10 Awful Twists That Ruined Awesome Horror Movies
1. The Village
Could a list of bad movie twists end any other way than with the maestro of misdirect himself M. Night Shyamalan?
We did think about putting Signs on here - aliens defeated by water is really poor - but we've gone instead for his 2004 movie The Village.
The film is set in the 19th Century (or is it?) and revolves around a settlement surrounded by a group of monsters. The monsters keep the villagers from leaving, which becomes an issue when a young woman named Ivy needs medicine for her injured lover.
Through a series of events, it comes to light that the creatures are actually people in costumes. Also, the time period is actually the 21st Century, and the whole village is a secret community for people wanting to escape from the real world.
This twist is one of Shyamalan's nuttiest ever. It undermines almost everything that came before it; the setting of the village, the existence of the creatures, the entire year!
It's far too mind-boggling to be good and distracts from what could have been a really interesting story. But, then again, what else did we expect from Mr. I See Dead People?