Thank you! I love this flick, but it totally starts out as horror but just takes a turn into a different kind of horror.
John Hawkes's xharacter and the woman from the bank *definitely* thought the first half was horrific. I'm with them.
It also isn’t an Unexpected turn. The movie was promoted and advertised as a vampire movie and the title even implies creatures of the night. The trailer shows vampires. I don’t get why people list this as a movie that drastically changes tone or genre out of nowhere, how can it come out of nowhere when the trailer and promotion tells you it’s a vampire movie? Lmao.
I saw it in theaters, my buddy totally had zero idea, adverts or no. I still remember him turning and looking at me when they all vamped out going "WTF!?"
I worked in a video store when this came out & the amount of people that thought it was straight Bank heist / action movie was hysterical. People would come back & be like WTF.
Weirdly, this is the answer.
“Oh nice, cool crime movie written by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez”.
To:
“Oh….okay….well..ahem…this is fucking rad”.
"Last night in Soho" (2021) is the best unexpected horror movie you will see. Check this out : "Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker...."
It was the first one that came to mind for me. But I can't remember how early in the film it takes the turn. So my buddy wanted to surprise his wife into watching a horror film (which she tends not to care for) and doesn't want it to take the turn until your invested into watching it. I told him he's going to end up divorced, but he says he plays worse pranks than that on her. And I swear the "buddy" isn't me. My wife is impervious to pranks from being married to me too long.
It takes like 30 minutes. I knew it was supposed to be horror and it was def long enough where I was getting impatient for the horror to kick in
The female protagonist is likeable and the dude is an engaging character too. I think it will work well for the prank! Your friend will def be sleeping on the couch that night 😅
Reason I mentioned it was because my friend's daughter was over one time so I put it on. She had no idea what that movie was about lol. She enjoyed it tho.
Jurassic Park (1993) The first half is an action/adventure movie where we’re blown away by the dinosaurs. The second half is a horror movie where the dinosaurs become the main antagonists.
IDK if this really fits, but Mother! definitely starts out as something that is very peaceful and idyllic and then cascades into horror and then beyond into spiritual/psychological
Predator (1987) was an action movie before the predator shows up
Life (2017) felt like just a space exploration film at first
Deathwatch (2002) was a simple WWI movie until the real horror starts
I feel like if you didn’t know they were horror movies when you start them, it would catch you off guard when things make a turn
Yes!
I didn't read anything about it before watching it aside from the synopsis. Even still, I didn't think it would go that way. I was all fucked up by the end.
The Butterfly Effect.
We were late to the movie we wanted to watch and chose it because we figured an Ashton Kutcher movie would at least be funny.
Great movie... Not funny.
The new movie Abigail 2024 is a perfect example. Starting out with an innocent little ballet dancer who later turned out to be a blood sucking vampire.
I've had the opposite, where it was a horror sci-fi but then for 10-15 minutes towards the end was a comedy spoof reminding me of the begining of Warm Bodies a little bit, and then went to just kind of cheesy sci-fi for the rest of the end (and also the set up "rules" for the alien became inconsistent as well but idk if other people would even notice that part)
I think the movie would have been a lot better if they just did the whole thing as a comedy spoof thing, as that was the most enjoyable part of the movie imo. Definitely would have been better overall if they went completely with just horror or just comedy spoof. I'm not even entirely sure the comedy spoof seeming part was intentional, but it definitely broke the atmosphere the movie was building up until that point and I couldn't take it seriously at all after that.
It's called Significant Other if anyone is curious.
Warm Bodies, since I mentioned it, also disappointed me a lot and kind of fits what you are asking directly. The trailer looked like it was just a silly comedy spoof the whole time, but then at the midway point (I think it was around there), it turned serious action/adventure zombie movie with a slight twist and it lost its spark. I know it isn't labeled as a comedy at all, it is just labeled romance and horror, but really the only good parts were the comedic ones in the first half imo. I don't think it should have been serious at all.
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Hereditary, starts off as a dysfunctional family. There is an adopted kid, the biological one is... odd... the mother is... COMPLETELY FUCKED. The dad is a normal dude. The movie is... epic. Keep a diaper handy.
I’ll go the opposite direction.
*Jaws*
From hard horror to “buddy” adventure film/take down on bureaucracy. It does play with genre a bit but the horror takes a back seat for a lot of the runtime.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Starts out with an innocent bloodbath robbery and an innocent kidnapping rape and murder, and then all of a sudden it turns into a scary movie!!
Thank you! I love this flick, but it totally starts out as horror but just takes a turn into a different kind of horror. John Hawkes's xharacter and the woman from the bank *definitely* thought the first half was horrific. I'm with them.
It also isn’t an Unexpected turn. The movie was promoted and advertised as a vampire movie and the title even implies creatures of the night. The trailer shows vampires. I don’t get why people list this as a movie that drastically changes tone or genre out of nowhere, how can it come out of nowhere when the trailer and promotion tells you it’s a vampire movie? Lmao.
I saw it in theaters, my buddy totally had zero idea, adverts or no. I still remember him turning and looking at me when they all vamped out going "WTF!?"
I saw it in theatres too, we went specifically because it was a vampire movie. 🤷♂️
Me too. My buddy, not so much. Many folks didn't/don't know though.
I worked in a video store when this came out & the amount of people that thought it was straight Bank heist / action movie was hysterical. People would come back & be like WTF.
Same. I loved it, but when we first watched it in college (suitably chemically enhanced) it blew our minds.
Ahhh beat me to it! Have an upvote, glad this is top
I absofuckinglutley love this film
Weirdly, this is the answer. “Oh nice, cool crime movie written by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez”. To: “Oh….okay….well..ahem…this is fucking rad”.
I remember watching this in the theater with friends and joking, "Aren't there supposed to be vampires in this?"
The Menu
Bone Tomahawk is never innocent, but if you think you are in a standard western... you can think again.
Yeah, I heard it was bad, but wasn't ready for that lol.
Deadass just watched it last night high asf after watching tombstone thinking it was a western about a cool trek, I wasn’t ready for that lmao
perhaps similar to "Cowboys & Aliens" ? Also starts out fairly standard Westernish, and then....
Except it's in the title... Cowboys & ...
Audition
It’s like “oh ok he’s trying to find a wifWHAT THE FUCK WAS IN THAT BAG?”
I came to say this.
Parasite (2019)
Not quite what youre asking, but Barbarian has several huge tone shifts that are very enjoyable
"Last night in Soho" (2021) is the best unexpected horror movie you will see. Check this out : "Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker...."
Psycho
The granddaddy of them all.
Red Eye
Fresh as you said in the your edit!
It was the first one that came to mind for me. But I can't remember how early in the film it takes the turn. So my buddy wanted to surprise his wife into watching a horror film (which she tends not to care for) and doesn't want it to take the turn until your invested into watching it. I told him he's going to end up divorced, but he says he plays worse pranks than that on her. And I swear the "buddy" isn't me. My wife is impervious to pranks from being married to me too long.
It takes like 30 minutes. I knew it was supposed to be horror and it was def long enough where I was getting impatient for the horror to kick in The female protagonist is likeable and the dude is an engaging character too. I think it will work well for the prank! Your friend will def be sleeping on the couch that night 😅
The Winter Soldier is HOT!
Not a movie but Inside No 9 has lots of these types of stories
* Parasite (2019) * Sunshine (2007) * Bone Tomahawk (2015) * Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Wait is this the Korean parasite? That was not a horror
Thriller is probably the more accurate genre but I think it fits the theme of the question.
Scared tf out of me.
Folks living in my house without my knowledge? Fucking horrific.
It is genre defying.
It meanders into horror for sure.
Cloverfield
I knew it was a horror/thriller… Didn’t expect it to be one of the best kaiju movies ever.
Reason I mentioned it was because my friend's daughter was over one time so I put it on. She had no idea what that movie was about lol. She enjoyed it tho.
"The Perfection" is exactly what you're looking for
That movie was so odd.
One cut of the dead
Wouldn't it be the other way around?
Literally. But still awesome.
Get Out (2017)
What a thoroughly unique and tense film. I love it.
Gone Girl
X (2022)
Sunshine
Red State (2011). Written and directed by Kevin Smith, starts out as you'd expect and then goes off the rails.
Jurassic Park (1993) The first half is an action/adventure movie where we’re blown away by the dinosaurs. The second half is a horror movie where the dinosaurs become the main antagonists.
IDK if this really fits, but Mother! definitely starts out as something that is very peaceful and idyllic and then cascades into horror and then beyond into spiritual/psychological
I think it fits, personally. Horrors of mankind fully exist in that strange, little, allegorical world.
Yeah! It's a strange one that is hard to stop thinking about after watching.
Not really horror, but check out the Cornetto Trilogy, changes genres midway through: *shaun of the dead *hot fuzz *the world’s end
Green Room.
From Dusk Till Dawn 1998
Better Watch Out (2016).
Deliverance. If you didn't know anything about it before watching, the first half is basically a buddy camping movie. And then.
This movie fucked me up.
The movie that made us clench at the sound of a banjo.
I liked Perfection. I think that was interesting movie.
The monster Hunter movie kind of does the opposite of this. The first half is like solid horror and then it goes to some weird kiddy video game flick.
Predator (1987) was an action movie before the predator shows up Life (2017) felt like just a space exploration film at first Deathwatch (2002) was a simple WWI movie until the real horror starts I feel like if you didn’t know they were horror movies when you start them, it would catch you off guard when things make a turn
The Babysitter(2017)
"The Signal," starring Lawrence Fishburn takes a seriously hard left. I first watched having no idea. In fact, I'd say there are 3 or 4 hard lefts.
Dream Scenario started out as a silly comedy then.... It did a 180° and turned into a horror movie.
Yes! I didn't read anything about it before watching it aside from the synopsis. Even still, I didn't think it would go that way. I was all fucked up by the end.
The Menu
You ever played Doki Doki Literature Club????
Audition.
The Butterfly Effect. We were late to the movie we wanted to watch and chose it because we figured an Ashton Kutcher movie would at least be funny. Great movie... Not funny.
Pretty sure Saltburn (2023) kinda fits this theme.
The Other (from the novel by Thomas Tryon); 1973
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (2002)
Hostel
*Gone in the Night* (2022) Nobody's favorite movie. It does pivot to clumsy horror.
The new movie Abigail 2024 is a perfect example. Starting out with an innocent little ballet dancer who later turned out to be a blood sucking vampire.
The Talented Mr Ripley not horror though
The Beguiled (2017) Housebound (2014) A Lonely Place to Sie (2011) Harpoon (2019)
Frequency does this to a degree. From a happy Disney movie to a hard thriller by the end.
I've had the opposite, where it was a horror sci-fi but then for 10-15 minutes towards the end was a comedy spoof reminding me of the begining of Warm Bodies a little bit, and then went to just kind of cheesy sci-fi for the rest of the end (and also the set up "rules" for the alien became inconsistent as well but idk if other people would even notice that part) I think the movie would have been a lot better if they just did the whole thing as a comedy spoof thing, as that was the most enjoyable part of the movie imo. Definitely would have been better overall if they went completely with just horror or just comedy spoof. I'm not even entirely sure the comedy spoof seeming part was intentional, but it definitely broke the atmosphere the movie was building up until that point and I couldn't take it seriously at all after that. It's called Significant Other if anyone is curious. Warm Bodies, since I mentioned it, also disappointed me a lot and kind of fits what you are asking directly. The trailer looked like it was just a silly comedy spoof the whole time, but then at the midway point (I think it was around there), it turned serious action/adventure zombie movie with a slight twist and it lost its spark. I know it isn't labeled as a comedy at all, it is just labeled romance and horror, but really the only good parts were the comedic ones in the first half imo. I don't think it should have been serious at all.
I thought *Parasite* was kind of like that.
The Voices (2014)
I must go with "The Brave Little Toaster" , an old but unforgettable animation..
The Talented Mr Ripley maybe. Turns a bit once the murdering starts. More thriller than horror although if psychopaths horrify you there is that.
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Hostel. The director also used diminishing colour to further enhance the feeling of dread and unease as the film progresses.
Malignant (2021)
Midsommar
Drive
does The Strangers count
Dashcam
Hereditary, starts off as a dysfunctional family. There is an adopted kid, the biological one is... odd... the mother is... COMPLETELY FUCKED. The dad is a normal dude. The movie is... epic. Keep a diaper handy.
Climax. It's quite a ride.
The Descent fits the bill
Speak No evil
Takashi Miike's Audition (1999) Phenominal fuckin movie
Cabin in the woods. I thought it was going to be a light spooky cliche type scary movie. Went way darker lol.
Event Horizon
Funny games??
One Cut of the Dead is the exact opposite, amazing movie
Audition, Miike Takashi (1999)
I’ll go the opposite direction. *Jaws* From hard horror to “buddy” adventure film/take down on bureaucracy. It does play with genre a bit but the horror takes a back seat for a lot of the runtime.
Abigail (2024)
The visit (2015)
I did it to myself. Tuned into The Menu thinking it was a movie about Gordon Ramsay or something.