“Unmasking the Unexpected: The Twists That Transformed Horror into a Heart-Pounding Nightmare”
Alien: Covenant
Two identical androids play very different roles in this sci-fi horror. Walter, who respects humans and wants to help them, is eventually killed off by David, who is well and truly on the side of the xenomorphs. In the movie’s final moments, protagonist Daniels realizes that the android aboard the ship isn’t Walter – but falls into stasis sleep as the malevolent David reveals himself.
Come True
In Come True, a girl named Sarah suffers from terrifying nightmares each night. She participates in a sleep study and her sanity begins to unravel. In the final scene, Sarah receives a text informing her that she has been in a coma for years, and doctors are trying to wake her up through her dreams.
The Empty Man
This complex psychological horror follows a cult and their worship of a being known as ‘the Empty Man’. Protagonist James tries to solve the mystery, becoming more tangled in the cult’s sinister doings, before it is revealed that the cult invented James as a vessel for the Empty Man, and despite having a lifetime of memories, he has only existed for a few days.
Ghostland
Controversial French horror Ghostland follows two sisters recovering from the trauma of a home invasion attack 16 years earlier. Beth returns home to face her past, only to be shocked back into the reality that she never escaped, and in fact the attack is still ongoing. In a tragic twist, teenage Beth imagined her entire adult life as a coping mechanism to mentally retreat from being held hostage.
