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[over used trope] [horror villain's revenge on main character for "stealing" their parents]
This was already around in horror for decades with the Michael Myers Halloween situation, but it never went away
1 scream three in 2000 elevated it with Roman's revenge on Sydney for their mom choosing her over him. I had no problem with that because it was different enough from the Halloween movies and it was a whole new idea from scream 1/2 but I remember seeing it on TV in 2015 three different times and getting annoyed.
PLL CeCe becomes A because her parents lock her away in an institute due to her dad falsely thinking she's a threat to Allison. She comes up with some bullshit that makes no sense about Allison's friends being glad she's gone, but it makes way sense she was jealous of Jason and Ali for The parental Love she never got.
in the scream TV series the reporter was adopted as a baby, which is what led to her killing spree against her half sister who her parents lovingly raised.
same EXACT thing with Leah Michelle's character in scream queens, she was given up for adoption by college age parents as a baby, ALSO went to a mental asylum, although raised to be a killer, then sought revenge on her parents dying for her parents dying 25 years ago. . Scream, scream, queens, and pretty little liars jn 2015 all have the same villain motivation? There's gotta be another reason for somebody to go on a killing and or revenge spree.