15 Promising thriller plots with less impressive climax

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Gone Girl (Image via 20th Century Studios)
Gone Girl (Image via 20th Century Studios)

3) The Village (2004)

The Village (Image via  Touchstone Pictures)
The Village (Image via Touchstone Pictures)

The first half of this movie is intense and unsettling. It introduces a small community trapped by fear of monsters in the surrounding woods. The idea of unseen threats and strict rules keeps the tension high, and the mystery around the creatures pulls you in. But the twist—that the monsters are fake and the village is a modern-day social experiment—takes the air out of everything. It feels like the movie builds up to something huge, only to stop short. A stronger ending could have revealed the creatures were real, tying them to the elders’ hidden pasts and giving the story more weight.

Edited by Sugnik Mondal
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