cops arrive too late
Explosions
Locked Door
Power goes out
Ass Reveal
Duct Tape
Fourth Wall
Too dark to see anything
Extended silence
Scary red lighting
Trashy practical effects
Dragged by the ankles away from camera
Wasn’t actually that scary in the end
We need a Montage
The opening kill
Fake happy ending: sudden death!
Trashy CGI
Found Footage
Fan service angles
Camera watching from behind scenery
Off-screen death (We’ll see!)
More questions than answers
Not a jump scare (fakeout!)
Felix the Cat