10 Movies That Are Totally Different By The End
3. Bone Tomahawk
How It Starts
S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk is a western quite like no other, despite the fact that it seems to be a totally conventional entry at first.
Even with a bloody opening sequence in which two brigands are brutally murdered by a local native, Zahler's film seems to be operating fully within the tradition of a good old-fashioned, pulpy western romp.
How It Ends
At the end of the first act, Sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell) forms a rescue party to retrieve a number of locals believed to have been kidnapped by Troglodytes - that is, a tribe of inbred, murderous cannibals.
Even with the Troglodytes' nature being clearly described to us so early on, most of the movie's remainder plays out as a fairly familiar - albeit well-crafted - western journey.
That is, at least, until we reach act three and Hunt's party finally comes face-to-face with the Troglodytes themselves. At this point, Bone Tomahawk mutates into a nauseatingly violent horror film in which Hunt is forced to witness Deputy Nick (Evan Jonigkeit) be scalped, ripped in half, and eaten.
The remainder of the movie is a glorified slasher joint as Hunt and his fellow survivors escape their imprisonment and attempt to murder the Troglodyte horde, which they largely do in wildly grisly fashion.