10 Movie Deaths Not Even The Actors Saw Coming

What's a remake of the often adapted Invasion Of The Body Snatchers without at least a little added bleakness?

After all, the brutal tale of the perils of conformity needs a jolt of surprise in its tale lest it become as anodyne as the out-of-nowhere happy ending tagged onto the 1956 original film.

That said, there's probably no need to leave the actors involved as distraught as the cinema-goers.

Just look at the terrifying closing scene of the infamously dark 1978 remake, wherein Donald Sutherland's hero is revealed to be assimilated by the pod people. The revelation prompts a horrified shock from co-star Veronica Cartwright, which is made all the more effective by the fact that the writer and director didn't warn her of this vicious twist before shooting began.