6 More Tools That Would Have Ended Famous Horror Movies Early

In honor of Halloween, we thought we’d cover this topic again. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out our first blog, 6 Tools That Would Have Ended Famous Horror Movies Early.

Now it’s time for Part Two. As always, let us know which tools and movies we missed!

Freddy Krueger attacks people in their dreams. Naturally, the first step is to avoid falling asleep.

The Makita Cordless Coffee Maker works with Makita 18V LXT and 12V max CXT batteries. When powered by an 18V LXT battery, it can brew a 5-ounce cup in about five minutes. Makita also says it can brew up to three 5-ounce cups with a 5.0Ah LXT battery.

It uses coffee grounds or compatible coffee pods, and its permanent drip filter means you don’t need paper filters.

In the real world, it could be useful for:

1. Early mornings on the jobsite
2. Camping and fishing trips
3. Workshops and garages
4. Outdoor events
5. Long days away from an outlet

Coffee would only delay Freddy, of course. Eventually, you need to sleep. Preferably somewhere other than Elm Street.

The villain in Lights Out can attack in darkness and disappears when the lights come on. Yet everyone continues walking into dark rooms.

Guys, the solution is in the title.

The EGO POWER+ Portable Area Light brings between 600 and 10,000 lumens. Its foldable panels provide 360-degree illumination, while five brightness settings let you balance output and runtime. Add in the recommended 5.0Ah EGO battery, and you get up to 35 hours of runtime on low.

It also includes rafter hooks, a tripod mount and a USB-A port for charging small devices.

Bring this into the house, turn on all the panels and leave them on. Movie over.

Actual uses include:

1. Lighting campsites and outdoor gatherings
2. Working during power outages
3. Illuminating garages and workshops
4. Lighting construction and renovation areas
5. Charging a phone in an emergency

This is a bare tool, so the battery and charger are sold separately.

Jack sabotages the Overlook Hotel’s radio and snowcat, leaving Wendy and Danny isolated during a snowstorm.

That plan becomes considerably less effective when someone has a backup communication device.

The SPOT X Two-Way Satellite Messaging GPS Device provides two-way satellite messaging beyond reliable cellular coverage. It connects to a smartphone through Bluetooth, but it can also operate as a standalone communication device.

Users can:

1. Exchange messages with phone numbers and email addresses
2. Send check-in messages
3. Select different location-tracking intervals
4. Navigate using a built-in compass and programmable waypoints
5. Send an SOS and communicate with a 24/7 search-and-rescue service

The device must be activated and properly set up before an emergency. Waiting until an axe-wielding caretaker is chasing you through the hotel is a little late to start reading the instructions.

For hikers, campers, hunters and anyone working in remote areas, satellite communication can provide an important backup when a phone has no service.

In Get Out, Chris discovers that his phone has been unplugged, draining its battery. That should have been the final warning that it was time to leave.

The Milwaukee M18 TOP-OFF 175W Portable Power Supply turns an M18 battery into a portable charging station. It includes one 120V AC outlet, one 45W USB-C PD port and one USB-A port, allowing it to power or recharge up to three compatible devices simultaneously.

Chris could have kept his phone charged without relying on a suspicious outlet in a suspicious house owned by increasingly suspicious people.

Outside of escaping strange family gatherings, the TOP-OFF is useful for:

1. Charging phones and tablets
2. Powering laptops
3. Creating a mobile workstation
4. Traveling and camping
5. Keeping small electronics running during outages

It works with Milwaukee M18 batteries, but the battery, charger and device cables are not included.

Antarctica already has enough problems before an alien begins imitating members of your research team.

The Milwaukee M12 Heated TOUGHSHELL Jacket provides three heat zones across the chest, back and pockets. Each zone offers high, medium and low settings, with listed runtimes of up to 12 hours on low, six hours on medium and three hours on high.

Its polyester outer material has a durable water-repellent finish and is designed to resist wind and water.

It makes sense for:

1. Construction and maintenance crews
2. Snow-removal work
3. Outdoor sporting events
4. Farm and property maintenance
5. Anyone working through a northern winter

No, a heated jacket will not tell you which coworker is secretly an alien. It will at least make waiting to find out more comfortable.

The jacket’s battery is sold separately.

Micah spends night after night reviewing grainy footage to figure out what is happening inside his house.

A thermal camera would not prove that the house was haunted, but it could help rule out plenty of normal problems before blaming a demon.

The FLIR C5 Compact Thermal Camera combines a 160-by-120 thermal detector with a 5-megapixel visual camera, an LED flashlight and FLIR MSX technology. MSX adds visible details to thermal images, making temperature patterns easier to understand.

Professionals can use it to investigate:

1. Missing or damaged insulation
2. Air leaks
3. HVAC performance problems
4. Unusual electrical heat
5. Plumbing and moisture-related issues

Thermal cameras cannot see through walls. They read surface-temperature differences that may indicate something unusual behind or inside a surface. They also cannot detect ghosts, demons or anything else that plans on dragging you out of bed at night.

Most of us are not dealing with dream monsters, Antarctic aliens or haunted houses. We are dealing with dark work areas, dead phones, freezing temperatures and places without reliable cell service.

The right equipment might not end a horror movie, but it can keep an ordinary problem from turning into one.

What tool would have ended your favorite horror movie early? Let us know in the comments, and tell us which movies belong in Part Three.