11 Surprise Movie Villain Reveals Everyone Loved
4. Jigsaw - Saw
These days, the Saw franchise - like so many long-standing horror franchises - is one looked at as being a cliche-riddled series that's overstayed its welcome. But for a good few years there, Saw was a franchise that shocked the horror genre to its core.
Of course, playing a part in that were the twists and turns thrown up in those early entries. Y'know, before the whole franchise became convoluted twist after illogical turn.
In terms of the shocks of the Saw series, they don't get more jarring and jaw-dropping than the big reveal of the original 2004 Saw movie.
That film's huge reveal saw it explained how the mysterious Jigsaw Killer who had been tormenting Leigh Whannell's Adam and Cary Elwes' Lawrence was actually posing as a dead corpse in the same room as them - that 'corpse' standing up in the picture's closing minutes to reveal himself as John Kramer, as played by Tobin Bell.
What cements this reveal as such a popular one amongst film fans, is the simple fact of how utterly shocking and out of left field the reveal was upon viewing it for the first time, bringing a welcome sense of freshness and awe to the horror genre.