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. Hide and Seek (2005)
Directed by John Polson, ‘Hide and Seek’ is a psychological thriller starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning in the lead roles, with Famke Janssen and Elisabeth Shue in supporting roles. After the apparent suicide of Alison (Amy Irving), her husband David (De Niro) takes their daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning) and shifts to the countryside. Soon, Emily forges a friendship with an imaginary guy named Charlie, her only friend at her new home. However, much to David’s intrigue and stress, weird and shocking incidents start occurring, all of which Emily blames on Charlie. Things get worse when he starts hurting David. But how can the latter stop someone or something that is not even real? Twisted to the very end and gripping, ‘Hide and Seek’ earned Fanning the Best Frightened Performance award at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. The film also received two nominations at the 2005 Teen Choice Award. You can watch it here.
6. 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.
5. 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.
4. 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.
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. Split (2016)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, ‘Split’ stars James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man whose dissociative identity disorder has given rise to as many as 23 personalities inside him. There is also the imminent arrival of the 24th personality, AKA “the beast,” who wants to kill all those who have not suffered. When one of the personalities kidnaps three young girls, it is up to some of the other personalities to protect them while the rest prevent the girls from escaping only until the beast arrives. With the girls almost scared to death and having no idea how to react to all this, it is up to Kevin’s therapist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), to find them and get them to safety. However, for that, he needs to talk to Kevin. A mind-bending thriller full of twists, including one at the end that ups the ante of the entire film, ‘Split’ is a clear reminder of Shyamalan storytelling brilliance. You can watch the film here.
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