Shubhabrata Dutta
Movies with twist endings offer satisfaction unlike any other. No matter the genre, twists are always welcome, and the more surprising the twist, the higher the satisfaction. From ‘Citizen Kane’ (1941) to ‘Psycho’ (1960) to ‘Chinatown’ (1974) to ’The Sixth Sense’ (1999) to ‘The Prestige’ (2006), twist endings have allowed movies to up their ante in ways unimaginable. Keeping this in mind, we bring you the top twist-ending movies available on Hulu.
7. Clock (2023)
Directed by Alexis Jacknow, ‘Clock’ is a sci-fi horror film based on Jacknow’s 2020 eponymous short film. A mind-boggling movie, it follows 37-year-old Ella (Dianna Agron), who undergoes treatment to fix her biological clock, whose seemingly broken nature keeps her from wanting to have a baby with her husband, Aiden (Jay Ali). However, the treatment starts taking a toll on her, making her hallucinate and become unhinged. Amidst seeing a tall woman, a grandfather clock, and bugs, Ella becomes dangerous around others. Is there any way to stop her from feeling and behaving like this? Her surgeon, Dr. Elizabeth Simmons (Melora Hardin), can help. With a scary and tragic ending, ‘Clock’ looks at the pressures of conceiving from a horror angle and successfully so. You can watch the movie here.
6. No One Will Save You (2023)
Directed by Brian Duffield, this sci-fi horror revolves around Brynn, played by Kaitlyn Dever, a young girl living alone in her house while coping with the death of two very close people. The arrival of extraterrestrial entities suddenly compromises her human condition. What they aim to do is not known but they can surely make Brynn relive her traumas. They also have the other people in the neighborhood under their control. The aliens are scary, and there is no way to run because it’s an invasion. How can Brynn escape that? How can anyone escape that? The twist at the film’s end is the only way out, but it’s not up to Brynn. To find out what it is, you can watch ‘No One Will Save You’ here.
5. Escape Room (2019)
Find the clues or die. That’s technically the only rule inside the “escape room” that five people from different walks of life voluntarily walk into. The winner is supposed to get a cash prize, but that’s only if they survive. While the people begin to play the game on a casual note, things slowly start getting intense until they realize that they are being watched by people who know almost everything about the participants. Then, it becomes clear that it is a game of life and death. Will anyone emerge as the winner? Directed by Adam Robitel, ‘Escape Room’ stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, and Nik Dodani. You can stream it here.
4. Donnie Darko (2001)
A cult classic twisted sci-fi psychological thriller, ‘Donnie Darko’ is directed by Richard Kelly. It follows troubled teenager Donald “Donnie” Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose weird visions of a guy in a rabbit costume take a toll on not just his life but those of the people around him as well. As Donnie tries to make sense of what’s real and what’s not, the rabbit guy’s prophesied date of the world’s end nears. With elements of time travel and alternate universes, ‘Donnie Darko’ is a must-watch drama that is bound to mess with your brain albeit not without giving you a kick out of it. It can be streamed here.
3. Run (2020)
A mother-daughter relationship can be scary in a most humane manner. ‘Run’ relies on this thought and applies it effectively in a thought-provoking manner to give us a bone-chilling experience. Directed by Aneesh Chaganty, the film stars Kiera Allen and Sarah Paulson as daughter Chloe and mother Diane, respectively. Chloe is in a wheelchair due to congenital conditions and has been home-schooled by Diane. But when Chloe understands her mother’s strange behavior, she tries to dig and comes across a Change of Name Certificate with her mother’s name on it. She tries to look the name up but finds the Wi-Fi disconnected. With time, Chloe grows more and more suspicious of Diane’s over-caring nature, which seems to point to the darkness that she has within. Is Diane really Chloe’s mother? Does Chloe even want to find the truth, or is it better to run? ‘Run’ has a compelling performance by Paulson and makes for a thrilling watch. You can do so right here.
2. A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, ‘A Haunting in Venice’ is the third standalone installment of the Agatha-Christie novel adaptation franchise featuring Branagh as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, whose love for strange and mysterious cases lands often lands him in potentially fatal situations. In ‘A Haunting in Venice,’ Poirot attends a séance in a palazzo in Venice only to encounter a supernatural case wherein people start dying in inexplicable ways, thanks to the palazzo’s dark past. With his own life at risk, Poirot has to find the cause of the deaths as soon as possible. The cast includes Kelly Reilly, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen and Emma Laird. The stylized visuals, the complexity of the case, Poirot’s deduction abilities, and an unexpected ending make this movie a must-watch, especially if you love detective movies. You can watch ‘A Haunting in Venice’ here.
1. Us (2019)
An outright scary drama that will remain with you for a long time, ‘Us’ is directed by Jordan Peele. The film centers on a family whose peaceful vacation is intruded upon by masked strangers. What makes things scarier is that the strangers turn out to be their lookalikes (doppelgängers) albeit menacing ones.
As the tension builds about what the intruders intend to do with the family, ‘Us’ takes the shape of a rare psychological horror movie that keeps you on the edge, making you wait to see what happens next. The film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Elisabeth Moss. Nominated for four Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, among other accolades, ‘Us’ can be streamed right here.
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