8 Surprising Movie Villain Turns You Never Saw Coming

7. Ash - Alien

Although having the android turn out to be the villain is a franchise trope now, the first Alien movie's twist that robotic helper Ash was actually in cahoots with Weyland-Yutani to bring back an extra-terrestrial life form was originally a huge surprise.

Though always a little off, it was made clear over and over again that the crew of the Nostromo were essentially in control of Ash, something which turns out to not be the case when he embarks on a murderous rampage once his true mission is revealed.

Not only was it something that hit audiences at the time - and even those watching it fresh today - from left-field, but the betrayal was felt throughout subsequent films, inspiring main character Ripley's paranoid distrust of any and all corporate androids going forward.