Moments that take you out of horror?

It’s pretty subjective to say what makes horror work. Everyone has different fears and what one person fears isn’t the same as another. You’d probably find no two people who agree what makes a horror story good. But, subjectively speaking, I’d say the best thing a horror can be is immersive. When you’re immersed in it, you’re immersed in fear. So when you spot something that takes you away from it, it saps your enjoyment of the horror.

I can think of two horror stories that did this for me.

The first is Paul Tremblay’s A Headful of Ghosts. The novel makes a point of mentioning that the Catholic Church doesn’t approve of televised exorcisms. This factoid is brought up - and then the whole thing goes through anyway with the approval of a bishop. It’s hard for the suspension of disbelief to remain after that.

The second is Anastasia Garcia’s Dark Skies. If she sees this, no offense here, this is a competently written story, I want to say masterfully crafted, but… the 588th Night Witches wasn’t an American unit. It was a Soviet one. While I can assume this is a deliberate choice for alternate history, as someone who adores reading up on history, it’s a bizarre choice to make. It’s so hard to take rest of the story seriously if one part of it is just incorrect.

I do think both of these stories have their merits, but in spite of them, my enjoyment of both is sapped by these details.

Are there any other stories like this for others?