Dead Silence Twist Ending

Screenwriter Leigh Whannell is known to feature twist endings. His Saw, Dead Silence, and Insidious movies employ plot twists to shift resolutions into unique directions. We never suspect Dead Silence will end with a twist.

However, the movie ending reflects back on small scenes to explain this twist ending. If you haven't watched Dead Silence, avoid reading the twist ending spoiler below.

***Dead Silence twist ending spoiler***

Mary Shaw is a ventriloquist accused of killing a small boy. This small boy attempted to embarrass Mary Shaw, revealing her doll wasn't real to the live audience. 

The town took the law into their own hands. They ripped Maria Shaw's tongue out, and then buried her with all of her dolls. 

The curse is that Maria Shaw would rip your tongue out. This story was told to children to scare them. Mary would kill any person who screamed after seeing her, removing their tongues and hollowing out their heads. 

In the twist ending, Jamie approached his wheelchair-bound father. His father slouched over, exposing his hollowed-out back cavity. It is then we learn the truth about Jamie's father. 

Ella Ashen, presumed to be the wife of Jamie's father, is an expert ventriloquist. She carved out the perfect doll of his father, tricking him into believing he was actually alive. 

The twist is revealed through flashbacks in which Jamie remembers Ella next to his father's side. We can see Ella guiding his voice and body movement.  

In this twist ending,  a possessed Ella turns into Mary Shaw and kills Jamie. Ella tells Jamie who is the dummy now? She kills him. The trickery is the spirit of Maria Shaw murdering Jamie's wife to draw him close to his father and the town. As a result of this, Jamie is the last living descendant of families connected to those who were responsible for Mary Shaw's death.  

Cool twist ending. Leigh Whannell uses plot twists in all of his movies. Watch his Saw and Insidious movies for these clever twist endings. Insidious features a similar ending to Dead Silence. Lastly, watch the original Saw movie to witness possibly his best twist ending. 

Sleepaway Camp (1983) Twist Ending

Sleepaway Camp (1983) features one of the best twist endings in horror movies. Several camp attendees are murdered throughout the film, though we never discover the true identity of the actual killer until the movie ending. This is one twist ending you'll never forget.

***Spoiler Alert*** 

The young Angela integrated herself into the camp quite well. We could identify her as an instrumental part of the camp. However, Angela is revealed at the end to be the camp killer. Even more shocking, Angela is sporting a penis because she is a dude.

The mother raised Angela as a girl. Nonetheless, Angela's real name is Peter. Peter never realizes he is a boy. Thus, Angela experiences an identity crisis at the camp. The suppressed rage attributed to Peter's gender switch could've sent the confused Angela spiraling out of control.

The two adolescents are shocked to see Angela standing there with a knife, next to a decapitated head of another male camp member. With this twist ending, moviegoers hung out on the edge of their seats.

Angela makes a creepy Jack Nicholson The Shining face, an annoying hissing sound what we deem as coming from a psychotic person, and is revealed to be packing wood in an identity crisis reserved for film theory discussions.

This slasher film throws a curve ball with this twist ending, smacking the movie audience on the head with Angela's wood reveal. Seriously, Sleepaway Camp's movie ending is arguable one of the best twist endings in a low budget horror movie.

The moviegoer never expects to see a female killer packing wood. Angela is one scary ass killer who looks psycho as hell. In Sleepaway Camp, the movie audience is treated to a major twist ending that changes the entire movie plot through revealing the penis on a character mistaken as a girl.

Essentially, Angela knowingly thinks she is a girl, but in fact her true roots stick out in plain sight. Watch the video to see what many think is one of the best horror movie twist endings. Sleepaway Camp (1983) movie ending is indeed a shocker to most horror movie fans.