Great film, one bad part

I remember Texas Chainsaw, Rosemary's Baby, The Thing.. A lot actually.

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RIP The Rev.

I agree with the OP, actually, and wish I'd included that in my front page review. If one goes on the assumption that it'll be mostly die-hard horror fans who see this, there's not much danger that it'll be anything those folks haven't seen before. But for the casual horror fan or a newbie, there were some pretty significant scenes that were either outright spoilers or came perilously close.

A few I can think of at the moment, which didn't show the ending or necessarily the climax but still showed scenes that are MUCH more effective when seen in the context of the movie, are below. I've included the spoilers (for those who've seen the films already & are just curious) but I've blocked them out so as not to unintentionally spoil anyone else!

The Sixth Sense - Two big scenes are shown here: One is when Cole sees the bodies hanging in his school gymnasium, which is quite the jolt when you're seeing the movie for the first time, so it probably should've been left out of this documentary; another is, again, an effective scare, when Cole is at the funeral of the little girl (Mischa Barton) and is grabbed by her ghost as she hides under the bed.

American Psycho - One minor, one major. The major one shows Patrick Bateman chasing and ultimately killing the hooker with the chainsaw. The minor one (well, I guess it could be considered major!) is when Patrick breaks down and calls his attorney to confess everything he's done throughout the movie! Yeah, okay, I'll call those both "major" after all.

The Phantom Of The Opera - I guess we can assume that most people know how the story ends, but if not, then the ending of the Lon Chaney version is given away when they show the scene where the Phantom is caught by the angry mob and is beaten to death...which is confirmed by the guy who's discussing the clip, in case there was any doubt.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Quite a bit of the remake is shown, including Leatherface's head being bashed into bits, as well as showing when the big jump scare happens when he first appears in full (I think they showed that scene from both the original and the remake).

Rosemary's Baby - Enough is shown, and specifically stated, to give away what it is that has happened to Rosemary and the fact that her baby was fathered by Satan, which isn't meant to be revealed until the very final scene!

The Omen - Whomever is discussing this one comes right out and tells us that Damien is the antichrist; oddly, though, the guy describing the film incorrectly says that Damien is the son of the President of the United States, when in fact he's just a Diplomat to the U.S. living abroad. I know, that's not a spoiler, but I had to mention it 'cos it jumped out at me!

Wes Craven's 'New Nightmare' - Several scenes are shown, but the most telling one is when Wes Craven is explaining to Heather Langenkamp that, because he's finished writing the movies, Freddy can't live in the pages of the script now and is in the "real world" with them. Since that's basically the crux of the whole film, I'd say that's a pretty big spoiler.

Poltergeist - In this instance, the scene wherein Craig T. Nelson discovers why the house is haunted is shown in full, and has him freaking out on the real estate guy, which shows us everything about the Native American burial ground, the fact that the developers only moved the headstones and built the houses atop the graves, and shows us the scene where the skeletons are popping up in the pool. Again, the crux of the film!


I know there were many others - another commenter mentioned "The Thing," and yes, if you didn't already know what the Thing was, you will if you see this documentary! Lots of the endings of classic horror films were shown or given away, though I imagine the supposition is that "everyone knows how those end by now" (like "King Kong" and "Nosferatu"). A couple of scenes from "Pan's Labyrinth" that are BIG moments of shock or surprise were shown in their entirety. There were a few bits about the "Saw" series that may have gone a little too far for those who've never seen it; the same might be said for "Hostel."

I guess it all depends on how much or how little you want to know about these movies before seeing them in their entirety, and how much it would ruin it for you to see several key scenes ahead of time. But yes, if you're someone like me, who hates spoilers and likes to be properly freaked out when first viewing a horror movie, skip this one until you've seen all of the big titles you'll want to watch with a clean slate!




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Se7en - I seriously can't believe they did this one. Not only do they go in depth about Kevin Spacey being the killer (which, okay, I guess it's safe to assume that most everyone knows that by now, but still!), they show one of the film's most shocking scenes: The discovery of the "Sloth" crime scene by the detectives. That's one of the biggest jolts in the entire movie; to give it away like that is just tragic!


I'm tempted to watch it again just so I can make a comprehensive list of spoiled movie plots. If you've seen all of the above films, I'd still recommend watching the documentary, as it really does have quite a few interesting pieces of info and some good interviews with great horror directors. But as I said before, if you'd rather see the films in question first with no major knowledge of their twists and turns - and they cover dozens of movies, if not a hundred of them! - hold off on this one.






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