20 Horror Movies Ruined By TERRIBLE Reveals

20. Jackson Is Jed - Leatherface

2017's Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface was intriguingly structured around the mystery of its titular antagonist's origins, specifically how he became a murderous psychopath in the first place.

From the jump, it's implied that one of the two central male characters will turn out to be Jedediah Sawyer aka Leatherface, and the clear obvious prospect is Bud (Sam Coleman), a bulky, mentally deranged young man who even bears a decent enough resemblance to original Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen.

But this all goes out the window in the third act, when Bud is shot and killed and it's revealed that Bud's more charismatic friend Jackson (Sam Strike) is actually Jed. 

Basically, Bud was a massive red herring all along and Jackson was instead revealed to be Jed for the sake of shock value.

After all, Jackson bears no natural physical resemblance to Leatherface as we know him and his last-minute switch to a broken, muzzle-wearing maniac ends up feeling incredibly forced.

The filmmakers basically strained too desperately for a big twist when, really, the more obvious route of Bud becoming Leatherface would've made way more sense.