Orphan : First Killbrings back the villain of Esther , portraying herself as a child to be allowed into a family ’s home . While the audience knows she ’s the baddie in this film , the dupe are unaware of her insidious nature .

FromScreamtoUs , there are plenty of democratic horror movies where the victim turns out to be the villain by the remnant . In some cases , the consultation learns this throughout the film , but in others , the film uses this turn of issue as shock note value for the determination .

The Others (2001)

InThe Others , the mother is shielding her nestling from sunlight due to a rarefied status . There ’s also the added menace that there are ghosts in the planetary house that are tormenting the little family . However , the truth of this paranormal film is more lurid than the initial prospect .

The Othersis one of the best gothic horrormovies because of its dreary aura , but the reality of this family is even darker . In the end , the audience find out that the ghosts are in reality the family and what they thought are spectre are the advanced - day residents of the home . Once they learn they ’re dead and content to obsess the house , they dissolve to be the villains in this story .

Scream (1996)

Not only one of the most iconic slasher movies of all clock time , butScreamis also a peculiar revulsion moviein the room the killers joke around to the point of being more comical than shuddery . When Sidney is nearly mutilate by Ghostface the first time , they suspect her boyfriend Billy is the murderer . However , after he ’s purportedly clear , Sidney render to make amends for the accusation .

However , in this film , the initial suspect is actually the murderer . The movie tries to throw viewers off twice throughout the movie , first by putting Billy in pokey when the next attempt encounter and again when the Orcinus orca supposedly knife him . This game is one of the most intricate victim - to - baddie storyline , with an additional surprise killer to make it all make sense .

The Uninvited (2009)

InThe Uninvited , a young girl is release from a mental health hospital after her mother died in a house fire . Once she gets home , she is confident that her father ’s new girlfriend , who was also her ailing female parent ’s nursemaid , is up to no trade good .

This motion-picture show does an excellent job of get the viewer believe the father ’s new lady friend is up to no commodity . However , the ending reveals that the girl was delusional . Though her genial instability makes her a large-hearted baddie , she ’s no longer the victim in this tale after learning she was responsible for all the death .

My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

My Bloody Valentine 3Dfollows Tom as he returns to his hometown after he inherit a mine . He ends up being the defendant in some grim execution that take place ten years after a brutal Valentine ’s massacre .

This is another scenario in which the first suspect ends up being the cause of death in the ending . However , the snatch with this patch is that Tom really has multiple personalities . This is one ofJensen Ackles ’s good movie roles , portraying Tom as someone convince he ’s also the notorious murderer that massacred multitude a tenner before .

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

At first glance , Sleepaway Campseems like just another campy slasher plastic film . However , this film has an closing that rivals the shock value of the originalFriday the 13th . When Angela , a traumatized and diffident untried girl , shows up to sleepaway camp with her cousin Ricky , a chain of murders follow .

It ’s shameful enough that the diffident girl work out to be the villain in this movie . However , what ’s more scandalous is that she ’s actually her chum Peter , Angela having died with her founder in a boat fortuity , and was forced to cross - dress by his fluid aunt .

Us (2019)

In Jordan Peele’sUs , The beach vacation this family is on takes a dark crook when the family ’s doppelgängers show up to terrorise them . However , the shock value of the doppelgängers is made even more frightening at the finale .

It ’s expose that Red , Adelaide ’s clone , is in reality Adelaide who was forcefully tack by Red when they were child . What ’s even more scandalous is that the doppelgängers are really transmitted clones of the family , a neglect government experiment that was abandoned to fend for themselves . When the mother is revealed to be violent , this leaves the movie with an forbidding ending .

Saw (2004)

In the first installment ofSaw , two Isle of Man awaken chained in a bath with a dead physical structure between them . As the plot unravels , the men struggle to save themselves and their bonk 1 before their sentence runs out .

ThoughJigsaw gets smarter in the sequelsof this original film , the ending proves how intelligent the Jigsaw killer whale is . In the last moments , the theorize deadened torso in the middle of the bathroom stands up , revealing it to be John Kramer the Jigsaw slayer . While he was n’t technically a dupe in this film , his portrayal of a victim to villain took a quick turn and was a shocking resolution to the story .

Identity (2003)

James Mangold’sIdentitybegins with ten stranger strand at a outside motel due to a dangerous rainstorm . However , thing become more unsafe at heart than outdoors when a slasher begins picking off the strangers .

After take for granted this is just another slasher cinema , the termination is quite a twisted shock for viewers . In the oddment , the audience learns the grouping of alien was really the multiple personality of an precarious slasher , and the motel was a figment of his imagination . This film has the most shocking victim - to - scoundrel storyline , let on that there were never any victim to begin with .

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Clips from the horror movies My Bloody Valentine 3D, Saw, and Sleepaway Camp.

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Two friends together in The Uninvited (2009)

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Angela screaming in Sleepaway Camp.

Adelaide with weapon in Us

Jigsaw on his bycicle in Saw.

John Cusack and Ray Liotta standing in the rain in Identity 2003

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