10 Movie Reveals That STOPPED You From Walking Out

2. The Devil Is The Old Woman - Devil

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2010's horror film Devil touts a deliciously appealing premise - a group of five strangers are trapped inside an elevator, one of whom is the Devil in disguise and secretly killing the others off one-by-one.

Yet ultimately little interesting is done with this conceptually intriguing supernatural whodunnit, which at least has the good sense to wrap up within a tight 80 minutes, enough that you probably stuck around for its genuinely diverting final "gotcha!"

It's eventually revealed that the Devil is the most unexpected of the five strangers - an elderly woman (Jenny O'Hara) who was seemingly killed by the Devil at the end of the second act.

As it turns out, this was all a devilish ruse, as the old woman stands back up at the end of the movie, her eyes pitch black, revealing her diabolical true nature.

The Devil has spent the movie claiming the lives of the elevator's sinful occupants, and it's ultimately only Tony (Logan Marshall-Green) who survives after confessing his role in a fatal accident five years prior, in turn repenting for his actions and leaving the Devil unable to claim his soul.

At the end of a disappointingly flat, over-familiar mystery-horror film, Devil at least delivered a genuinely jolting final rug-pull.

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