10 Best Movie Secrets SHAMEFULLY Given Away By The Trailers

10. What The Predator Looks Like - Predator

Much of the thrill of John McTiernan's Predator is the mystery of the titular creature's appearance.

The film's slow-burn approach conceals the Predator's design for the vast majority of the movie, keeping it off-screen and having it use its nifty cloaking tech to avoid being seen.

It isn't until the third act that we catch actual sustained, lingering glimpses of the Predator's uncloaked form, yet the film's original theatrical trailer just went and gave the damn reveal away for free.

A flurry of clips near the end of the trailer blatantly show the Predator facing off against sole survivor Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in the film's climax, effectively ruining the mystery for anyone who saw the trailer beforehand.

Though you can argue that the audiences of 1987 would have likely only seen this trailer once or twice in cinemas before seeing the film - this being the pre-Internet era and all - the trailer clearly didn't need to show anything more than the Predator's hand to lure audiences in.