10 Unexpected Horror Movie Survivors

If you're sick and tired of the 80s nostalgia-heavy horror trend that has overtaken Hollywood in the last decade, then you might look at this flick as one to throw into the bargain bin. But, if you did that, you'd be missing out on a stunning scary movie with a well-executed mystery and a finale that will leave you reeling.

While other kids his age are off skateboarding or wasting quarters at the arcade, Davey obsesses over the macabre. This leads him to suspect that his neighbour is a serial killer, so he and a group of friends spend their summer investigating him - wow, talk about memories.

It's eventually revealed that Davey's neighbour is, in fact, a serial killer (the film does a great job of keeping the mystery up), and he responds to his exposure by kidnapping Davey and his friend Woody and playing a game of manhunt with them. It seems obvious that the movie will suffer a harrowing ending with Davey meeting his maker, but it's somehow even worse.

Rather than killing him, the villain kills Woody and forces Davey to live, spending the rest of his life feeling guilt and paranoia that he might return. It's utterly devastating, takes you by surprise, and makes you wonder if - in some twisted way - he might have been better off dead.