Horror films featuring a harbinger of doom?

[Orang Utan]

that is, someone who issues a dire warning early in the film, which is routinely ignored. It could be a practical warning from a knowledgeable local, or a supernatural one from a clairvoyant or whatever.

 

[fishfinger]

The Cabin in the Woods. There is a warning from the gas station attendant.

 

[The Boy]

Does Texas Chainsaw Massacre count?

 

[Orang Utan]

The Cabin in the Woods. There is a warning from the gas station attendant.

Yeah. His character is actually called Harbinger!

 

[Orang Utan]

Does Texas Chainsaw Massacre count?

I don't know. What do you mean?

 

[Pickman's model]

devil rides out - christopher lee gives a clear warning

 

[fishfinger]

Yeah. His character is actually called Harbinger!

His name is Mordecai but his job is harbinger.

 

[The Boy]

I don't know. What do you mean?

Don't they pick up a woman by the side of the road who declares they're all going to die then shoots herself? Does that count as a harbinger?

Now I think about it, did it even happen?

 

[Orang Utan]

Don't they pick up a woman by the side of the road who declares they're all going to die then shoots herself? Does that count as a harbinger?

Now I think about it, did it even happen?

Yeah that's definitely a harbinger!

 

[belboid]

Don't they pretty much all have one?

Melanie in The Birds

 

[hot air baboon]

...stay off tut moors lads....stay off tut mooooors....

 

[hot air baboon]

devil rides out - christopher lee gives a clear warning

...the eyes man...don't...look...in...the...EYESSSS...

 

[Bonfirelight]

rocky 4

 

[FNG]

Ripley: These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.

Newt: It won't make any difference.

 

[sunnysidedown]

The Wicker Man

 

[Epona]

The Cabin in the Woods. There is a warning from the gas station attendant.

So many modern horror flicks are just so-so, but I really enjoyed that one

 

[DotCommunist]

So many modern horror flicks are just so-so, but I really enjoyed that one

amusingly enough you can now buy a working example of the stoner/shaggy cliche character's bong that telescopes into an innocent looking travel mug

 

[joe_infinity]

List of examples here - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HarbingerOfImpendingDoom

Also similar: - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndIsNigh?from=Main.Doomsayer

 

[DotCommunist]

Jurrasic Park. The cool black-clad chaos mathematician Jeff Goldblum warns repeatedly of the hubris 'life will find a way'

 

[Kaka Tim]

Father Brennan in The Omen

 

[Sweet FA]

"You're gonna die up there"

 

[innit]

Don't look now - the psychic sister.

Agree with belboid, most will have one.

 

[Orang Utan]

"You're gonna die up there"

That's not really a harbinger. She's the protagonist/antagonist.
The harbinger is a minor character whose only role is to warn the main characters about their doom. It may not be overt and might not be realised until later though.

 

[Orang Utan]

Don't look now - the psychic sister.

Agree with belboid, most will have one.

Most seem to have one but why can't we think of many?

 

[Orang Utan]

Jurrasic Park. The cool black-clad chaos mathematician Jeff Goldblum warns repeatedly of the hubris 'life will find a way'

Is that a horror?

 

[Orang Utan]

List of examples here - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HarbingerOfImpendingDoom

Also similar: - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndIsNigh?from=Main.Doomsayer

I google too!

 

[Orang Utan]

The Wicker Man

How so?

 

[Orang Utan]

Ripley: These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.

Newt: It won't make any difference.

Not sure if she counts

 

[Orang Utan]

rocky 4

It's horrific, but not a horror. Who's the harbinger though?

 

[Orang Utan]

Don't they pretty much all have one?

Melanie in The Birds

She's the main character