10 Horror Movies That Aren’t About What You Think

Now, a lot of you might understand exactly what Antebellum is about, but that's because the trailers for it - for whatever reason - decided to just outright spoil the big twist the entire movie is built around.

It's a shame too, because the film itself does so much work to hide the big mid-movie reveal, and only really has any suspense if you don't know it's coming. But I'm getting ahead of myself, let me explain.

Antebellum opens on Eden, a Civil War-era slave who recently attempted to escape a plantation in Louisiana, resulting in a bunch of her fellow slaves being murdered. The first act essentially follows her daily life - as she's forced to work, is routinely assaulted by confederate soldiers, and slowly hatches a plot to escape.

That is, until one night when she hears a modern phone ringing outside, and the flick flashes back a few weeks. It turns out Antebellum isn't a period piece at all, but takes place in the present day!

Eden - really a beloved author called Veronica - has been kidnapped along with a bunch of other Black people by the white owners of a Civil War reenactment centre.

It's... bonkers, and doesn't totally work, but it's certainly not what you expect from the first half an hour.