10 Most Unexpected Twists In Slasher Movies

10. Two Killers - Scream (1996)

The whole idea of Wes Craven’s 1996 classic Scream is that it pokes fun of horror movie conventions, so, naturally, it had to feature a massive surprise towards the end. 

While trying to figure out who Ghostface is, Sidney Prescott initially suspects her boyfriend, Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) after a number of unexplained coincidences. It seems as if Billy is just a red herring though, when the masked madman appears and tries to murder him. 

Or does he?

As revealed during the film’s blistering climax, Billy is Ghostface, but he’s not the only Ghostface. His friend Stu Macher, played by Matthew Lillard, has been helping him the whole time, including dressing up in the costume to “attack” Billy earlier in the movie. 

It’s appropriate that Lillard would go on to play Shaggy, because that is some Scooby-Doo business right there. 

This is everything a good twist should be - unexpected whilst also making complete sense without contradicting any previous information. The double-killer ending to Scream is one of the big reasons why it’s so iconic today, all thanks to this double dose of deception.