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	Merry Manyr/Library/Chapbook/Twist Endings
		In one you come up with two good endings that can be deduced with the clues available, but have one small clue that points to one solution over the other, which while given is passed over as an insignificant background detail until the end (a la Rex Stout).
		Christi used a second variation in her Witness For The Prosecution, wherein the wife's treachery is shown in the end to be self-sacrifice to prevent justice being served on her guilty husband.
		Whatever twist ending method you develop the reader must be given a clue to the true situation.
	www.uia.net /~hixon/twistendings.html (812 words)

	Ending with a Twist - Absolute Write Water Cooler
		The ending has to be true to the story and characters, and it has to resolve the central theme/issue and tie the loose ends to satisfy your readers.
		Twist endings can certainly work, and work very well, if it's the ending that was called for by the characters and the story.
		But twist endings are also high on the list of things editors hate to see because far more often than not twist endings don't fit the characters or the story, and when this happens, it's a terrib;e thing.
	www.absolutewrite.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7082 (2989 words)

	Twist ending - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A twist ending is the conclusive form of plot twists.
		A suspension of disbelief must exist for a twist ending to be accepted by the reader.
		Another game with a twist ending is Mortal Kombat: Deception in which after Shujinko spends half of his life collecting Kamidogu for "Damashi" who has claimed to be an ally of the Elder Gods reveals himself to be Onaga the Dragon King in disguise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twist_ending (5615 words)

	Movie Plot Twists: An Analysis
		Yet, the unexpected twist at the end throws it all out, abandoning pretty much everything for the sole purpose of the shock value of the surprise.
		When we are presented with the surprise ending that, yes, makes perfectly logical sense, and it does satisfy the "search" for the killer's true identity, the discerning viewer may notice that the film never addressed the main character's objective.
		When the ending is presented, we see that the surprise is a logically viable solution, but it dropped the objectives on the floor.
	www.danheller.com /Movies/plot-twists.html (1513 words)

	Twist ending
		The twist may be hidden by a narrator who does not realize (or conceals) some critical aspect of the story.
		The twist ending can be result in the Zeigarnik effect being invoked as people are left open and wanting to know what happens next.
		Eucatastrophe is a twist at the end by which a hero who appeared to be doomed is saved.
	changingminds.org /disciplines/storytelling/devices/twist_ending.htm (267 words)

	"It's people!": Are twist endings still necessary? \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		Twist endings are fun, but the whole point of your movie can't be the twist; it should, instead, reinforce the already existing thematic structure, or throw new light on a situation.
		They work whether or not they have a twist ending, but as someone else has already pointed out, films that exist only as exercises in tricking/scaring/confusing the audience with a twist ending are going to suck.
		Sure, Shyamalan seems stuck on silly twist endings, but I would say that his films are still very well put together and enjoyable, including the Village, which telegraphed its Twilight Zone ending miles away.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/50677 (1461 words)

	Analog Discussion Board
		I think the secret of a twist ending that works is that the whole story would work without the twist and the twist is the whipped cream, nuts and cherry on top.
		Not only Sherlock Holmes but most all the Mystery genre have a twist ending but with the good ones you're just enjoying the story along the way so again, the twist is the addition to the story but not the story.
		The ending would only be a surprise if he did not end it in the predictable manner.
	www.analogsf.com /discus/messages/1/2057.html?1186776288 (833 words)

	Twist Ending? - The Superhero Hype! Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Even if this post made any sense at all, what you just mentioned in Speed is not a twist ending...a twist ending is like what happened in Memento, when the viewer is also unaware of what is happening until it is all revealed at once near the end.
		twist ending would be good if it left it wide open for sequels and showed like what the next villians gonna be by leaving some sort of sign or something that would be nice
		So, there doesn't need to be a twist ending, but if there was one superhero it would work with, it is Batman, because he is a detective.
	superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=74858 (1287 words)

	The Fool Review » Twist Endings
		Personally, I hate twist endings unless they are directly involved in a mystery plot.
		Hollywood needs to cool it with the twist endings and start having real endings that both make sense and don't negated the two hours that lead up to the ending.
		Another especially great twist ending is when we learn that the man that dies in the beginning of Citizen Kane is non other than the great Orson Welles.
	www.thefoolreview.com /index.php?itemid=263 (540 words)

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	High Tension review
		Granted I was informed of a big twist being present at the end of the film.
		Granted the ending does prove that this killer is way more screwed in the head than at first realized, but it takes away from what started out as a flawless horror film.
		Was this ending enough to ruin the entire movie for me? Surprisingly...no. While I didn't care for the ending at all, 95% of "High Tension" still succeeds at being a blood-soaked,brutal,vicious, entertaining, tense,and suspenseful horror movie.
	www.angelfire.com /scary/horror9/HighTensionreview.html (995 words)

	Awesome Ending Need Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		So when John ends up placing the answers back with no one being the wiser, the reader is stunned, surprised, but content with this twist ending because it has been subliminally build into the plot.
		The 'Rave' is raided, Bruce ends up in jail because his friend is wanted by the police and he's holding the fake id. He escapes and now tries to clear his name that somehow has crept into the police files.
		Then start crafting the ending with one of these 'reactions' while dropping subtle hints to a totally different ending than what your reader is expecting.
	www.needarticles.org /article24569.html (623 words)

	Some Thoughts on the "Hook & Twist" Ending
		At the same time, there are numerous novels in the genre (and outside of it) where knowing the details of similar “surprise” endings from previous readings in no way detracts from the “shock and awe” occasioned by each subsequent re-reading.
		Some endings may in fact be inevitable, almost preordained, and yet they nevertheless retain their shock value.
		When all is said and done, however, the answer as to why we are continually fascinated by some stories – and shocked/surprised by some endings regardless of the fact that we know about them in advance– may simply be the result of a particular artist’s skill.
	journals.aol.com /jcc55883/TheMeanStreets/entries/2006/03/07/.../1361 (665 words)

	Xbox.com
		It's probably gonna be something provocative like he wakes up in the end and realizes the whole thing was a dream, then when he walks outside the things are standing there then it ends.
		Its seems all these horror/ suspense games have a major twist at the end and if there isn't a twist at the end there is probalay a secret ending or something that has the twist.
		In any case it would be more of a twist if there wasn't a twist ending that actually leaves you with a solid answer right there.
	forums.xbox.com /13269186/ShowPost.aspx (620 words)

	How to create a good TWIST? - Absolute Write Water Cooler
		And the twist ending that should never be done is the "it's only a dream" one.
		The story is the same, but the twist at the end alters the reader's perception of it.
		Anyway, there are several methods of arriving at a twist ending, and all of them can work, as long as the ending is the most logical way the story could possibly end, and as long as the reader doesn't see it coming, but should have.
	www.absolutewrite.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9274 (2828 words)

	Five Ways To End With A Twist \| Script Frenzy
		Ending a story with a satisfying twist is one of the most challenging tasks in scriptwriting.
		The reason twist endings are hard is because they have to be a surprise without being a surprise.
		You may have to really twist this twist to make it feel fresh, but use some imagination and you've got a whole new surprise ending.
	www.scriptfrenzy.org /eng/node/413283 (672 words)

	MSN - Movies
		Refreshingly old-fashioned and deeply sad, the film's grim, rather bold ending reveals that Kidman's nervous manner is based on the fact that she and her children are not only ghosts themselves but victims of her murder-suicide.
		This is the strange case of Alfred Hitchcock being forced to create a new twist ending based on studio insistence.
		A twist for Hitchcock, a twist for the studio and a twist for the audience, "Suspicion" remains intriguingly baffling.
	movies.msn.com /movies/dvd/twist?GT1=8340 (1876 words)

	How to Write Successful Endings
		This ending is extremely brief and somewhat inconclusive, hinting at what the character will do next, but leaving most of the interpretation for the reader.
		Sometimes the brief ending is even more inconclusive, balancing two possible courses of action evenly, and then giving no clue as to which the character chooses.
		The subtle, elusive ending is a literary ending, relying on allusion and metaphor, and many readers will object to it as "having no ending at all!" Know your markets if you write these type of endings.
	www.writersdigest.com /articles/column/kress/success_endings.asp (1663 words)

	Twist Ending Speculation - The Planet
		I for one hope there is no twist ending...
		I agree, but at the same time, when we have been talking about this movie for over a year before it was to come out, and have threads like "Speculate on the twist ending" you are going to be hard pressed to have something that someone hasn't brought up at some point somewhere.
		The twist will be that the last thing we see in the Movie is Braniac himself and or hints that Braniac has arrived.
	www.bluetights.net /theplanet/showthread.php?t=9254 (836 words)

	Planet of the Apes 2001 surprise ending, movie explanation, Lincoln Memorial
		But at the movie's end Leo travels through an electromagnetic storm that leads him back in time to what appears to be his home planet of Earth in the past.
		As the film ends, General Thad is trapped in a small room onboard the former space station Oberon he can not escape from with the gun he has.
		The ending (or entire movie after Leo leaves the spacestation) is a dream, story, or some other contraption which will have no validity in future sequels.
	www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/PlanetoftheApes/2001ending.htm (1038 words)

	I Viddied it on the Screen-Jacob's Ladder
		Consider that the twist ending indicates that the entire film was one man's dying thoughts, but the film follows Jacob from being blind to what is happening to understanding it fully.
		In ranking the greatest endings of all time, it may be closer to the bottom of the list, but it's certainly in the company of the greats.
		At the end of the film the experience is one of utter contentment; you're floating and oblivious to all that is surrounding you.
	cc.usu.edu /~alexjack/viddiedreviews/jacobsladder.html (3195 words)

	Write On! :: Discuss the art and craft of writing
		ending is one that doesn't follow the story's internal logic, and leaves the reader feeling like they've just had the rug jerked out from under their feet.
		The key difference between a rug jerk ending and a surprise twist ending is that on reflection or a second reading, the rug jerk still doesn't make sense.
		She found the story gripping until a few pages from the end, when it turns out that the evil clown who terrorized everyone was in reality a giant space spider.
	www.write-on.org /story/2005/7/5/134627/7214 (1636 words)

	Outer Limits Twist - Television Tropes & Idioms
		A Twist Ending that serves no purpose other than to be excessively cruel.
		The Outer Limits Twist is basically the evil cousin of the Twilight Zone Twist: in the latter, the twist is a form of divine justice, a bad thing happening to stop a bad person from Getting Away With It.
		It's the same twist in both episodes, but in one, the man is a general misanthrope who wills everyone else away, making his eventual fate karmic justice and a Twilight Zone Twist.
	tvtropes.org /pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OuterLimitsTwist (712 words)

	The Guide -- ‘Identity’ Preserved by Twist Ending
		A TWIST OF THRILLER: Before the film's utter predictability can necessitate a mass exodus, Michael Cooney's script throws a huge curveball that is capable of knocking the audience out of its seats.
		This Shyamalanian twist cannot salvage Identity completely from the dregs of the bad horror flick dungeon, but it makes the goings-on almost compulsively watchable.
		Still, the film’s nasty little twist is likely to grab a few headlines and please the same avid suspense-lovers who were taken in by the equally sneaky twist ending of M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 blockbuster, The Sixth Sense.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/042503/guide9.cfm (727 words)

	Moriarty's DVD Shelf: STAY
		And, yeah, I know mentioning that a film has a twist ending is sort of like spoiling it because you're telling the audience to expect a twist, but trust me...
		I think the film's emotional crescendoes towards the end would work better for me if I bought into things more at the start of the film, but the control that Forster shows over the film also stifles some of the life out of it up front.
		The end isn't really a twist, but is completely in line with the abstract reality of the rest of the movie (assuming you let the credits roll for a minute).
	moriartylabs.typepad.com /moriartys_dvd_shelf/2006/04/stay.html (1148 words)

	Matchstick Men - The Cult
		It's mandatory for con-art-flicks to have a twist ending.
		I went into it expecting a twist, so it wasn't disappointing when I noticed the vague gray areas of the movie that made the twist possible as the film progressed.
		A lot of my friends thought that the ending sucked, cause the film had been building up the characters the whole way through the movie, between the con artist and the daughter, and then right at the end, its all just a twist.
	www.chuckpalahniuk.net /community/showthread.php?p=175841 (418 words)

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