Top 75 Mind-Blowing Horror Movie Plot Twists

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Get ready for the most shocking moments in scary movie history! Join us as we count down the revelations that left audiences gasping. From ghostly surprises to killer identity shockers, these twists changed everything we thought we knew. Expect major spoilers as we reveal the moments that made us question everything we just watched!

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00:00:00She just goes a little mad sometimes.

00:00:05We all go a little mad sometimes.

00:00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the scary movie revelations that left you shocked and terrified.

00:00:15If it wasn't clear already, expect some major spoilers ahead.

00:00:20I see dead people.

00:00:24Number 75. Demons are real.

00:00:28Frailty.

00:00:29Twists on top of twists come out in the final act of this horror drama.

00:00:33We're talking mixed identities, serial killers, and a final grisly murder on top.

00:00:38God knew. That's why you sent me.

00:00:41But the one that outshines them all is that demons are, well, real.

00:00:46Frailty spends most of its runtime convincing you the Meek's patriarch has become a mad religious zealot.

00:00:51However, the implication at the end is that he was right all along.

00:00:55His victims were actually demons.

00:00:57And all the barbaric murders he committed were for the greater good.

00:01:01It doesn't make them easier to stomach, but it is something.

00:01:04Everything okay, Adam?

00:01:08Everything's just fine, Becky.

00:01:12God's will has been served.

00:01:15Praise God.

00:01:16Number 74. Time Doorways.

00:01:19Paranormal Activity. The Marked Ones.

00:01:21All the way back in the very first Paranormal Activity, we saw Meekka chase his possessed wife Katie downstairs,

00:01:28only for his screams to suddenly die off.

00:01:31Meekka!

00:01:33Katie!

00:01:35No!

00:01:36It took many years and five films, but we finally got an answer to what Meekka really saw that night.

00:01:44The answer isn't Katie, it's Jessie, the protagonist of The Marked Ones.

00:01:48This spinoff introduced the concept of time doorways, which allowed malevolent witches to cause mayhem all across the series timeline.

00:01:56Like, for example, throwing Jessie into Meekka and Katie's kitchen from the first film.

00:02:11It's a great twist, and one that answers a long-standing fan question to boot.

00:02:16Number 73. Nancy's Fate. The Craft.

00:02:19Four teenagers, one coven, and a whole lot of magical mayhem.

00:02:24In a nutshell, that's The Craft.

00:02:26And as you can imagine, this cauldron overflows with drama fast.

00:02:30Relax, it's only magic.

00:02:36Now who's pathetic?

00:02:39So much so that leading Lady Sarah binds the other's powers for good.

00:02:44Only, she doesn't stop there.

00:02:45While Bonnie and Rochelle are left powerless, Nancy finds herself all the way in a psychic ward.

00:02:51To be fair, she did try to steal Sarah's boyfriend and then threw him out the window to his death.

00:02:55But still, seeing her helplessly committed makes you wonder who the real villain of this movie is supposed to be.

00:03:01I'm flying! I'm flying!

00:03:05I'm flying! I'm flying!

00:03:08Number 72. Alex is Dead. The Uninvited.

00:03:12Grief can do a lot to a person.

00:03:14For Anna and Alex, the untimely death of their mother sent them on a crusade for justice.

00:03:19She's trying to kill us and marry our father just like she did to them.

00:03:22They point the finger at their dad's new girlfriend, Rachel, who seemingly kidnaps the girls to keep them quiet.

00:03:28When they fight back, the truth comes out.

00:03:30Alex died in the same accident as their mother.

00:03:33Unable to bear the weight of the tragedy, the mentally unstable Anna hallucinated Rachel's guilt.

00:03:38While The Uninvited is a very mixed bag overall, this last-minute rug pull is just insane enough to leave us wanting more.

00:03:46I did exactly what you asked.

00:03:49Did what, Anna?

00:03:56I finished what I started.

00:03:58Number 71. Asami's Attack. Audition.

00:04:01An iconic staple of Japanese horror, Audition is an unflinchingly brutal revenge tale that will have you reaching for a barf bag.

00:04:09Mostly at the end.

00:04:11Until then, the film plays its cards pretty close to its chest.

00:04:15So, when Asami finally realizes Shigeharu's been stringing her along, it's all the more shocking.

00:04:33Let's just say Asami really brings the pain.

00:04:36And the wire saw.

00:04:37As you can imagine, Audition's bloody climax is guaranteed to leave you breathless,

00:04:42partially because of Asami's change of heart,

00:04:45and partially because of how far the film goes before finally fading to black.

00:05:06Number 70. Say Cheese. Smile.

00:05:09Dying to a malevolent entity is bad enough.

00:05:12But dying to a malevolent entity that's smiling the whole way?

00:05:16That's so much worse.

00:05:17What happens when you do see it?

00:05:23It's smiling at me.

00:05:26But not a friendly smile.

00:05:28It's the worst smile I've ever seen in my life.

00:05:30And whenever I see it, I just get this god-awful feeling like something really terrible is gonna happen.

00:05:36In the last arc, we learn the murderous spirit feeds on trauma,

00:05:40meaning the only way to save yourself is to pass a hardship onto someone else.

00:05:45In a vacuum, it's a clever bit of world-building that establishes the spirit's inescapable wrath.

00:05:50But it also builds upon Smile's core themes about the trauma we all subconsciously share with one another.

00:05:55Because this thing needs trauma to spread.

00:05:58That's what gives it power.

00:06:00Trauma.

00:06:01The layers of meaning behind this revelation always leave us grinning ear to ear.

00:06:06For the right reasons.

00:06:07Number 69. The Same Family.

00:06:10The Last House on the Left.

00:06:12Even deplorable villains need a place to stay for the night.

00:06:15In this case, the house they stumble upon just so happens to be owned by the family of one of the girls they left for dead a few miles back.

00:06:22Do you know their car broke down right out front, John?

00:06:25Oh? Anything serious?

00:06:28Yeah, I'm afraid we blew a rod.

00:06:30Ironic, far-fetched, hammy, call it what you will.

00:06:33But when the Collingwood parents unknowingly welcome their daughter's killers into their home,

00:06:37it is impossible to stop your jaw from dropping.

00:06:40From there, the Last House on the Left plays out like a slow-motion car crash.

00:06:45We're always waiting for the inevitable collision.

00:06:47Even though we know it's not gonna be pretty.

00:06:50What's the trouble, Doc?

00:06:52Shut your filthy mouth.

00:06:54Now take it easy, Doc.

00:06:55Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

00:06:57Number 68.

00:06:58Yes, they're cultists.

00:07:00The Invitation.

00:07:01Sometimes, attending your ex-wife's dinner party can make you a bit paranoid.

00:07:06Welcome to our little reunion of sorts.

00:07:11You guys are all very special to Eden, which means you're very special to me.

00:07:16Other times, she really is a cultist trying to sacrifice you in a blood ritual.

00:07:21The Invitation is all about the latter.

00:07:23Although you wouldn't know it for the first hour.

00:07:26Even though Eden is acting far from normal,

00:07:28the film presents Will's suspicions as a serious case of jealousy and unresolved emotions.

00:07:33Turns out he should have listened to his gut and left way earlier.

00:07:37Let's go, Kira.

00:07:38We're leaving right now.

00:07:39No, we are leaving now.

00:07:41Seeing Eden's plan go into motion is downright terrifying.

00:07:45But knowing how much Will tried to convince everyone, it's a bit vindicating, too.

00:07:51Number 67.

00:07:52Not Just One.

00:07:53The Belko Experiment.

00:07:55After a 9-to-5 from hell, Mike stumbles out of the office battered, bruised, and bloody.

00:08:00Why?

00:08:02Why?

00:08:03Mr. Belko.

00:08:04Why?

00:08:04He is the sole survivor of a heinous experiment where all of his co-workers were tasked with

00:08:10killing each other.

00:08:12Seeing him finally step out into the fresh air is a euphoric sigh of relief.

00:08:16As you can probably guess, the Belko Experiment doesn't end on that happy note, though.

00:08:21Right as we're rejoicing at Mike's survival, we see glimpses of other operations around the globe.

00:08:27This was just one of many Belko experiments, and Phase 2 hasn't even started.

00:08:32It seems there really is no rest for the weary.

00:08:36Number 66.

00:08:37Mia Talks To Them.

00:08:39Talk to me.

00:08:39Using a mysterious disembodied hand, a group of teenagers begin speaking to the dead as

00:08:44a party trick.

00:08:45Predictably, things go very wrong, culminating with main character Mia hurled into oncoming traffic.

00:08:59In the very last scene of the film, we see Mia aimlessly stumbling through the dark,

00:09:04until she finally sees the light of a candle in the distance.

00:09:07She reaches out, and winds up on the other side of the hand she'd been holding onto the whole movie.

00:09:12I let you in.

00:09:14Cue the chills.

00:09:16Karma is not friendly, but it sure does make for a good closing twist.

00:09:20Number 65.

00:09:22Kaylee Was Right.

00:09:23Oculus.

00:09:24Who killed the dog, ruined the parents' marriage, and got Tim committed to a psych hospital?

00:09:29If you ask Kaylee, she thinks it's the antique mirror in her late father's office.

00:09:33The purpose of today's experiment is to prove that the object behind me, the lacer glass,

00:09:38is home to an observable, predictable, supernatural force.

00:09:41Tim, however, isn't convinced, and neither were we.

00:09:44For almost half of the movie, Oculus makes you believe Kaylee is just projecting her trauma,

00:09:49and there really is no otherworldly force in the mirror.

00:09:52Until, right when you least expect it, the glass finally makes its move.

00:09:56I don't remember doing that, do you?

00:10:00You don't.

00:10:01Is it spine-tingling?

00:10:02Absolutely.

00:10:03But we have to admit, Kaylee's I told you so moment makes it all worth it.

00:10:08Number 64.

00:10:10Damien Is Evil.

00:10:11The Omen.

00:10:12What parents would believe their own child is the son of Satan?

00:10:15It's a tough pill to swallow, but even so, the evidence is undeniable.

00:10:20Have no fear, little one.

00:10:25I am here to protect thee.

00:10:27Damien torments his parents, resists going to church,

00:10:30and offs anyone who questions his origins.

00:10:33The Omen is nothing unless it can convince you this five-year-old is actually the Antichrist.

00:10:38And we have to admit, it is pretty persuasive.

00:10:41It's especially notable since the twist doesn't come out in one definitive scene.

00:10:45Instead, Damien's truth is shown through little tidbits of evidence here and there,

00:10:50until it's impossible to ignore.

00:10:52This is not a human child.

00:10:56Make no mistake.

00:10:58If you're still on the fence, his fourth wall break at the end is basically a confession.

00:11:03Number 63.

00:11:05All work and no play.

00:11:06The Shining.

00:11:07After going mad inside the Overlook Hotel,

00:11:10Jack Torrance is seemingly left to freeze inside the property's snowy maze.

00:11:14Danny!

00:11:14But this is a horror movie.

00:11:21You didn't really think it'd end without one last scare, right?

00:11:24Although Wendy and Danny leave Jack to succumb to the elements,

00:11:27the final shot of The Shining shows him among a group of guests.

00:11:30The kicker, though?

00:11:32It's in a photo from the 20s,

00:11:33nearly 60 years before the events of the film.

00:11:36Jack's body may have perished that night,

00:11:45but clearly, his spirit lives on as part of the Overlook.

00:11:48Guess you could say he really is a dull boy now.

00:11:52Number 62.

00:11:53Science Officer Ash.

00:11:54Alien.

00:11:55In space, no one can hear you scream.

00:11:58The same is true of gasps.

00:12:01While Alien has you thoroughly distracted with the threat of the xenomorph,

00:12:04another jaw-dropper hits you by surprise.

00:12:07Ash?

00:12:10Any suggestions from you or mother?

00:12:14No, we're still collating.

00:12:18You what?

00:12:21You're still collating?

00:12:24I find that hard to believe.

00:12:25You know the science officer Ash?

00:12:27The one who's following orders to return the alien alive?

00:12:30Yeah, that's because Ash is an android with presumably no free will of his own.

00:12:34Jesus.

00:12:39It's a robot.

00:12:40Ash is a goddamn robot.

00:12:42In a film that embraces all the best sci-fi has to offer,

00:12:45we really should have seen this coming.

00:12:47But despite it all,

00:12:49we'd wager Ash's robotic head falling off left most people dumbfounded.

00:12:54Number 61.

00:12:55The Real Killer.

00:12:56I Know What You Did Last Summer.

00:12:58As a general rule of thumb,

00:12:59always make sure the men you leave for dead are actually,

00:13:02you know, dead.

00:13:03There's no way!

00:13:05Oh my god, this isn't happening.

00:13:07Or better yet,

00:13:07don't try to cover up a hit and run in the first place.

00:13:10Full of pulpy thrills and over-the-top death scenes,

00:13:13I Know What You Did Last Summer plays up the idea that the characters are being punished for their actions.

00:13:18And, well, they are.

00:13:20But not because they killed someone.

00:13:21Because they hit him,

00:13:23thought he was dead,

00:13:24and rolled him off a cliff.

00:13:25Kids like you should be out having fun.

00:13:28Drinking.

00:13:29Party.

00:13:30Running people over.

00:13:32Getting away with murder.

00:13:34Things like that.

00:13:35It's funny, though.

00:13:36One of the biggest twist endings in slasher film history is when a character is actually alive.

00:13:41Number 60.

00:13:42Lori is Michael's sister.

00:13:44Halloween 2.

00:13:45Michael Myers didn't need a grand motive in John Carpenter's 1978 classic.

00:13:50But Halloween 2 gave him one anyway.

00:13:53Apparently, Michael wasn't after Lori because she was a virgin or an easy target or anything like that.

00:13:58That's Strode girl.

00:13:59That's Michael Myers' sister.

00:14:01She was born two years before he was committed.

00:14:06She's actually Michael's long-lost sister.

00:14:08And he won't be satisfied until he finishes her off.

00:14:11By deepening the relationship between a horror icon and his final girl royalty,

00:14:16this bold twist completely reframed the entire Halloween franchise to that point.

00:14:22Michael!

00:14:25Not many sequels are willing to shake up the original to this degree.

00:14:29But that is also why this family reunion remains one of the slasher genre's most iconic moments.

00:14:35Number 59.

00:14:36Sarah's Trauma.

00:14:37Silent House.

00:14:38Better keep your eyes peeled during this one.

00:14:40The hints are everywhere.

00:14:42However, they're hard to find since Silent House is a rollercoaster of a story.

00:14:46Wait, what about the noise?

00:14:49Honey, it's an old house.

00:14:51They make noises.

00:14:53I'm sure it's nothing.

00:14:55But I'll keep looking around, okay?

00:14:57It's unclear whether there are intruders in the house, if it's some kind of haunting situation,

00:15:02or if Sarah's family is out to get her.

00:15:04The answer is none of the above.

00:15:07Sarah is hunting them.

00:15:09Following the horrific things her family did to her as a kid,

00:15:12Sarah is now getting revenge the only way she knows how.

00:15:15With an axe.

00:15:16The house is a twisted metaphor for her fractured psyche.

00:15:24And much like Sarah herself,

00:15:26the audience doesn't realize she's the villain until the very last moment.

00:15:30Number 58.

00:15:31The Killers Know They're In A Movie.

00:15:33Funny Games.

00:15:34Despite the name,

00:15:36this movie is no laughing matter.

00:15:38It follows two crooks who infiltrate a home

00:15:40and torment its residents for seemingly no other reason than the sick thrill of it.

00:15:44It is downright bone-chilling to watch,

00:15:54especially during Anna's escape attempt.

00:15:57She manages to remove her bindings,

00:15:58grab a weapon,

00:15:59and completely turn the tables on her captors.

00:16:02Peter and Pal, however,

00:16:03simply reach for the remote

00:16:04and rewind the movie.

00:16:06Literally.

00:16:07That's right.

00:16:08These guys know they're in a film

00:16:09and can control it to make the ending they want.

00:16:12It is terrifying,

00:16:18brilliant,

00:16:18and utterly mind-blowing all at once.

00:16:21Number 57.

00:16:22Built On A Graveyard.

00:16:24Poltergeist.

00:16:24We didn't think we had to say it,

00:16:26but Don't Speak Ill of the Dead

00:16:27also means don't build houses on abandoned gravesites.

00:16:33They're here.

00:16:35All movie long,

00:16:36the poor Freeling family is scared to the core

00:16:38by a never-ending onslaught of paranormal escapades.

00:16:41They learn their house was built on a former cemetery,

00:16:44but are assured the graves were moved.

00:16:46A big lie that was.

00:16:48Only the tombstones made the trip,

00:16:50meaning the Freelings were unwittingly stomping over unmarked graves the whole time.

00:16:54You left the bodies and you only moved the headstones!

00:16:57You only moved the headstones!

00:17:00Woo-hoo!

00:17:01Just the thought of it gives us the heebie-jeebies,

00:17:04and we're not alone.

00:17:05Poltergeist's haunting finale

00:17:07has left people double-checking their land plots for generations.

00:17:11Number 56.

00:17:12Angela is the new host,

00:17:14Wreck 2.

00:17:15Armed with nothing more than a camera

00:17:16and a hunch of a good story,

00:17:18reporter Angela Vidal

00:17:19finds herself trapped in an apartment building

00:17:21during a zombie outbreak.

00:17:23She fights,

00:17:32she fails,

00:17:33and the first film ends with her dragged into darkness.

00:17:36Later,

00:17:37Wreck 2 reveals Angela didn't die,

00:17:39although for the good of humanity,

00:17:41she probably should have.

00:17:43The demonic Patient Zero possessed her

00:17:45at the end of the original Wreck,

00:17:47meaning the true source of the virus

00:17:48is now masquerading as its sole survivor.

00:17:53A gut punch of a twist,

00:18:00it leaves you with the awful realization

00:18:02that this outbreak is far from over.

00:18:05Number 55.

00:18:06Not a victim.

00:18:07The autopsy of Jane Doe.

00:18:09As the father and son coroners

00:18:11peel back the layers of their latest autopsy,

00:18:14somewhat literally at times,

00:18:15the Tilden men realize

00:18:16this presumed victim

00:18:17may have been killed for a reason.

00:18:20Almost like a human sacrifice.

00:18:23That being,

00:18:26she is a vengeful witch

00:18:27with the power to devastate anyone in her path.

00:18:30As each new mystery piles up,

00:18:32the autopsy of Jane Doe

00:18:34masterfully builds up its corpse's character

00:18:36until there is no question

00:18:37about why she ended up on their table.

00:18:39Of course,

00:18:40the scariest fact of all

00:18:41doesn't come until later,

00:18:43when the Tildens realize

00:18:44that just because she's dead

00:18:45doesn't mean Jane can't still use her powers.

00:18:48They are a witch

00:18:50and their blood shall be on their own hands.

00:18:55Number 54.

00:18:56It's a sequel.

00:18:57Split.

00:18:58Since it comes from director M. Night Shyamalan,

00:19:00everyone who showed up for Split

00:19:02expected a bonkers plot twist.

00:19:04You are different from the rest.

00:19:09It really made you wait for it, though.

00:19:11Long after Casey escapes,

00:19:13the assailant is arrested,

00:19:14and even the credits roll,

00:19:16we finally get Shyamalan's trademark tease.

00:19:18And it's one for the ages.

00:19:20It all comes down to one exchange.

00:19:23Specifically, one name.

00:19:25Mr. Glass.

00:19:26A.K.A. a character

00:19:27from Shyamalan's 2000s film Unbreakable.

00:19:29It's like that crazy guy in a wheelchair

00:19:31that gave me away 15 years ago.

00:19:34And he gave him a funny name, too.

00:19:38What was it?

00:19:40Mr. Glass.

00:19:42Oh, yeah.

00:19:44Split was set in the same universe

00:19:46the entire time,

00:19:47and no one picked up on it.

00:19:49Mind officially blown.

00:19:51Shyamalan has a very spotty track record,

00:19:54but when he hits,

00:19:55he hits hard.

00:19:56Number 53.

00:19:57The Kids Aren't Alright.

00:19:59Sinister.

00:20:00All across the nation,

00:20:01kids are being captured by the boogeyman,

00:20:03and their families are left to die.

00:20:14As Ellison sees in some gnarly home videos,

00:20:17the deaths are not quick or painless.

00:20:20But somehow,

00:20:21it all becomes so much worse

00:20:22when the pieces come together at the end.

00:20:24The boogeyman may take a child,

00:20:26but he isn't the one killing the others.

00:20:28No, that honor stays in the family

00:20:30if you catch our drift.

00:20:33Yes, it's awful,

00:20:39and yes, it's just as bad as it sounds.

00:20:41It's even worse

00:20:42because the clues were there all along.

00:20:45We just really, really did not want to believe it.

00:20:48Number 52.

00:20:49Ben's Death.

00:20:50Night of the Living Dead.

00:20:52This one just hurts.

00:20:53In a night from hell

00:20:54where both dead and tensions are rising,

00:20:57Ben remains calm,

00:20:58cool,

00:20:59and collected to the very end.

00:21:01She's right.

00:21:02You have to go downstairs now,

00:21:03just for a little while,

00:21:04until we get back.

00:21:06Then we can all leave.

00:21:07There's a reason he's the only one of the group

00:21:10to live through the night.

00:21:11But despite all that,

00:21:12when he emerges the next morning,

00:21:14it's to face the barrel of a firearm.

00:21:16Ben is mistaken as one of the living dead

00:21:19and treated like it too.

00:21:20He did everything right,

00:21:22and in the end,

00:21:23his killers don't even seem to care.

00:21:25Good shot.

00:21:26Okay, he's dead.

00:21:27Let's go get him.

00:21:28That's another one for the fire.

00:21:29In such an out-of-this-world film,

00:21:32ending with a dose of stark,

00:21:34sobering reality

00:21:35makes Night of the Living Dead

00:21:36impossible to forget.

00:21:38Number 51.

00:21:39Angela isn't actually Angela.

00:21:42Sleepaway Camp.

00:21:43Featuring a cast of promiscuous camp counselors

00:21:45as they meet their maker,

00:21:47it's easy to dismiss Sleepaway Camp

00:21:49as another forgettable slasher ripoff.

00:21:51Listen, Angela.

00:21:52If you're not going to participate

00:21:54in our activities,

00:21:55then you just sit there

00:21:56and you do nothing.

00:21:57That does not include

00:21:59talking with the boys.

00:22:00You're not a goddamn prima donna,

00:22:02you know?

00:22:03Understand?

00:22:03But if you make it to the end,

00:22:05you're rewarded

00:22:06with one hell of a reveal.

00:22:08The killer is Angela,

00:22:09a young girl

00:22:10who was sent to camp

00:22:11after the traumatic death

00:22:12of her brother.

00:22:13Only she's not actually Angela.

00:22:15It was the sister

00:22:16who died in the accident,

00:22:17but the surviving Peter

00:22:18was forced to be the girl

00:22:20his aunt always wanted.

00:22:21All the sexual escapades

00:22:23at camp left him bloodthirsty,

00:22:24eventually leaving Sleepaway Camp

00:22:26with one of the most disturbing

00:22:28freeze-frame endings

00:22:29in cinema history.

00:22:30This surreal indie film

00:22:43from the early 60s

00:22:44sees a young woman named Mary

00:22:46surviving a deadly car accident,

00:22:47only to be preyed upon

00:22:49by a gray-faced ghoul.

00:22:54As several other ghoulish figures

00:22:56start cropping up,

00:22:57she is relentlessly pursued

00:22:58through a nightmarish world

00:22:59that seems to defy logic

00:23:01more and more.

00:23:02There's a reason.

00:23:03In the epilogue,

00:23:04it's revealed that Mary

00:23:05actually didn't survive

00:23:06that car accident at the start.

00:23:08The ghouls were presumably there

00:23:09to take her to the afterlife.

00:23:11The car's still over there,

00:23:13and then the footprints

00:23:14leading up to here.

00:23:20Critic Roger Ebert

00:23:21likened its shocking

00:23:22but inevitable ending

00:23:23to a lost Twilight Zone episode.

00:23:25Number 49.

00:23:26Who's the dummy now?

00:23:28Dead Silence.

00:23:29As they did in Saw,

00:23:30filmmakers James Wan

00:23:32and Lee Whannell

00:23:32came up with yet another

00:23:33layered and twisted ending.

00:23:35Dead Silence sees the ghost

00:23:36of a vicious ventriloquist

00:23:38named Mary Shaw

00:23:39enacting her revenge

00:23:40on the bloodline

00:23:41of a boy who humiliated her.

00:23:43One of her targets,

00:23:44Jamie,

00:23:44discovers that Mary

00:23:45was there the whole time.

00:23:47In fact,

00:23:47she was disguised

00:23:48as his new stepmother,

00:23:50puppeteering his father's corpse

00:23:51like a puppet

00:23:52in every scene he was in.

00:23:54Soup.

00:23:55Delicious, too.

00:23:56I'll vouch for that.

00:23:58This realization

00:23:58is delivered

00:23:59with a hypnotic montage

00:24:00replaying scenes

00:24:01we've already watched,

00:24:02this time from Mary's perspective.

00:24:05Ventriloquism

00:24:05was never so creepy.

00:24:07And that's saying something

00:24:08because it's already

00:24:09pretty creepy.

00:24:10She had no children,

00:24:12only dolls.

00:24:14And if you see her

00:24:15in your dreams,

00:24:16be sure you never,

00:24:18ever,

00:24:19scream.

00:24:21Number 48.

00:24:23Simone was trapped

00:24:23in the walls,

00:24:24the orphanage.

00:24:25In this twisted

00:24:26and captivating

00:24:27supernatural horror movie

00:24:28from J.A. Bayona,

00:24:30Laura moves her family

00:24:31into the orphanage

00:24:32where she grew up,

00:24:33intent on turning it

00:24:34into a school.

00:24:35After her son Simone

00:24:36goes missing one day,

00:24:37she begins uncovering

00:24:38the orphanage's

00:24:39deadly secrets.

00:24:40Simone, hijo.

00:24:41But it would be

00:24:49more of a twist

00:24:50if the place

00:24:50wasn't haunted

00:24:51by the spirits

00:24:52of dead people.

00:24:52The real twist

00:24:54is that Simone's end

00:24:55was not supernatural.

00:24:56He had become trapped

00:24:57in the old house's walls

00:24:58and was never heard

00:24:59from again.

00:25:00Laura's reaction

00:25:01and tragic ending

00:25:02made the orphanage

00:25:03one for the ages.

00:25:04Number 47.

00:25:10The killer is in your bed

00:25:12when a stranger calls.

00:25:13Carol Kane stars

00:25:14in this horror thriller

00:25:15as Jill,

00:25:16a babysitter

00:25:17who is terrorized

00:25:18by a killer

00:25:18calling from an extension.

00:25:20But the calls

00:25:21are coming

00:25:21from inside the house

00:25:22is only the first act twist.

00:25:24Years later

00:25:37when she's married

00:25:37with her own children,

00:25:39Jill is targeted

00:25:39by the mad killer

00:25:40Kurt Duncan once again.

00:25:42After the police leave

00:25:43and she's alone in bed

00:25:44with her sleeping husband,

00:25:45she's sure the killer

00:25:46is in the closet.

00:25:47But surprise!

00:25:48He's actually in bed

00:25:49next to her.

00:25:51Stephen.

00:25:53Stephen.

00:25:54It's a clever inversion

00:25:58of that first twist,

00:26:00but the intimacy of it

00:26:01feels even more frightening.

00:26:03Number 46.

00:26:04Johnny is Harry.

00:26:05Angel Heart.

00:26:06In this stylish

00:26:07neo-noir horror film,

00:26:08Harry Angel

00:26:09is a private eye

00:26:10hired by a mysterious man

00:26:11to track down

00:26:12a missing singer

00:26:13known as Johnny Favorite.

00:26:14Cypher tells Angel

00:26:15the singer welched

00:26:16on an unspecified contract.

00:26:18The case leads

00:26:19the detective

00:26:19down a twisting,

00:26:20turning path

00:26:21that leaves a trail

00:26:22of bodies behind.

00:26:23In the end,

00:26:24Angel realizes

00:26:25that the man

00:26:25he's looking for

00:26:26is himself.

00:26:28Mark, I didn't kill

00:26:29no one.

00:26:30I'm afraid you did,

00:26:32Johnny.

00:26:32My name's not Johnny.

00:26:34All killed by your own hand.

00:26:36Guided by me, naturally.

00:26:38He is Johnny Favorite,

00:26:39a man who murdered

00:26:40and tried to consume

00:26:41another man's soul,

00:26:43condemning his own soul

00:26:44to hell.

00:26:45And if that weren't enough,

00:26:47Louis Cypher

00:26:48turns out to be

00:26:48Lucifer himself.

00:26:50Louis Cypher?

00:26:51Lucifer.

00:26:54Lucifer.

00:26:55Number 45.

00:26:57Sarah's escape

00:26:57was a hallucination.

00:26:59The Descent.

00:27:00A group of women

00:27:00finds out

00:27:01there's something scarier

00:27:02to exploring caves

00:27:03than tight spaces.

00:27:04One by one,

00:27:05they are devoured

00:27:06by humanoid monsters

00:27:07known as crawlers.

00:27:08Where are we?

00:27:11It hasn't got a name.

00:27:12It's a new system.

00:27:14I wanted us all

00:27:15to discover it.

00:27:17No one's ever

00:27:18been down here before.

00:27:20Sarah is the last

00:27:21remaining member

00:27:22of her group

00:27:22at the end of the movie.

00:27:23We watch as she makes

00:27:25the desperate

00:27:25and terrifying climb

00:27:26to safety,

00:27:27only to be wrenched

00:27:28back into her nightmare.

00:27:29Her escape

00:27:30was only a dream.

00:27:32She hallucinates

00:27:33a chilling image

00:27:33as we leave her underground,

00:27:35doomed to be finished off

00:27:36by the carnivorous

00:27:37cave dwellers.

00:27:38The movie was already

00:27:39bleak to begin with,

00:27:40but the way it ups

00:27:41the ante in its last minutes

00:27:42made it legendary.

00:27:49Number 44.

00:27:51They could have been friends.

00:27:52Whatever happened

00:27:53to Baby Jane?

00:27:54Not a traditional

00:27:55horror movie.

00:27:56This unforgettable film

00:27:57features classic movie stars

00:27:58Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

00:28:00as two fading

00:28:00Hollywood actresses.

00:28:02Their careers ended

00:28:03ostensibly as a result

00:28:04of a car accident

00:28:05caused by Jane

00:28:05and her alcohol use,

00:28:06after which she needed

00:28:08to care for her sister Blanche

00:28:09who was left with paralysis.

00:28:11But in the last act,

00:28:12Jane has lost her grip

00:28:14and drags a starving

00:28:15and neglected Blanche

00:28:16to the beach.

00:28:17It's here that Blanche

00:28:18reveals the big twist.

00:28:19You didn't do it, Jane.

00:28:24I did it myself.

00:28:29Don't you understand?

00:28:31She was responsible

00:28:33for the accident

00:28:34that broke her own spine

00:28:35and only let Jane

00:28:36believe it was her fault.

00:28:38Jane has lost her grip

00:28:39on reality so much

00:28:40she's not even angry.

00:28:42She makes the heartbreaking

00:28:43realization only too late

00:28:44that their years

00:28:45of mutual resentment

00:28:46were a waste.

00:28:47And you mean

00:28:48all this time

00:28:53we could have been friends.

00:28:56Number 43.

00:28:57Maggie is Freddy's daughter.

00:28:59Freddy's dead.

00:29:00The final nightmare.

00:29:01The Nightmare on Elm Street

00:29:02sequels were largely

00:29:03an example

00:29:03of diminishing returns.

00:29:05While the sixth movie

00:29:06was seen as one of the worst

00:29:07in the franchise,

00:29:08it did have a pretty killer twist

00:29:10on Freddy Krueger's backstory.

00:29:11Maggie Burroughs,

00:29:12the psychiatrist

00:29:13trying to help

00:29:14Freddy's new targets,

00:29:15learns that she

00:29:16is Krueger's daughter.

00:29:17You're my blood.

00:29:20Only you could have

00:29:21brought me out.

00:29:22And you're mine.

00:29:24But you can't be my father.

00:29:26After watching him

00:29:27slice and dice

00:29:28the teens of Springwood, Ohio

00:29:30for almost a decade,

00:29:31it was kind of refreshing

00:29:32to see more of what

00:29:33makes the dream killer tick.

00:29:34While it did add

00:29:35some shading

00:29:36to the dream killer's motivation,

00:29:38it couldn't save the movie

00:29:39from some pretty

00:29:40terrible 3D effects.

00:29:41Happy Father's Day.

00:29:43Come on, John!

00:29:44Number 42.

00:29:46Gabriel's Identity.

00:29:47Malignant.

00:29:48If you want unhinged horror

00:29:50and bonkers twists,

00:29:51look no further

00:29:52than this James Wan thriller.

00:29:54Malignant is the story

00:29:55of Madison Mitchell,

00:29:56a woman who fears

00:29:57a serial killer

00:29:58who killed her abusive husband

00:29:59might just be Gabriel,

00:30:01her childhood imaginary friend

00:30:02come to life.

00:30:03You're in a hospital.

00:30:04Where's Derek?

00:30:06Do you remember what happened?

00:30:08Someone broke into your house.

00:30:09You were attacked

00:30:12and Derek.

00:30:15But the truth

00:30:16is even stranger than that.

00:30:17He actually turns out

00:30:18to be her parasitic twin,

00:30:20a monstrous twin brother

00:30:21who was removed

00:30:22from her skull as a child.

00:30:23His brain still lives

00:30:25in Madison's cranium

00:30:26and takes over her body

00:30:27to commit his murders.

00:30:28One twin is dominant

00:30:29while the other

00:30:30is underdeveloped.

00:30:32It's not considered

00:30:32conjoined

00:30:33because the underdeveloped twin

00:30:34is dependent

00:30:35on the body of the other.

00:30:36Like a parasite

00:30:37Gabriel feeds off Emily.

00:30:40Yes, that's two big twists

00:30:42and maybe it's a hat

00:30:43on a hat,

00:30:44but when you've got

00:30:44a parasitic twin

00:30:45living in your brain,

00:30:46you probably need two hats.

00:30:48Number 41.

00:30:49Not his daughter.

00:30:50Don't look now.

00:30:51John and Laura

00:30:52are a married couple

00:30:53traveling to Venice

00:30:54after the death

00:30:54of their daughter

00:30:55who drowned in a creek

00:30:56while wearing

00:30:57a vivid red raincoat.

00:30:58Amid psychic visions,

00:31:00grief,

00:31:00and spooky happenings,

00:31:01John becomes obsessed

00:31:02with a figure

00:31:03he thinks is his daughter

00:31:04running through the streets

00:31:05of the flooded city.

00:31:07Coincidentally,

00:31:07and as it turns out ironically,

00:31:09a mysterious serial killer

00:31:10is also stalking the streets.

00:31:12At the climax of the movie,

00:31:14having cornered the girl,

00:31:15he realizes too late

00:31:16that it's not his daughter

00:31:17but the serial killer

00:31:18who quickly dispatches him.

00:31:20I'm a friend.

00:31:24I won't hurt you.

00:31:25Come on.

00:31:29It is a cruel

00:31:30and creepy ending

00:31:31that feels especially tragic.

00:31:33Number 40.

00:31:34Lady Van Tassel

00:31:35controls the horseman,

00:31:36Sleepy Hollow.

00:31:37We all probably heard

00:31:39the legend of Sleepy Hollow

00:31:40as kids,

00:31:41but that did not stop us

00:31:42from being shocked

00:31:43by the plot twist

00:31:43in Tim Burton's

00:31:441999 adaptation

00:31:45of the short story.

00:31:47In the film,

00:31:48Ichabod Crane

00:31:48is sent to the small town

00:31:50of Sleepy Hollow

00:31:50to investigate

00:31:51a series of murders.

00:31:53Halfway through the movie,

00:31:54Lady Van Tassel

00:31:55the stepmother

00:31:56of Ichabod's love interest

00:31:57is decapitated

00:31:58by the Headless Horseman.

00:31:59Or is she?

00:32:01Dear stepdaughter,

00:32:03you look as if

00:32:05you'd seen a ghost.

00:32:06Lady Van Tassel

00:32:07faked her own death

00:32:08and is the reason

00:32:09this whole beheading business

00:32:10started in the first place.

00:32:12Her revenge plot

00:32:13necessitated a bit of murder

00:32:14and she made a deal

00:32:15with Satan

00:32:16to get her way.

00:32:17The horseman comes!

00:32:19And tonight,

00:32:20he comes for you!

00:32:21Number 39.

00:32:22Inside Job.

00:32:23You're next.

00:32:24We don't need a motive

00:32:25for why crazed killers

00:32:26do what they do.

00:32:27So when massed assailants

00:32:28storm the Davison household

00:32:30and start knocking off

00:32:31family members,

00:32:32we hardly bat an eyelash.

00:32:33But it's eventually revealed

00:32:35that the intruders

00:32:36aren't just bloodthirsty.

00:32:37They're being paid.

00:32:38And by some of the family,

00:32:40no less.

00:32:40Really?

00:32:42You had to do that

00:32:43right in front of me?

00:32:47Were you saying something?

00:32:48At first,

00:32:49it seems like

00:32:49the edgy Felix

00:32:50and his girlfriend Z

00:32:51hired the men

00:32:52to take out

00:32:52the former's family

00:32:53for the inheritance.

00:32:54And they totally did.

00:32:56But it's later revealed

00:32:57that the demure Crispin

00:32:59isn't on it too.

00:33:00I can't believe

00:33:00you were in on this.

00:33:05Come on, babe.

00:33:06You do know

00:33:07how broke we are, right?

00:33:08Our lead protagonist

00:33:09Erin initially has trouble

00:33:11accepting her boyfriend's

00:33:12shady dealings.

00:33:13But considering

00:33:14what she went through,

00:33:15we don't blame her

00:33:15for breaking things off

00:33:17in the bloodiest way possible.

00:33:19Number 38.

00:33:20You're in a cult.

00:33:21Kill List.

00:33:22If you missed

00:33:22one of the strangest

00:33:23and most upsetting

00:33:24horror movies

00:33:25of the last 20 years,

00:33:26don't worry.

00:33:26You're not alone.

00:33:28Kill List didn't even

00:33:29make back its $800,000

00:33:30at the box office.

00:33:31But the folks who did see it

00:33:33experienced a wild ride.

00:33:35The movie follows

00:33:36Gal and Jay,

00:33:37two British military guys

00:33:38turned hitmen

00:33:39who take on a contract

00:33:40that ends up

00:33:41proving disastrous.

00:33:41So I'm right.

00:33:53Kill List doesn't have

00:33:55just one big twist

00:33:56at the end.

00:33:57It's more of a slow burn

00:33:58with multiple twists

00:33:59along the way

00:34:00and a plethora

00:34:01of gory,

00:34:02disgusting horror

00:34:03to boot.

00:34:03The violence will leave

00:34:13even the most

00:34:14strong-stomached reeling.

00:34:16In the end,

00:34:17will leave you gobsmacked.

00:34:19Number 37.

00:34:20Lori is also a killer.

00:34:22Happy Death Day.

00:34:23Groundhog Day,

00:34:24but make it horror.

00:34:25Happy Death Day

00:34:26is a fun,

00:34:27twisty romp

00:34:28of a horror movie.

00:34:29It centers around

00:34:30a girl named Tree

00:34:31who is stuck

00:34:31in a time loop

00:34:32where she is murdered

00:34:33by a masked stranger

00:34:34before waking up

00:34:35back at the start

00:34:36of the day.

00:34:37She eventually begins

00:34:38using her situation

00:34:39to identify her killer.

00:34:41So I'm just supposed

00:34:42to keep dying

00:34:44until I figure out

00:34:45who my killer is?

00:34:46She eventually does,

00:34:48believing him

00:34:48to be a serial killer

00:34:49on the loose.

00:34:50After she kills

00:34:51her would-be killer,

00:34:52she celebrates

00:34:53with a cupcake

00:34:53from her roommate Lori

00:34:55and goes to bed,

00:34:56only to wake up

00:34:57still in the loop.

00:34:58The cupcake was poisoned

00:34:59and Lori was trying

00:35:01to off her the entire time.

00:35:03Talk about a bad roommate.

00:35:04You killed me.

00:35:08What?

00:35:11You poisoned it.

00:35:12Number 36.

00:35:13The Man in the Walls.

00:35:15The Boy.

00:35:16Little children

00:35:17in horror movies

00:35:18are scary enough,

00:35:19but little doll children?

00:35:21Yeah,

00:35:21count us out.

00:35:22In 2016's The Boy,

00:35:24Greta travels

00:35:25to the United Kingdom

00:35:25to be a nanny

00:35:26to an elderly couple

00:35:27and their 8-year-old son Brahms.

00:35:29Turns out, however,

00:35:30Brahms is not

00:35:31a human child at all,

00:35:33but a porcelain doll

00:35:34the couple treats

00:35:35as though he were alive.

00:35:37As strange events

00:35:38begin to happen

00:35:38around the house,

00:35:40Greta starts to believe

00:35:40the doll does have

00:35:42a human spirit.

00:35:43Please come out.

00:35:46Come play,

00:35:47pretty, brother.

00:35:48But when someone

00:35:48smashes the doll,

00:35:50the truth comes out.

00:35:51The real Brahms,

00:35:52who died in a fire

00:35:53decades ago,

00:35:54had been living

00:35:55in the walls of the house

00:35:56controlling the actions

00:35:57of the doll

00:35:58the whole time.

00:36:05Number 35.

00:36:07Josh is Possessed.

00:36:09Insidious.

00:36:09The things that happen

00:36:10to us as children

00:36:11really do follow us

00:36:12to adulthood,

00:36:13don't they?

00:36:14Insidious explores

00:36:15that theme

00:36:15of lingering childhood trauma

00:36:17and takes it

00:36:17to its natural,

00:36:18twisty conclusion.

00:36:19When they discover

00:36:20that their son Dalton

00:36:21can astral project

00:36:22and is being

00:36:23possessed by demons,

00:36:24parents Josh and Renee

00:36:25learn something terrifying

00:36:27about Josh's own past.

00:36:28The reason

00:36:29I knew to call Elise

00:36:31in this situation,

00:36:33the reason I

00:36:33know her so well,

00:36:36is because I called her

00:36:37myself once

00:36:38years ago

00:36:39to help you.

00:36:44What are you talking about, Mom?

00:36:45He has the same ability

00:36:47as Dalton,

00:36:48and when he was a child,

00:36:49he was tormented

00:36:50by the ghost

00:36:50of a terrifying old woman.

00:36:52Josh has to face

00:36:53the old woman again

00:36:54to save Dalton,

00:36:55and once he does,

00:36:56it seems like

00:36:57everything's fine.

00:36:58But at the last moment,

00:36:59we learn that

00:37:00Josh didn't win.

00:37:01Possessed by the old lady,

00:37:03his reign of terror begins.

00:37:05Why did you do that?

00:37:08Why would you do that to me

00:37:09when you know

00:37:10how I feel about that?

00:37:11Why?

00:37:12Number 34.

00:37:13Howard was right.

00:37:1410, Cloverfield Lane.

00:37:16What would you do

00:37:17if you woke up

00:37:18chained in a room

00:37:18with some guy

00:37:19you've never met

00:37:20telling you

00:37:20that you can't leave

00:37:21because of the

00:37:22poisonous air outside?

00:37:23Would you believe that guy?

00:37:25I'm not sure yet

00:37:26if it's chemical

00:37:26or nuclear,

00:37:28but down here,

00:37:29we're safe.

00:37:32So where are we exactly?

00:37:33That is the central question

00:37:35that 10, Cloverfield Lane

00:37:36puts forth.

00:37:37After a car accident,

00:37:39Michelle wakes up

00:37:39to find herself

00:37:40in an underground bunker

00:37:41with only her captor

00:37:42and his assistant

00:37:43for company.

00:37:44Her captor, Howard,

00:37:45insists that a world-changing

00:37:47event is underway

00:37:47and she cannot

00:37:48leave the bunker.

00:37:50Michelle doesn't trust him,

00:37:51and as an audience member,

00:37:52it's doubtful

00:37:53whether we should either.

00:37:55Michelle eventually escapes

00:37:56and comes to learn

00:37:57that Howard was

00:37:58100% right.

00:38:00Also, aliens exist.

00:38:01Number 33.

00:38:14It was the devil

00:38:15all along.

00:38:16Fallen.

00:38:16If I go back

00:38:17to the beginning,

00:38:18that'll take forever.

00:38:19So let's start

00:38:20more recently.

00:38:21Fallen begins

00:38:22with Detective John Hobbes

00:38:24telling us about the time

00:38:24he almost died.

00:38:26Or so we think.

00:38:26This Denzel Washington

00:38:28supernatural horror film

00:38:29takes themes of possession

00:38:30to the world of police work.

00:38:32The voiceover

00:38:33at the beginning of the film

00:38:34is said in Washington's voice.

00:38:36So as we watch Hobbes

00:38:37investigate a series

00:38:38of occult killings,

00:38:39we think he is the narrator.

00:38:41The killer is revealed

00:38:42to be a demon named Azazel

00:38:44who can possess

00:38:45most human bodies.

00:38:47In the end,

00:38:47we think Hobbes

00:38:48has overcome Azazel,

00:38:50concluding the story

00:38:51of how he almost died.

00:38:52But no,

00:38:53the voice that's been speaking

00:38:54has actually been Azazel

00:38:56the entire time.

00:38:57The demon didn't die,

00:38:59taking over a nearby cat.

00:39:01Oh.

00:39:03You forgot something,

00:39:04didn't you?

00:39:07At the beginning,

00:39:08I said I was going

00:39:09to tell you

00:39:10about the time

00:39:11I almost died.

00:39:20See you around.

00:39:21Number 32.

00:39:23No happy endings.

00:39:24Drag me to hell.

00:39:26You can't always

00:39:27get what you want.

00:39:28Sometimes,

00:39:29what you get

00:39:29is a giant hand

00:39:30dragging you

00:39:31straight to hell.

00:39:33In Sam Raimi's

00:39:332009 comedy horror

00:39:35masterpiece,

00:39:36happy endings

00:39:36are not in the cards.

00:39:38But that doesn't

00:39:38stop you from hoping

00:39:39that maybe,

00:39:40just maybe,

00:39:41our protagonist

00:39:42will get away

00:39:42from the cursed button

00:39:43that haunts her.

00:39:44Christine's curse

00:39:51involves a three-day

00:39:52torment

00:39:52before a demon

00:39:53drags her down

00:39:54to the fiery pits below.

00:39:56But at the end

00:39:57of the film,

00:39:57you do really believe

00:39:58that she's figured out

00:39:59how to beat it.

00:40:00It's only when

00:40:01her boyfriend

00:40:02attempts to propose to her

00:40:03and gives her back

00:40:04her cursed button

00:40:04in the process

00:40:05that we realize

00:40:06she's actually lost.

00:40:08Oh my God!

00:40:09Hey, hey, hey!

00:40:11Hey, hey, hey!

00:40:13Stop!

00:40:13Oh God!

00:40:16Number 31.

00:40:17Sequel Prequel

00:40:18Final Destination 5.

00:40:20Final Destination 5

00:40:21mainly follows

00:40:22the characters

00:40:23of Sam and Molly

00:40:24as they try to outrun

00:40:25the inevitability

00:40:26of death.

00:40:27The plot takes them

00:40:28through bridge collapses,

00:40:29meat spits,

00:40:30and more

00:40:30before they believe

00:40:31they've finally survived.

00:40:32It's gone.

00:40:34You killed him.

00:40:35So does that mean

00:40:37I get blocks of life?

00:40:43Yeah.

00:40:45Yes, I do.

00:40:46At the end of the film,

00:40:47they end up on a plane.

00:40:49Volley Airlines Flight 180

00:40:51to be exact.

00:40:52On board,

00:40:53Sam overhears

00:40:54a flight attendant

00:40:54telling someone

00:40:55that a passenger

00:40:56who was removed

00:40:56from the flight

00:40:57said they had a premonition

00:40:58that the plane would explode.

00:40:59This is, of course, Alex,

00:41:01the main character

00:41:02from the first

00:41:03Final Destination movie.

00:41:04A surprise prequel

00:41:05is the best kind

00:41:07of prequel.

00:41:07I got you!

00:41:12Billy, hold on!

00:41:13Number 30.

00:41:14The Alien Makes It to Earth

00:41:16Life

00:41:16When Life came out

00:41:17in 2017,

00:41:19it didn't necessarily

00:41:19receive rave reviews

00:41:21from critics

00:41:21or audiences.

00:41:22But this sci-fi

00:41:23light horror film

00:41:24deserves a second look,

00:41:26in particular

00:41:26for the way

00:41:27it handles

00:41:27its last act.

00:41:29Toward the end

00:41:29of the film,

00:41:30only two members

00:41:31of a crew

00:41:32sent to investigate

00:41:32life on Mars

00:41:33are left.

00:41:34David and Miranda

00:41:35are fighting

00:41:35against a dangerous

00:41:36alien life form.

00:41:38They decide

00:41:38David will kill

00:41:39the alien in space

00:41:40and Miranda

00:41:41will return to Earth.

00:41:42This is Dr. Miranda

00:41:43North's black box

00:41:44recording in case

00:41:45of death upon re-entry.

00:41:47The creature

00:41:48killed four

00:41:48of the six ISS astronauts

00:41:50with a fifth

00:41:51Dr. David Jordan,

00:41:53presumed dead,

00:41:53carrying it out

00:41:54into deep space.

00:41:55A pod crashes

00:41:56on Earth.

00:41:57It turns out

00:41:58to be David

00:41:58and the alien

00:41:59instead of Miranda.

00:42:01The last thing

00:42:01we're left with

00:42:02is David pleading

00:42:03with the people

00:42:04who find him

00:42:04not to open the door

00:42:05and unleash

00:42:06the alien's havoc.

00:42:12Number 29.

00:42:13Lucas is dead.

00:42:14Good Night, Mommy.

00:42:15A clever movie twist

00:42:17is one that fools you

00:42:18in the moment,

00:42:19but opens up

00:42:20the world of the movie

00:42:21once you understand

00:42:21what's been going on.

00:42:23And Good Night, Mommy

00:42:24has one of the cleverest,

00:42:25saddest twists

00:42:26of the last 20 years.

00:42:27It's a Lucas-flop.

00:42:28The movie centers

00:42:43around twins

00:42:44Elias and Lucas

00:42:45who become convinced

00:42:46their mother

00:42:46is not their mother

00:42:47after she returns

00:42:48from surgery

00:42:49wrapped in bandages.

00:42:50Strange events

00:42:51lead them

00:42:52to trap the mother

00:42:52in the house

00:42:53and threaten

00:42:53to burn it down.

00:42:55The mother

00:42:55then reveals

00:42:56to Elias

00:42:56that Lucas died

00:42:57in an accident

00:42:58before the film's beginning

00:42:59and Elias

00:43:00has been hallucinating

00:43:01him the entire time.

00:43:09The reveal changes

00:43:11every idea

00:43:12you have

00:43:12about each character

00:43:13and makes you

00:43:14reconsider everything.

00:43:16Number 28.

00:43:17The narrator

00:43:18is the real madman,

00:43:19The Cabinet

00:43:20of Dr. Caligari.

00:43:21If you're gonna dip

00:43:22into the world

00:43:23of silent cinema,

00:43:24The Cabinet

00:43:24of Dr. Caligari

00:43:25is a wonderfully

00:43:26twisted place to start.

00:43:28The movie functions

00:43:29as a long flashback

00:43:30as a man named Francis

00:43:31tells the story

00:43:32of a hypnotist

00:43:33named Dr. Caligari

00:43:34who manipulates

00:43:35a man with a sleep disorder

00:43:36into committing murders.

00:43:38The story ends

00:43:39with Dr. Caligari

00:43:39in a mental health hospital

00:43:41but that's not

00:43:41the real ending.

00:43:43After the story,

00:43:44we learn that Francis,

00:43:45our very own narrator,

00:43:47is actually

00:43:47the true madman.

00:43:49Dr. Caligari

00:43:50is the hospital director

00:43:51and Francis

00:43:52is the patient

00:43:53actually living

00:43:53in the fictional

00:43:54Caligari's cell.

00:43:55Number 27.

00:44:05The husband

00:44:05isn't really dead,

00:44:07Les Diaboliques.

00:44:08Obviously,

00:44:09Psycho is one

00:44:10of the most important

00:44:11horror films

00:44:11of the last century.

00:44:13But what about

00:44:13the film

00:44:14that helped inspire Psycho?

00:44:16At first,

00:44:16the 1955 French film

00:44:18Les Diaboliques

00:44:19seems to be

00:44:19about two women,

00:44:20a wife and a mistress,

00:44:22who band together

00:44:22to kill the man

00:44:23who causes them

00:44:24both so much pain.

00:44:25But the crime

00:44:43at the center

00:44:43of Les Diaboliques

00:44:44turns out to be

00:44:45much more sinister.

00:44:47The husband,

00:44:47who we believe

00:44:48to be dead

00:44:49fairly early on

00:44:50in the film,

00:44:50actually never dies

00:44:51at all.

00:44:52The truth is

00:44:53that he and

00:44:53the mistress

00:44:54have concocted

00:44:55a twisted plan

00:44:56to torment

00:44:56the fragile wife

00:44:57to death.

00:44:58Diabolical indeed.

00:44:59When it comes

00:45:10to twists

00:45:11that blew our minds,

00:45:12Barbarian is

00:45:13near the top

00:45:14of the list.

00:45:15Zach Kreger's

00:45:15wild ride of a film

00:45:17starts out

00:45:17like a regular

00:45:18horror movie

00:45:18but quickly

00:45:19changes gear.

00:45:20When Tess arrives

00:45:21at her Airbnb

00:45:22to find it

00:45:23booked by a man

00:45:23named Keith,

00:45:24we think we see

00:45:25where things are going.

00:45:26But despite

00:45:27everything we know

00:45:28about horror movie tropes,

00:45:29Keith isn't actually

00:45:30the villain here.

00:45:31The twist comes

00:45:32when Tess follows

00:45:33Keith down

00:45:34into the bowels

00:45:34of the home's basement.

00:45:35Why did you come

00:45:36down here?

00:45:37Someone else is down here.

00:45:38Why?

00:45:39Why did you come

00:45:39down here?

00:45:40She finds Keith

00:45:41but she also finds

00:45:42a naked,

00:45:43terrifying looking woman

00:45:44simply known

00:45:45as Mother.

00:45:46The film immediately

00:45:48smash cuts

00:45:48to Justin Long

00:45:49of all people,

00:45:50leaving us to wonder

00:45:51what just happened.

00:45:53Number 25.

00:45:54Su Yan was a ghost

00:45:55the whole time.

00:45:56A tale of two sisters.

00:45:57The secret ghost

00:45:59is a well-worn

00:46:00horror trope

00:46:01from the others

00:46:01to the sixth sense.

00:46:03But it takes

00:46:03a smart movie

00:46:04to do the trope well.

00:46:06A tale of two sisters

00:46:07is one of the better

00:46:08films to do it.

00:46:09At the beginning

00:46:09of the film,

00:46:10Su Mi leaves

00:46:11a mental health hospital

00:46:12and heads home

00:46:13to her father,

00:46:14stepmother,

00:46:14and sister Su Yan.

00:46:16The family's dynamics

00:46:17are complex

00:46:18and often terrifying,

00:46:19but not as terrifying

00:46:20as the reveal

00:46:21that comes

00:46:22towards the film's end.

00:46:23Su Mi learns

00:46:33that she has

00:46:34dissociative identity disorder

00:46:36and that her sister

00:46:37Su Yan

00:46:37is a figment

00:46:38of her imagination.

00:46:40Su Yan has been

00:46:41a ghost

00:46:41the whole time.

00:46:43Number 24.

00:46:44Black Phillip

00:46:45is Satan,

00:46:46the witch.

00:46:47Throughout the course

00:46:47of the witch,

00:46:48we're left wondering

00:46:49what's real

00:46:50and what's not.

00:46:51But in the end,

00:46:51writer-director Robert Eggers

00:46:53lets us know

00:46:54exactly what to believe.

00:46:56The film follows

00:46:56a family who's banished

00:46:57from a Puritan settlement,

00:46:59after which strange,

00:47:00possibly witch-induced

00:47:02events begin to occur.

00:47:03Furthermore,

00:47:04the young twins

00:47:05of the family

00:47:05start to say

00:47:06that the goat,

00:47:07Black Phillip,

00:47:07is speaking to them.

00:47:09We're led to believe

00:47:10the twins might be

00:47:11making this up

00:47:11until the very end

00:47:13of the movie.

00:47:14Black Phillip

00:47:15materializes into the devil

00:47:16while speaking

00:47:17to the family's

00:47:17eldest child,

00:47:18inviting her

00:47:19to live deliciously.

00:47:20What's thou like

00:47:22to live deliciously?

00:47:25Number 23.

00:47:26It's all in Patrick's head,

00:47:27American Psycho.

00:47:29Investment banker,

00:47:30serial killer.

00:47:31What's the difference,

00:47:32really?

00:47:33Not much

00:47:33when it comes

00:47:33to American Psycho.

00:47:35Throughout this

00:47:352000s satirical

00:47:37horror masterpiece,

00:47:38Patrick Bateman

00:47:39tortures and kills

00:47:40a number of people

00:47:41in brutal ways.

00:47:42One of these people

00:47:43is his colleague,

00:47:44Paul Allen,

00:47:45who he murders

00:47:45with an axe.

00:47:46Because it's not

00:47:47just about the pleasures

00:47:48of conformity

00:47:49and the importance

00:47:50of friends.

00:47:50It's also a personal

00:47:51statement about

00:47:52the band itself.

00:47:54Hey, Paul!

00:47:55But towards the end,

00:47:56as Patrick tries

00:47:57to confess to his

00:47:58murder spree,

00:47:59we learn that

00:48:00Allen is actually

00:48:01alive.

00:48:02Patrick might have

00:48:03never actually

00:48:03killed anyone

00:48:04and has been

00:48:05hallucinating his

00:48:06crimes for the

00:48:07entirety of the

00:48:08movie.

00:48:08This twist drives

00:48:10home the film's

00:48:10commentary on

00:48:11yuppie culture

00:48:12and toxic masculinity.

00:48:13But even after

00:48:14admitting this,

00:48:16there is no

00:48:16catharsis.

00:48:18My punishment

00:48:19continues to

00:48:19elude me

00:48:20and I gain

00:48:21no deeper

00:48:22knowledge of

00:48:22myself.

00:48:23Number 22.

00:48:24Jacob is Dead

00:48:25Jacob's Ladder

00:48:26When it comes to

00:48:27war movies,

00:48:28horror goes

00:48:29hand in hand

00:48:30and the 1990

00:48:31film Jacob's Ladder

00:48:32really drives

00:48:33that comparison

00:48:33home.

00:48:34The film stars

00:48:35Tim Robbins as

00:48:36Jacob,

00:48:36a Vietnam War

00:48:37vet,

00:48:38and flashes back

00:48:39and forth between

00:48:39his life during

00:48:40and after his

00:48:41service.

00:48:42A number of

00:48:42strange,

00:48:43disturbing events

00:48:44occur throughout

00:48:44the film,

00:48:45leading to the

00:48:46most terrifying

00:48:46reveal of all.

00:48:48We learn that

00:48:49due to a military

00:48:50experiment gone

00:48:50wrong,

00:48:51Jacob was killed

00:48:52by friendly fire.

00:48:53Everything that

00:48:54we've seen after

00:48:55his time in

00:48:56Vietnam has been

00:48:56some hallucinatory

00:48:58horrifying fever

00:48:59dream.

00:49:00He looks kind of

00:49:00peaceful,

00:49:01the guy.

00:49:03What a hell of a

00:49:04fight, though.

00:49:05Number 21.

00:49:06The Cult,

00:49:07Rosemary's Baby.

00:49:08Throughout

00:49:09Rosemary's Baby,

00:49:10Rosemary starts

00:49:11to suspect that

00:49:12her neighbors

00:49:12belong to a

00:49:13satanic cult that

00:49:14wants to use her

00:49:15unborn child for

00:49:16evil.

00:49:17She's almost there,

00:49:18but not quite.

00:49:19This 1968 horror

00:49:21flick is one of

00:49:21the very best,

00:49:23and its twist ending

00:49:23is one of the

00:49:24reasons why.

00:49:25After Rosemary

00:49:26gives birth,

00:49:27she's told that

00:49:28her baby was

00:49:28stillborn.

00:49:29But in the last

00:49:30scene, she discovers

00:49:32not only that her

00:49:33baby is alive,

00:49:34but that her husband

00:49:35Guy is not the

00:49:36father.

00:49:36When she discovers

00:49:37a satanic cult

00:49:38honoring her child,

00:49:39she notices that

00:49:40he has unusual

00:49:42eyes.

00:49:43The devil's eyes,

00:49:44one might say.

00:49:45Rosemary has given

00:49:46birth to the

00:49:47Antichrist.

00:49:48What have you done

00:49:49to him,

00:49:50you maniac?

00:49:51Satan is his

00:49:52father, not Guy.

00:49:54He came up from

00:49:55hell and begat a

00:49:56son of mortal woman.

00:49:58Hail Satan!

00:49:59Number 20.

00:50:00Esther is actually

00:50:00an adult woman.

00:50:02Orphan.

00:50:03We wouldn't be at

00:50:04all surprised if this

00:50:052009 horror movie

00:50:06turned a lot of

00:50:07prospective parents

00:50:07off the idea of

00:50:08adoption.

00:50:09Especially when you

00:50:10consider the

00:50:10terrifying twist.

00:50:11Everything about her

00:50:12could be alive.

00:50:13Everything.

00:50:13We have her passport,

00:50:15her birth certificate,

00:50:16school records,

00:50:16medical records.

00:50:17I'm halfway around

00:50:18the world.

00:50:19What is this?

00:50:20It's a piece of paper.

00:50:21After Kate and John

00:50:22adopt a young girl

00:50:23named Esther,

00:50:23the two struggle to

00:50:24get their new family

00:50:25member to open up.

00:50:26Tensions mount as

00:50:27Esther manipulates

00:50:28her new family,

00:50:29with only Kate suspecting

00:50:30something's wrong.

00:50:31It causes proportional

00:50:32dwarfism.

00:50:33She only looks like a

00:50:34child.

00:50:35According to our

00:50:36records, Lena Klammer

00:50:38was born in 1976.

00:50:40She's 33 years old.

00:50:42In a truly shocking

00:50:43moment, Kate learns

00:50:44too late that Esther,

00:50:46or perhaps we should

00:50:46say Lena, is really a

00:50:4833-year-old woman who

00:50:50suffers from a medical

00:50:51disorder that stunts

00:50:52her growth.

00:50:53Not only that, but

00:50:54Lena is a cold-blooded

00:50:55killer.

00:50:56Why was she at your

00:50:57hospital?

00:50:58She's dangerously ill.

00:50:59Violent.

00:51:00She killed seven people

00:51:01that we know of.

00:51:02Suddenly, the kid from

00:51:03Problem Child doesn't

00:51:04look so bad.

00:51:05Number 19.

00:51:06Tom was the

00:51:07invisible man all

00:51:08along.

00:51:09Or was he?

00:51:10The invisible man.

00:51:12Lee Winnell reinvented

00:51:13one of Universal's

00:51:14classic horror characters

00:51:15for the modern era

00:51:16in this 2020 film.

00:51:18What is happening?

00:51:18Cecilia, open the door!

00:51:20No!

00:51:21Open the door!

00:51:23After barely escaping

00:51:24the clutches of her

00:51:25cruel tech mogul partner,

00:51:26Adrian, protagonist

00:51:27Cecilia begins to

00:51:28believe that her ex is

00:51:29using cutting-edge

00:51:30invisibility technology

00:51:31to stalk her.

00:51:32If you fight me,

00:51:34I won't ever hurt you.

00:51:35I'll find someone you

00:51:36love and hurt them

00:51:37instead.

00:51:37Her terrifying suspicion

00:51:39proves correct, but

00:51:40with a twist.

00:51:41After the unseen

00:51:42assailant is shot and

00:51:43unmasked, he's revealed

00:51:44to actually be Adrian's

00:51:46brother Tom.

00:51:47Tom?

00:51:48But even this revelation

00:51:50is thrown into doubt,

00:51:51with Cecilia insisting this

00:51:52is just another facet of

00:51:53Adrian's twisted plot.

00:51:54It just goes to show that

00:52:00you cannot always believe

00:52:02what you see, or don't

00:52:03see in this case.

00:52:04Number 18.

00:52:06Marie Unmasked.

00:52:07High Tension.

00:52:08What begins as a quiet

00:52:10weekend of studying

00:52:11quickly turns nightmarish

00:52:12in this French horror

00:52:13thriller.

00:52:14And if the shocking

00:52:15violence doesn't leave

00:52:16an impression, the twist

00:52:17definitely will.

00:52:18The story follows two

00:52:25college girls, Marie and

00:52:26Alex, who stay with

00:52:27Alex's parents in their

00:52:28secluded home to study.

00:52:30But a sadistic killer

00:52:31arrives on their doorstep,

00:52:33taking out Alex's parents

00:52:34and kidnapping her.

00:52:35It's seemingly up to

00:52:36Marie to save Alex from

00:52:37certain death, until we

00:52:39learn that almost the

00:52:40entire scenario has been

00:52:41a fantasy playing out in

00:52:42Marie's head, and she's

00:52:43been the one maiming her

00:52:44way through numerous

00:52:45victims.

00:52:48It's a shame, because

00:52:50besides the whole being

00:52:51the killer part, she was

00:52:52a great protagonist.

00:52:55Number 17.

00:52:57The Old Couple is

00:52:58Possessed.

00:52:59The Skeleton Key.

00:53:00Being a live-in nurse is

00:53:01a demanding and often

00:53:02thankless job under the

00:53:03best of circumstances.

00:53:05Never mind when there

00:53:06are paranormal shenanigans

00:53:07going on.

00:53:07She says you see him in

00:53:09the mirrors.

00:53:10After being taken on to

00:53:11care for an elderly man

00:53:13living with the after

00:53:13effects of a stroke,

00:53:14nurse Caroline begins to

00:53:16suspect the man's wife

00:53:17Violet of Foul Play.

00:53:18I don't believe.

00:53:21I don't.

00:53:24No.

00:53:25This comes after Caroline

00:53:26finds a secret room filled

00:53:27with the tools of hoodoo

00:53:28magic in the attic, which

00:53:30is generally a red flag

00:53:31that something hinky is

00:53:32going on.

00:53:33But rather than simply a

00:53:35practitioner of hoodoo,

00:53:36Violet is revealed to be

00:53:37possessed by the spirit of

00:53:38a hoodoo magician from

00:53:39nearly a hundred years

00:53:40prior.

00:53:41It's harder every time.

00:53:44They just don't believe

00:53:45like they used to.

00:53:46Gotta get them riled up.

00:53:49Yep.

00:53:49We'd quit too.

00:53:51Number 16.

00:53:52It's All Staged.

00:53:53April Fool's Day.

00:53:55A typical twist in a

00:53:56horror movie involves the

00:53:57identity of the killer or

00:53:58killers.

00:53:59But the twist in this 80s

00:54:00slasher takes a different

00:54:01route by revealing there

00:54:03isn't a killer at all.

00:54:04Things seem par for the

00:54:09course as far as slasher

00:54:10movies go when the bodies

00:54:12begin to pile up at a fancy

00:54:13party thrown by a group of

00:54:14old college friends.

00:54:24But imagine the audience's

00:54:25surprise when it turns out

00:54:27the events of the movie were

00:54:27just an incredibly elaborate

00:54:29rehearsal for a murder mystery

00:54:30night and nobody was ever

00:54:32in any danger.

00:54:33What's this all about?

00:54:34And don't anyone say

00:54:35April Fool's again or I'll

00:54:37rip them apart.

00:54:41How's that for a twist?

00:54:42This slasher movie wasn't a

00:54:44slasher movie at all.

00:54:46Number 15.

00:54:47The Ancient Ones.

00:54:48The Cabin in the Woods.

00:54:50After their cabin trip is

00:54:51spoiled by some pesky

00:54:52zombies, friends Marty and

00:54:53Dana discover a massive

00:54:54facility full of monsters

00:54:56beneath the cabin.

00:55:00And after a surprise

00:55:01appearance by Sigourney

00:55:02Weaver herself, the

00:55:03pair learns the deeper truth.

00:55:05That the events of the film

00:55:06were an elaborate ritual to

00:55:08appease a group of elder gods

00:55:09who want nothing more than to

00:55:11see groups of teenagers meet

00:55:12their messy demise again and

00:55:14again.

00:55:14You don't need a film degree to figure out

00:55:25that the Ancient Ones craving for

00:55:27routine carnage is a somewhat

00:55:28scathing commentary on horror

00:55:30audiences, crystallizing the film's

00:55:31deconstruction of tired horror tropes

00:55:33and imploring filmmakers to try

00:55:35something new.

00:55:36Maybe it's time for a change.

00:55:38Number 14.

00:55:39Those aren't the real

00:55:41grandparents.

00:55:41The Visit.

00:55:42Director M. Night Shyamalan's reputation

00:55:44as the king of the twist ending is

00:55:46somewhat well-deserved, as most of his

00:55:48movies contain at least one shocking twist.

00:55:50We made a decision.

00:55:51You go.

00:55:52We're having a great time.

00:55:54Yeah.

00:55:54Heck, this isn't even the only movie of his

00:55:56on this very list.

00:55:58The twists can get more than a little

00:56:00stale, but there's just something about

00:56:01this one that gives us the creeps.

00:56:05Nana?

00:56:07Nana, are you okay?

00:56:11Good afternoon.

00:56:13After an odd yet seemingly innocent weekend

00:56:15at their grandparents, teens Becca and

00:56:17Tyler receive a shocking revelation that

00:56:19those aren't their grandparents.

00:56:21Where are Nana and Pop-Pop?

00:56:22You've been staying with those people

00:56:27the whole time?

00:56:28This reveal comes hot on the heels of a

00:56:30number of strange occurrences the

00:56:31parrot experienced, suddenly ratcheting

00:56:33up the already high tension to

00:56:34stratospheric levels.

00:56:36Number 13.

00:56:38Red is Adelaide.

00:56:39Us.

00:56:40Jordan Peele's electrifying follow-up to

00:56:42Get Out did not disappoint.

00:56:44Mixing great horror movie scares with a

00:56:46powerful undercurrent of social commentary

00:56:47even before you get to the shocking

00:56:49final reveal.

00:56:50They can't hurt you.

00:56:52You understand?

00:56:55After narrowly escaping her tethered

00:56:57doppelganger with her life and family

00:56:59intact, Mother Adelaide seems to be in

00:57:01the clear.

00:57:02She's brought my little coat.

00:57:06Except the audience is clued in via

00:57:08flashback that the woman we've been

00:57:09following for the whole film is the

00:57:11tethered.

00:57:22Adelaide and her tethered were switched

00:57:27during childhood, meaning the raspy-voiced

00:57:29red was actually the original, out for

00:57:31revenge after being exiled below ground.

00:57:34It's a twist that casts the entire movie

00:57:36in a new light, just like a great twist

00:57:38always does.

00:57:40Number 12.

00:57:41Samara is now free.

00:57:42The ring.

00:57:43We're betting that up until this infamous

00:57:45moment in the 2002 remake of the Japanese

00:57:47horror sensation, the protagonists were patting

00:57:49themselves on the back.

00:57:51You weren't supposed to help her.

00:57:53It's okay now.

00:57:54She's not gonna hurt you.

00:57:57She.

00:58:02After all, it's not every day you get to put

00:58:04the vengeful spirit of a dead child to rest,

00:58:06but you forgot that you made a copy, didn't you?

00:58:08Now your ex is dead and you have to continue

00:58:19passing the curse on in order to save your

00:58:21child.

00:58:22Great job.

00:58:23In all seriousness, the twist that the

00:58:24terrifying Samara was not put to rest by

00:58:26uncovering her grave and will continue to

00:58:29wreak vengeance on the living is still one

00:58:31of our favorites.

00:58:31And we still can't see TV static without

00:58:34shuddering.

00:58:34Number 11.

00:58:41The call is coming from inside the house.

00:58:43Black Christmas.

00:58:45A phone company's on the other line, sir.

00:58:46They say they got a trace on this one.

00:58:48Yeah, let's have it.

00:58:49In this 1970s Canadian slasher flick,

00:58:51the residents of a sorority house are plagued

00:58:53by a string of obscene and disturbing phone

00:58:55calls.

00:58:56But things just get worse when several of the

00:58:59residents are found dead.

00:59:00And the killer is behind the obscene calls.

00:59:02In the film's most iconic scene, a telephone

00:59:05company employee frantically traces the location

00:59:08of the mysterious caller and eventually discovers

00:59:10that the calls are coming from a second line

00:59:13inside the sorority house.

00:59:15For Christ's sakes, Nash, you got it wrong.

00:59:17That's where the calls are going into.

00:59:19That's where they're coming from too, sir.

00:59:21It's a terrifying reveal, one that kicks the tension

00:59:26in the film into overdrive, with the revelation

00:59:28that protagonist Jess is far from safe,

00:59:31despite being indoors and under police watch.

00:59:34Just tell her to put down the phone and walk straight

00:59:36out the front door.

00:59:38And sure, the reveal is similar to when a stranger calls,

00:59:41but this film did it first.

00:59:42Number 10.

00:59:43The Coagula Procedure.

00:59:45Get Out.

00:59:46Once again, Jordan Peele manages to pull off a twist

00:59:48that's not only terrifying on the surface,

00:59:50but casts the entire film up to that point in a new light.

00:59:54I know what you're thinking.

00:59:55What?

00:59:56Come on, I get it.

00:59:58White family, black servants, it's a total cliche.

01:00:04After meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time,

01:00:06Chris begins to suspect something is amiss

01:00:08with the seemingly friendly couple.

01:00:09Phase one was the hypnotism.

01:00:13That's how they sedate you.

01:00:15Phase two is this, mental preparation.

01:00:19Following a series of unnerving encounters with the family,

01:00:21Chris is hypnotized and wakes up bound to a chair,

01:00:25a videotape informing him of his fate,

01:00:27to have his brain removed so that a rich old white person

01:00:30can have his body instead.

01:00:31So you won't be gone.

01:00:34Not completely.

01:00:35A sliver of you will still be in there somewhere.

01:00:37This twist, itself a commentary on how black bodies

01:00:40and physicality are commodified

01:00:42by seemingly well-meaning white people,

01:00:44cemented Peele and the film as horror royalty.

01:00:47Number nine.

01:00:48It's all in the killer's head.

01:00:50Identity.

01:00:51Who am I speaking to?

01:00:52Look at me.

01:00:53Who am I speaking to right now?

01:00:55In this horror slash thriller

01:00:57from Logan director James Mangold,

01:00:59a group of strangers find themselves

01:01:01stranded in a secluded motel

01:01:02and stalked by a mysterious killer.

01:01:04But this isn't your run-of-the-mill slasher movie.

01:01:06It's revealed late in the film

01:01:08that almost everything we've been seeing

01:01:10has been taking place inside the mind

01:01:12of a convicted serial killer.

01:01:14Why are you telling me this?

01:01:17Because you, that was,

01:01:20are one of his personalities.

01:01:22The victims are actually the killer's

01:01:24multiple personalities,

01:01:25and they're being killed off

01:01:26as part of his treatment.

01:01:28The it-was-all-a-dream or hallucination twist

01:01:31is honestly a little played out,

01:01:32but this version offers an admittedly fresh spin

01:01:35on the well-worn idea.

01:01:36To great effect.

01:01:38Where is my face?

01:01:39Number 8.

01:01:40Mrs. Voorhees is the killer.

01:01:42Friday the 13th.

01:01:43How are you?

01:01:45Well, I'm Mrs. Voorhees,

01:01:47an old friend of the Christie's.

01:01:49The machete-wielding,

01:01:50goalie-mask-wearing Jason Voorhees

01:01:52is without a doubt

01:01:53one of the biggest slasher icons.

01:01:56But as horror aficionados

01:01:57are fond of pointing out,

01:01:58he wasn't the primary villain

01:02:00in the first film

01:02:01in the Friday the 13th series.

01:02:03Jason should have been

01:02:04watched every minute.

01:02:06After a number of fellow

01:02:07camp counselors are brutally murdered,

01:02:09the film's protagonist Alice discovers

01:02:11that the killer is, in fact,

01:02:12Mrs. Voorhees,

01:02:14the mother of a deformed boy

01:02:15who drowned

01:02:16while the counselors were,

01:02:17shall we say,

01:02:18distracted.

01:02:19They were making love

01:02:20while that young boy drowned.

01:02:22Needless to say,

01:02:23the revelation that the seemingly

01:02:24kindly old lady in a sweater

01:02:25is a crazed killer

01:02:27doesn't do much

01:02:28to make Alice's day better.

01:02:29Look what you did to him!

01:02:36Number 7.

01:02:38The Girl Isn't Missing,

01:02:39The Wicker Man.

01:02:40You, Sergeant,

01:02:42are the right kind of adult.

01:02:44Before it was remade

01:02:46with Nicolas Cage

01:02:47and turned into an internet meme,

01:02:48this 1973 horror film

01:02:50was a darling

01:02:51of British horror cinema.

01:02:53The film begins

01:02:54when a police detective

01:02:55arrives at a small town

01:02:56on a secluded island

01:02:57after a local girl

01:02:58goes missing.

01:02:59But it quickly becomes clear

01:03:00that something is terribly wrong

01:03:02and that the villagers

01:03:03are part of a dangerous

01:03:05pagan cult.

01:03:06You came here

01:03:06to find Rowan Morrison.

01:03:09But it is we

01:03:09who have found you

01:03:10and brought you here

01:03:12and controlled your

01:03:13every thought and action

01:03:14since you arrived.

01:03:15The detective suspects

01:03:17the girl might have been taken

01:03:18as a human sacrifice,

01:03:19but it's worse.

01:03:21The girl was never kidnapped

01:03:22and it was all a ploy

01:03:24to lure him to the island

01:03:25to serve as the sacrifice himself.

01:03:27No!

01:03:29Think!

01:03:30Just think what you're doing!

01:03:32Think what you're doing!

01:03:33Think!

01:03:35Number 6.

01:03:36Jigsaw is the dead body

01:03:37in the bathroom.

01:03:39Saw.

01:03:43This infamous horror flick

01:03:44not only kicked off

01:03:45an entire franchise,

01:03:47but arguably started

01:03:48a whole new sub-genre.

01:03:50While the sequels

01:03:50went on to more gruesome

01:03:52and elaborate gore,

01:03:53the first one

01:03:53keeps it fairly simple.

01:03:55Two men find themselves

01:03:56chained in a bathroom

01:03:57with a corpse between them

01:03:58and a hacksaw each.

01:04:00The only way

01:04:00either of them can escape

01:04:01is to take that hacksaw

01:04:03to their own ankle.

01:04:04After much bloodshed,

01:04:06it's revealed

01:04:06that Jigsaw,

01:04:07the mysterious killer

01:04:08who orchestrated

01:04:09the whole thing,

01:04:10has been in the room

01:04:11the whole time,

01:04:12posing as the corpse

01:04:14lying between

01:04:15his two unlucky victims.

01:04:17Shocking,

01:04:17effective,

01:04:18and oh so twisted.

01:04:20Number 5.

01:04:28The family are ghosts.

01:04:29The others.

01:04:30Don't speak to them!

01:04:33Why?

01:04:34They're dead!

01:04:35This spooky,

01:04:36atmospheric horror gem

01:04:37stars a woman named Grace

01:04:39and her two children,

01:04:40who live in a secluded mansion

01:04:41following World War II.

01:04:43As anyone might

01:04:44if they lived in a house

01:04:45this creepy looking,

01:04:46Grace begins to suspect

01:04:48that her home is haunted.

01:04:49Turns out she's right,

01:04:51but not in the way

01:04:51she expected.

01:04:54After a series

01:04:55of terrifying encounters

01:04:56with what seem

01:04:57to be spirits,

01:04:58it's revealed

01:04:58that Grace and her children

01:05:00are the ghosts

01:05:00haunting the house,

01:05:01and the visions

01:05:02they've been seeing

01:05:03are the new residents.

01:05:04Children,

01:05:05if you're dead,

01:05:06why do you remain

01:05:08in this house?

01:05:09It's a clever inversion

01:05:10of the classic

01:05:11haunted house scenario

01:05:12that caught most

01:05:13cinema goers

01:05:14completely by surprise.

01:05:16What happened?

01:05:16They made contact.

01:05:21Number four.

01:05:22What David needlessly

01:05:23does to his group,

01:05:24the mist.

01:05:25Things look about

01:05:26as grim as they can

01:05:27possibly get

01:05:28for painter David Drayton

01:05:29and his family.

01:05:30Guys,

01:05:30let's get out of here now.

01:05:34Stop!

01:05:35After a strange mist

01:05:36envelops their sleepy

01:05:37New England town,

01:05:38monsters begin emerging

01:05:40from the strange fog

01:05:41and exterminating

01:05:42everyone they can get

01:05:43their tentacles,

01:05:44pincers,

01:05:44and claws on.

01:05:46David and his son

01:05:47flee in their car

01:05:47along with some

01:05:48other survivors

01:05:49in a desperate bid

01:05:49for safety.

01:05:51Poor boys.

01:05:56There's five of us.

01:05:58Eventually,

01:05:59the car runs out of gas,

01:06:00leaving David

01:06:01to make the ultimate

01:06:02sacrifice to keep them

01:06:03from a grislier fate.

01:06:05With not enough bullets

01:06:06to go round,

01:06:07David leaves the car

01:06:07to be eaten by the monsters,

01:06:09only to find

01:06:10the military has arrived

01:06:11to save the day.

01:06:12Hey!

01:06:14Talk about too little

01:06:26too late.

01:06:27Number three.

01:06:28Stu and Billy

01:06:29are the killers.

01:06:30Scream.

01:06:31Surprise, Sidney.

01:06:34This trend-setting

01:06:35slasher movie

01:06:36revitalized the genre

01:06:37for a new generation

01:06:38by injecting a dose

01:06:39of self-aware

01:06:40meta-commentary

01:06:41to liven things up.

01:06:42What's the matter, Sidney?

01:06:44You look like

01:06:44you've seen a ghost.

01:06:45This mainly takes

01:06:46the form of the

01:06:47teenage characters,

01:06:48who recognize

01:06:49that the mysterious

01:06:49killer stalking them

01:06:50is following the

01:06:51traditional rules

01:06:52of slasher films.

01:06:54Namely, stuff like

01:06:55if you have sex,

01:06:56do drugs,

01:06:56or say,

01:06:57I'll be right back,

01:06:58you'll be the next

01:06:58one to die.

01:06:59But rather than

01:07:00just two horror movie fans

01:07:01familiar with the

01:07:02tropes of the genre,

01:07:03the characters of

01:07:04Billy and Stu

01:07:05turn out to be

01:07:05the killers themselves,

01:07:06making the horror movie

01:07:08awareness of the

01:07:08Ghostface killer

01:07:09suddenly make

01:07:10a whole lot of sense.

01:07:11Yeah, we put her

01:07:12out of her misery

01:07:12because let's face it,

01:07:13Sidney, your mother

01:07:14was no Sharon Stone.

01:07:17Hmm?

01:07:17Number 2

01:07:18Malcolm Crowe is a Ghost

01:07:20The Sixth Sense

01:07:21I think I can go now.

01:07:23The twist,

01:07:24so infamous

01:07:24it started an entire meme,

01:07:26remains a fan favorite,

01:07:28even if it turned

01:07:29a promising new director

01:07:30into the twist-ending guy.

01:07:32The film tells the story

01:07:33of a young boy

01:07:33with the ability

01:07:34to see ghosts,

01:07:35which obviously leads

01:07:36to a near non-stop parade

01:07:38of terrifying encounters

01:07:39with the unquiet dead.

01:07:41Things look like

01:07:42they're getting better

01:07:43when he meets

01:07:43a child psychologist

01:07:44determined to help the boy

01:07:46to make amends

01:07:47for a previous failure.

01:07:48But in the end,

01:07:49it's famously revealed

01:07:50that Bruce Willis'

01:07:51Dr. Crowe

01:07:52is a ghost himself,

01:07:53having died

01:07:54after the film's

01:07:55opening scene.

01:07:56For cinema-goers

01:07:57in 1999,

01:07:58it was one blown mind

01:08:00after another.

01:08:01You were never second.

01:08:04Ever.

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01:08:22Number 1.

01:08:22Norman Bates is the killer.

01:08:24Psycho.

01:08:25Mrs. Bates.

01:08:26Even before the shocking

01:08:40reveal at the film's climax,

01:08:42Alfred Hitchcock's

01:08:43horror opus

01:08:43already had audiences

01:08:45scared out of their minds.

01:08:46But that ending

01:08:47just made things worse.

01:08:48After watching

01:08:49numerous characters

01:08:50seemingly die

01:08:51at the hands

01:08:51of the apparently

01:08:52demented Mrs. Bates,

01:08:53audiences were stunned

01:08:55to learn

01:08:55that the killer

01:08:56was in fact

01:08:56her soft-spoken son

01:08:58Norman,

01:08:59who had preserved

01:08:59his dead mother's body

01:09:01and taken on her identity.

01:09:07Even decades

01:09:08after the film's release

01:09:09and subsequent enshrinement

01:09:11in popular culture,

01:09:12the reveal at the end

01:09:13of this legendary film

01:09:14remains the most shocking

01:09:16and memorable twist ending

01:09:17in the history

01:09:18of horror cinema.

01:09:30Which horror film

01:09:31left you

01:09:31on the edge

01:09:32of your seat?

01:09:33Let us know

01:09:33if we missed it

01:09:34in the comments below.

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