Best/Most Shocking Movie Twist of all Time..

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Very, very end of the movie. The group of sympathetic, relatable characters escape the toxic situation of the grocery store where everyone is going hysteric and turning on one another by siding with the overly religious lady. As they're driving through the mist they see how widespread it is and that there are horrific things beyond anything they've seen (such as a leviathan monster). Deciding there's no hope, they all agree to take the easy way out (except for the main character's kid, who's sleeping). Main character shoots everyone in the car but doesn't have enough bullets for himself. As he goes back out into the mist he screams for the monsters to take him, but the army comes out of the mist to save the day, with trucks filled with survivors (you can speculate people from the grocery store included).

The lady who begged for an escort from the start of the movie and left alone because nobody would help her was on that truck looking at him as the truck past.

 

[ORRFForever]

Not sure how good the twist is, but it's a shocker.



Came out last Friday.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

“Sleepaway Camp” for me.

The ending of “Burnt Offerings” is great too

 

[Jack Straw]

A couple that come to mind, maybe not the biggest "OMG" moments but didn't see them coming:

- Airport shooting scene from "12 Monkeys", specifically the boy
- Final scene of "Charade"

 

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Psycho gets my "all-time" vote, but the passage of time makes some of these twists less shocking if historical perspective doesn't count. Audiences today don't know or care that Janet Leigh was the hottest thing in Hollywood at the time so they're not likely to be upset that she gets slashed before the halfway point. Still a brilliant move by Hitchcock.

The Crying Game was released over 25 years ago when attitudes and awareness of the LGBTQ community was very different from today (the movie had a lot to do with changing all that) and the twist was not one that many saw coming at the time. Until the Academy Award nominations were announced (it was still playing in theatres), and Jaye Davidson got nominated for best supporting actor. That was a tip-off.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

What about, "Einhorn is Finkel?! Finkel is Einhorn?!"

Good call. As far as unpredictability goes, that one's right up there.

 

[Jumptheshark]

crying game

 

[Jumptheshark]

the original friday the 13th--Jason was not the killer

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

the original friday the 13th--Jason was not the killer

Which wasn't shocking at all at the time since you had no idea who Jason was. The "shocking" ending of F13th was Jason coming out of the water and the 'you didn't find the little boy' afterwards... but meh.

 

[Trap Jesus]

The Crying Game was released over 25 years ago when attitudes and awareness of the LGBTQ community was very different from today (the movie had a lot to do with changing all that) and the twist was not one that many saw coming at the time. Until the Academy Award nominations were announced (it was still playing in theatres), and Jaye Davidson got nominated for best supporting actor. That was a tip-off.

A few of the choices for twist in here are trans-related. Makes me wonder how they'd be received today, but like you said, very different for time for LGBTQ awareness. I think Ace Ventura would get torn apart today, or just would never have been made.

 

[Stylizer1]

the original friday the 13th--Jason was not the killer

We were going to watch that this weekend.

 

[Stylizer1]

A few of the choices for twist in here are trans-related. Makes me wonder how they'd be received today, but like you said, very different for time for LGBTQ awareness. I think Ace Ventura would get torn apart today, or just would never have been made.

Perfect period piece.