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I don't expect perfect competence from a fictional person who is supposed to be a regular person in a a stressful situation, but when the incompetence is too extreme, especially in the form of obviously unnecessary risks that terror would probably work to dissuade you from, it's hard for me to handle.

In Guillermo del Toro's remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the little girl is aware of the tiny monsters living in the house and repeatedly tells her father and stepmother about them, they disregard her words for most of the movie, but eventually realize that she's telling the truth and leave the dilapidated old mansion that her father is renovating in a panic.

They plan to go to a hotel for the night. Since the creatures can't survive in the daylight, they can safely return to gather their things the following day, But instead of having the entire group run to the car together and then just booking it, they tranquilize the little girl, forcing one of the parents to carry her at all times, and when they get close to the car, one of them decides that it's imperative to get her favorite blanket or pillow or stuffed animal. I can't remember. It's been a long time. Anyways, they run back into the house to get it. Why would you go back into the house. This ultimately leads to one of the parents getting killed by the creatures.