How about when someone has to go downtown in a big city and they manage to find a parking space right in front of the building with no problem?
The hero is in a dark place and they wake up whatever nasty thing lives there, usually by turning on a flashlight/lighting a match. And the thing is right behind them.
Don't you love it when the escaping bad guy stops for a few seconds to shake his fist and say something like "You may have won this round, but I'll be back!"?