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Whether it is a pixelated avatar defending a digital living room, an indie horror game testing your survival reflexes, or a high-budget Hollywood blockbuster tracking a home invasion gone wrong, media will continue to exploit the terrifying, thrilling reality of knocking on the wrong door.

: The entire franchise is predicated on a group of mobsters "jabbing" the wrong house and the wrong retired hitman. Nobody (2021)

At its core, the trope follows a four-beat structure: