10 Horror Movies That Turned Out Nothing Like You Were Expecting

10. Climax

Okay, so it's a fully-realistic horror movie about a troupe of dancers who get high during a rehearsal? That doesn't sound all too disturbing. Well, strap yourselves in because this movie is anything but an easy watch.

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Climax is a film that lures you in by taking its time to establish the set-up before delving into depravity and refusing to pulls its punches. The first 40 minutes, give or take, are comprised of simple interactions between the characters and lavish dance sequences, with not a whiff of horror about. But that all changes past the hour mark, when things quickly devolve into insanity.

This is a deeply immersive and anxiety-riddled horror that sees tension and irrationality fill its small setting, with the isolated location making every character feel trapped. It also comes with plenty of disturbing moments of violence and intense psychological horror.

Anyone who is familiar with the movie's writer/director Gaspar Noe - the controversial mind behind movies like Irreversible and I Stand Alone - might see the depravity of this film coming. But for everyone else, it hits you like a truck.

Who knew dancers could be so terrifying?

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