10 Horror Movie Secrets They'll Never Tell You
From Shutter Island to American Psycho, you'll never get answers to these horror movie questions.
One of the key tenets of horror movies involves unfurling a mystery primed to get the audience's heart racing and palms sweating.
And while most horror films will eventually dispense with the innuendo and unleash The Big Reveal, sometimes filmmakers like to hold something back and keep a secret close to their chest.
There comes a point when an ambiguous story point or unresolved mystery has been built up so much by audiences that no answer could ever prove satisfying, and so, the filmmakers in question just... refuse to ever give their lingering secret away.
Much as ambiguity can sometimes be an annoying indication of a lack of creativity or courage to commit to a definite narrative direction, sometimes it's absolutely vital in allowing a film to live on as an agonising enigma for years, even decades.
And that's absolutely true of these 10 movies, each of which has seen their filmmakers refuse to spill the tea and give up their film's biggest secret.
Frustrating though it might be for some viewers, sometimes the best questions are left unanswered...
10. What Was The Baby Made From? - Eraserhead
David Lynch is fiercely protective of his films' integrity, and perhaps the best-kept secret from his entire back catalogue? What the hell Eraserhead's deformed child prop was made from.
In Lynch's mesmerising debut, protagonist Harry (Jack Nance) is left to care for his swaddled mutant baby, whose unique physical appearance has left many speculating about how Lynch created it ever since.
Lynch hasn't ever revealed what the child was made from, and was so committed to concealing the truth that he even blindfolded the projectionist who worked on the film's dailies during editing, and also allegedly had the prop buried after shooting was completed.
Over the years, Lynch has made only hilariously vague comments like "it was born nearby" or "maybe it was found," while some have speculated that it was made from either a skinned rabbit or lamb fetus.
While it's incredibly unlikely that Lynch used an untreated animal carcass that would decompose over the course of production, it's quite possible that he had the prop - nicknamed "Spike" by star Jack Nance - modelled from a dead animal.
All the same, Lynch has managed to keep the secret alive for over 45 years, so there's no reason that he won't be able to take it to the grave with him.