10 Best Horror Movie Misdirections Ever

10. Moving Out Gets Them Killed - Sinister

If you watch enough haunted house movies, it's tough not to get exasperated with characters who simply refuse to leave the house, even when faced with overwhelming proof of an actual malevolent supernatural presence.

But Sinister had quite the fantastic solution to this, by savagely flipping the script and having the focal family get the hell out of dodge to their apparent safety. But oh how wrong they were.

Late in the film, true crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) decides he's had enough of the supernatural hooey and moves his family back to their old home, seemingly escaping the influence of the demonic Bughuul.

But the big twist? That was precisely what Bughuul was counting on.

Ellison then learns that Bughuul only claims his victims after they've moved out from the haunted house, and so by inadvertently following this pattern, he set himself and his family up to be killed.

And that's precisely what happens at the end, when Ellison, his wife, and son are murdered by his daughter Ashley (Clare Foley) while under Bughuul's control.

In turn, this sets the stage for whoever moves into Ellison's house next to keep the chain of murder going.