“Unmasking the Unexpected: The Twists That Transformed Horror into a Heart-Pounding Nightmare”
The Visit
Yes, it’s another Shyamalan entry! In The Visit, two young children are sent to stay with their estranged grandparents. Nana and Pop Pop’s erratic and frightening behavior leaves the kids wondering if they’re really who they say they are, and, in true horror movie fashion, of course they aren’t. The pair are actually escaped maniacs on the run from the local mental asylum. Scary!
Funny Games
We expect characters to stay within their movie, but twisted home invasion thriller Funny Games breaks this rule entirely. Psychotic antagonist Paul breaks the fourth wall throughout the film, and at one point even rewinds a scene in which the family finally get their revenge – meaning their actions were entirely futile.
Les Diaboliques
One of the earliest movie twists, 1955 French thriller Les Diaboliques sees two women, Cristina and Nicole, team up to kill their abusive lover, Michel. After doing so, Cristina is haunted by what she thinks is the ghost of Michel, eventually dying of a shock-induced heart attack when she sees him. As it turns out, Nicole and Michel orchestrated the whole plot so they could finally be together.
Drag Me to Hell
Drag Me to Hell follows Christine, a woman cursed to die in three days by a violent demon. The only way to stop it is by returning a cursed object (a button) to the demon – which Christine thinks she has done, before the reveal that the button was actually in an envelope in her unsuspecting boyfriend’s car. Christine then does in fact get dragged straight to hell.
