10 Mediocre Movies Made Awesome By Their Twist
1. The Visit - These Old People Are Stranger Than You Think
No list about movie twists would be complete without the big M swinging his weight around, with Shyamalan's The Visit a great example of a bog-standard found footage movie made all the better for its juicy end twist.
Going to stay at your grandparents house as a teenager is never a particularly fun time. Especially when you don't even know them that well and they're clearly going a bit round the bend, but Becca and Tyler are determined to bond with their family, even if that means following cryptic warnings about not leaving their rooms at night and avoiding the basement at all costs.
After seeing enough strange stuff to scare the pants off of the siblings - and the grandfather too, since his used diaper comes off and is smooshed into Tyler's face, you're welcome for those nightmares - it's revealed that the pair are actually escaped mental patients who've murdered and replaced the family during their outbreak.
Not only that, but the children manage to survive their encounter - a highly unusual outcome for found footage horrors.