10 Massive Movie Twists That Were Secretly Obvious

3. It's The Only Logical Conclusion - The Others

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The Others€™ big twist is that Nicole Kidman€™s character Grace, and her family, are all ghosts. They spend the entire film thinking they€™'re the ones being haunted, but it becomes apparent at the end that the exact opposite is actually true.

When you go back and look for foreshadowing moments, you'€™re likely to find a lot of clues. The fact that Grace and the kids live in the dark, and rarely go outside certainly signposts that something weird is going on, for starters. There€™'s also the fact that Christopher Eccleston€™s father character emerges from the mist surrounding the house one day; €he is quiet and distant, and everyone thought he had died in World War 2. Then he disappears again the next day. How'€™s that for a clue?

Ultimately, it gets to the point where the only way to explain all the ridiculousness is for them to all be dead too.

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