10 Most Ridiculous Horror Movie Plot Twists

7. The Village (2004) - It's Set In The Present

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Did you really think you were going to get through this list without an M. Night Shyamalan entry? Shame on you.

It would be a crime not to include one of the twist-master’s boldest outings on this list: The Village. This entry is perhaps one of the more tragic ones since it had all the makings of a phenomenal movie. From the stellar cast consisting of such industry titans as Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, and Sigourney Weaver, to the award-winning talent behind the scenes with Roger Deakins and James Newton Howard, many were surprised with the negative reception of the film.

It should come as not surprise then that the reason The Village floundered critically was due to the less-than-tactful ending. The plot of this movie revolves around the citizens of a remote 19th-century town, whose lives are plagued by “Those We Don’t Speak Of”, strange creatures that live in the woods on the outskirts of the township. For the most part, The Village is a fine enough, if all too sullen, spook-fest, but the climax (or anticlimax, I should say) of the movie disappoints.

For a director who prides himself on his twist endings, Shyamalan’s thinly supported revelation that the movie is truthfully set in the modern-day and the titular village of the film was created as a haven for trauma-sufferers provokes more chuckles than gasps.

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