10 Horror Movie Fakeouts We All Fell For

10. The Cops Arrive At The End - Get Out

Jordan Peele's masterful, Oscar-winning horror satire Get Out climaxes with embattled Black man Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) fighting off the racist, brainwash-happy Armitage family, and finally facing off against his own ex-girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams).

Despite Rose's attempts to kill him, Chris finds himself unable to strangle her to death, and just as he relinquishes his grip on her throat, the sirens of a police car blare out behind them both.

The cops are here, and they're about to stumble upon the sight of a Black man knelt over a horribly wounded white woman - how exactly does anyone expect this situation to go?

But Peele then cuts to the door of the police car, where the word "airport" is visible - as it turns out, this isn't a patrol unit but Chris' airport police officer pal Rod (Lil Rel Howery).

Peele so brilliantly exploits our understandably cynical expectations for any situation where a Black individual is flagged down by the police, only to flip it so ecstatically on its head with the revelation that the siren and flashing lights are actually a safe haven for Chris.

Within a matter of seconds, viewers went from feeling gut-wrenching dread to absolute euphoria. A filmmaking masterstroke on Peele's part.