20 Horror Movies Ruined By TERRIBLE Reveals
These awful reveals totally derailed these horror films.
No matter how good or even great a horror movie might seem to be at first, it can all fall apart if a pivotal scene just doesn't quite work.
And more often than not, it's a reveal of some kind around which the entire movie's effectiveness hinges - perhaps a game-changing plot twist or long-awaited monster unveiling.
Filmmakers naturally need to give these scenes extra care and attention, considering how their effectiveness can colour the perception of the entire movie, as was undeniably the case with these 20 horror films.
Regardless of how good (or not) each of these films were before their big reveal, audience interest categorically fell off a cliff once the veil was finally lifted.
Perhaps it was a case of an atrocious monster effect that clearly wasn't good enough, a deeply dopey plot twist, or simply a revelation that felt totally at odds with everything leading up to it.
Whatever the reason, these 20 horror reveals basically ended up sinking the rest of their respective movies, each deeply dodgy moment leaving an unfortunate, tough to shake impression...
20. Jackson Is Jed - Leatherface
2017's Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface was intriguingly structured around the mystery of its titular antagonist's origins, specifically how he became a murderous psychopath in the first place.
From the jump, it's implied that one of the two central male characters will turn out to be Jedediah Sawyer aka Leatherface, and the clear obvious prospect is Bud (Sam Coleman), a bulky, mentally deranged young man who even bears a decent enough resemblance to original Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen.
But this all goes out the window in the third act, when Bud is shot and killed and it's revealed that Bud's more charismatic friend Jackson (Sam Strike) is actually Jed.
Basically, Bud was a massive red herring all along and Jackson was instead revealed to be Jed for the sake of shock value.
After all, Jackson bears no natural physical resemblance to Leatherface as we know him and his last-minute switch to a broken, muzzle-wearing maniac ends up feeling incredibly forced.
The filmmakers basically strained too desperately for a big twist when, really, the more obvious route of Bud becoming Leatherface would've made way more sense.