"Run out of the house, bleeding, towards a police officer. Immediately get killed by the cop." -- A film by Jordan Peele
Based on a true story
I just watched the original Halloween. When she tries to get help next door they don't come to the door. Later she's able to successfully attack Mike Myers from inside a closet.
Curiosity. You have a higher chance to see the intruder that way.
If horror movie characters acted logically the movie would either be boring or people would get up and leave out of frustration over shenanigans. It's a lot more engaging to have a character make a few mistakes which catches up to them than to have them do everything flawlessly and still end up dying because the enemy is just that overpowered/story is that poorly written.
