@SleepingSilence

[hider=Dont Breathe]Complaining about the intelligence of characters in horror movies very easily discounts their emotions, she was relieved to be out of there and had only just realised he wasn't used to being outside. I also fail to see how the dog was non-threatening to a tiny girl. I'm not sure what your complaint with the turkey baster is, that's probably the scene that most elevates it. Still, without that scene it would be kind of repetitive so it's a bad example.[/hider]
Based on your earlier list and what you've said here, I'm assuming you've not seen Get Out, The Babadook and It Follows. So the main contact you've had with them is this reductionist version of the plot you've been told, which completely ignores the way in which it is told. The most stupid sounding plot in the world can be told engagingly. I strongly disliked It Follows but I disliked it because of how the story was told. They tried to copy John Carpenter but forgot that he advanced the plot at the same time as building atmosphere, it ended up kind of limp and purposeless.

I'd never defend Unfriended either, I couldn't even be bothered to watch it all the way through. But dismissing the whole modern genre based on it seems a bit thin. Hollywood will continue to put out lots of cheap jump scares while there's loads of decent foreign imports out there.