There is something about a well-crafted plot twist that just keeps you on cliffhanger but what is it about plot twists that we find so captivating?
There is no denying the grip that a good plot twist has on us. So here is a list of 5 dark thrillers with twisted endings streaming on Amazon Prime Video:
1) Saltburn
What hell may wealth bring? This is the question posed and explored in writer-director Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. Set in England in 2007, Salburn follows an Oxford University student who becomes obsessed with a wealthy fellow student in his college, who invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family’s estate.
2) Nanny
Nanny is a suspense-filled drama written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu. Her feature directorial debut, Nanny follows Aisha (Anna Diop), a Senegalese immigrant who finds work taking care of a child for a wealthy Upper East Side family in New York City.
Over the course of the movie, Aisha begins to hallucinate, having visions that are both influenced and influential on the journey of her life. Grounded by Diop’s haunting performance, Nanny also stars Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector as Aisha’s employers, with a rich performance from Sinqua Walls as her love interest, Malik.
3) Goodnight Mommy
Goodnight Mommy the twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and her face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze is not who she says she is.
4) Emergency
Critically acclaimed Emergency features when three Black and Latinx college boys (RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, and Sebastian Chacon) face the unexpected situation of finding an unconscious white woman mysteriously appearing in their house, they are forced to decide the best way to resolve the situation. With an inherently suspenseful plot, festival favorite Carey Williams’ directed a heart-pumping story crafted on K.D. Dávila’s page. Emergency holds up a mirror to systemic injustices plaguing modern America, addressing societal discussions peppered in levity, making it a brilliant blend of Dope meets Superbad.
5) Run Sweetheart Run
Ella Balinska (Charlie’s Angels) stars as Cherie in Run Sweetheart Run, directed by Shana Feste, who co-wrote the screenplay with Keith Josef Adkins and Kellee Terrell. With a simple plot of a date gone wrong, Run Sweetheart Run reveals how Cherie escapes her sadistic terrorizer, played gruesomely by Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones). Run Sweetheart Run is overflowing with blood, gore, and incredible talent, including Clark Gregg (Agents of SHIELD) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse), but the true standout of this movie is how, even with such exaggerated circumstances, the danger itself is horrifyingly relatable.
