10 More Most Satisfying Horror Movie Reveals
10. It's A Secret Prequel - Final Destination 5
Expectations weren't exactly high for the fifth Final Destination movie, especially after fourth film The Final Destination - which categorically wasn't the final one - suggested the filmmakers had basically run dry of compelling ideas.
But Final Destination 5 had one hell of an ace up its sleeve, by revealing in its final scene that it's actually a secret prequel to the original Final Destination.
After protagonists Sam (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Molly (Emma Bell) board a plane to Paris, we realise they're on the very same plane as Alex (Devon Sawa), the protagonist of the first movie who famously cheated death by being ejected from the flight at the last minute.
And so, the pair are helpless to do anything but perish in the ensuing mid-air plane explosion the audience knows is coming, effectively closing the loop and allowing Death to once again prevail. For a sequel that invited through-the-floor expectations, what a brilliant subversion of expectations this was, circling back to the original film in a clever and creative way.