5 Nonsensical Plot Twists In Horror Movies

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If a good horror movie twist changes the entire story and makes audiences think long and hard, then a bad one is really disappointing. With so many classic twists that fans are familiar with, for example Cole Sears (Haley Joel Osment) sharing that he «sees dead people» in 1999's The Sixth Sense, the bar is set pretty high for massive reveals.

While there are some incredible plot twists that fans champion and chat about, there are just as many that don't make any sense and could have been avoided or changed entirely. From an '80s film with a problematic ending to a 2000s movie with a reveal that still bugs fans to this day, there are several scary movies with confusing and poor plot twists.

5 90s Horror Movie Twists That Stand The Test Of Time

Horror fans were shocked at the ending of Sleepaway Camp when Felissa Rose's character Angela shows male genitalia and they realize that Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould) wanted a daughter and raised Peter as Angela.

This might have felt surprising at the time, but it's incredibly offensive and it seems like literally anything could have been used as the explanation instead. Pretty Little Liars featured a similar reveal when the show told viewers that Charles DiLaurentis was really Charlotte. This kind of ending and explanation is upsetting and unnecessary. It's also fair to say that in general, Sleepaway Camp isn't a timeless and classic 1980s horror movie.

Sometimes a horror movie plot twist is hard to predict… and other times, it doesn't feel right when it happens. In the case of the 2005 film The Skeleton Key, which starred Kate Hudson as main character Caroline Ellis, the twist seems too obvious and boring.

Caroline works in hospice care and begins working for Violet Devereaux (Gena