Night of the Living Dead (1968) This independent horror film was made for $114,000 and grossed over 263 times its original budget. Carnival of Souls is considered to be the first usage of the “Dead Hero” twist ending in the annals of horror. It isn’t until the film’s end that we learn Mary has also been dead all along, which is what makes her able to see other dead people. Mary finds herself drawn to an abandoned carnival on the outskirts of town, where she is tormented by the souls of the dead. She then moves to Utah and works as a church organist. Everyone else dies, but Mary is able to rescue herself from the car and swim to land. In the opening scene, a woman named Mary and her friends get drawn into a drag race that ends with their car hurtling over a bridge.
In trailers for the film, Alfred Hitchcock pleaded with audience members not to spoil the ending for others since “it’s the only one we have.” Carnival of Souls (1962) Director Herk Harvey had only five crew members on set to help shoot this film. Bates’s rotting corpse sitting in a rocking chair. We find this out in the creepiest of ways-when an investigator walks down into the basement of their house and sees Mrs. All along, he’s been dressing up as her to commit the murders. It isn’t until the end that we learn Norman killed his mother and her boyfriend a decade ago.
Throughout most of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror meisterwerk, we are led to believe that Norman Bates is a mother’s boy who tends to her hotel, completely unaware that she’s been murdering tenants for years. Psycho (1960) Oscar nominations for this film included: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Art Direction. Rebecca was remade by Netflix in 2020 but while the original was a critical and commercial success, the remake was panned. Maxim covered her death up and made it look like a drowning. During their final fight Rebecca fell, hit her head and died. However, the film’s twist ending reveals that Rebecca never loved Maxim and the two fought viciously. Based on all the reminders of Rebecca, the woman believes Maxim is not over her death. Danvers, who maintains loyalty to first Mrs. Maxim’s deceased wife, Rebecca, had been close to the housekeeper, Mrs. The two marry and return to Maxim’s famously beautiful estate, Manderley. Best Twist Ending Movies Rebecca (1940) Rebecca was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won for Best Picture and Best Cinematography.īased on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca tells the story of an unnamed young woman who falls in love with a wealthy widower, Maxim de Winter, while on vacation. Spoiler Alert! This entire article consists of spoilers. The following horror movies are notable because they all involve twist endings.
This also works with a film that was secretly in an unexpected time period. What we were tricked into thinking was a dystopian alien planet has been Earth all along. Either the narrator or the protagonist turns out to have been dead all along. One of the most common twist endings-so common that fiction teachers tell students never to use it. The protagonist either turns out to be the killer, or the narrator turns out to be far from the neutral observer we originally thought he or she was. If it’s done ineptly, the audience may feel cheated.
If it’s done well, audience members will appreciate the extra thrill and shock to their system. It works by surprising the audience through leading them one way and then pulling the rug out from under their feet at the end. The twist ending is a device that’s used throughout fiction and appears to be especially prevalent in true-crime novels.
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