They say, “No good deed goes unpunished.” And another good one is: “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” Those two aphorisms must’ve been the inspiration for the main characters in the movie list below.

Although they think they’re helping a situation, they are actually making it worse. They aren’t the enemy, but they play out like the villain’s personal assistants.

Horror movies teach us to fear the masked killer, the thing hiding in the basement, and whatever is making that scratching noise inside...