The plot twist has long been a staple of horror. It`s a genre that relies on tension, mystery, and surprises, and how better to shock an audience than by making them question everything they`ve seen so far? Of course, it`s also something that`s very hard to get right.Some of the best plot twists in horror are as famous as the movies themselves--films such as Psycho, The Sixth Sense, and Saw are famous for their shocking final revelations. These would be great films even if they didn`t deliver a twist, but those final plot revelations add to their effect, making them must-sees for fans of the genre.Of course, for every one of those there are a dozen movies that get it badly wrong, delivering ridiculous, predictable, and laughable twists endings. There`s nothing worse than a plot twist that insults the viewers and actually diminishes the movie before. Better a film ends with a normal ending, with the good guys surviving and the villain defeated, than it tries a shocking plot-reversal that totally fails.So here`s some of the very best twists in horror. Many of these are final reveals that change everything we thought we knew about the plot and characters. Some of them are more subtle, others come from absolutely nowhere, and there are even those that are very silly, but are so crazy that they work in adding to the fun of watching the movie.Also, it goes without saying that there are big spoilers ahead--we`re going to tell you what happens in each of these movies. Let`s twist! 21. Carnival Of Souls (1962)Very little in this classic low budget chiller makes logical sense, and that includes the ending. A woman survives a car accident, in which her vehicle plunges into a deep lake. For the rest of the film she experiences all sorts of strange visions and ghostly apparitions, until we discover--you guessed it--that she died in the lake. By modern standards it`s perhaps a bit predictable, but back `62 this sort of twist wasn`t nearly so familiar, and the movie`s weir ...
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