There's definitely a fine line between a confusing movie that makes no sense and a well told story that takes a while to reveal its secrets. When it comes to the horror genre, sometimes it's a good thing when a movie doesn't completely add up upon the first viewing. This often suggests a deeper meaning, a theme that makes audiences think, and creative storytelling.
Reddit users are sharing the horror movies they have seen that have made them think and wonder what the movie is really trying to say. These movies range from a popular franchise with various timelines to some films that have science-fiction elements.
10 Mother! (2017)
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Movies like Mother! are allegorical and the 2017 movie can be really tough to describe. It's a fairly abstract film that doesn't have a story that is easily explained, making it one of the most confusing movies of the past decade.
Reddit user NoxiusScintilla mentioned a few horror movies, including Mother! and said, "Now I do understand what the movies were about, but yeah, directly after watching I was clueless."
9 The Halloween Franchise (1978-Present)
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When talking about confusing horror movies, several Reddit users mentioned the timeframe in the Halloween franchise. Reddit user gf120581 said, "The 'Halloween' series now has more divergent timelines than 'Avengers: Endgame.'"
After the 1978 movie when Laurie Strode is tormented by Michael Myers, a direct sequel was released in 1981, but then there are also films made by Rob Zombie that follow a different timeline. There are different continuities within this franchise, as Halloween III: The Season Of The Witch is a totally different story and timeframe, with Halloween the movie playing on TV in one scene. Several other movies are direct sequels to Halloween II, and now there is the new trilogy Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends that are sequels to the first movie.
8 The Wailing (2016)
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When talking about The Wailing, Reddit user BruceShark88 said, "i had to read up a bunch after it haha (great movie too)!"
In this movie, an infection takes hold of people and makes them killers, and police officers Jong-goo and Oh Seong-bok are investigating when they meet Moo-myeong who says that a spirit is involved. Critics loved this movie and horror fans also were intrigued by the premise.
7 Lost Highway (1997)
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David Lynch's best movies are impressive, as there's always a compelling message and something to think about, but many would agree that these films are often fairly confusing.
These movies aren't easily explained or understood, and Reddit user agent2coopers said that Lost Highway was "the one I had to wrap my brain around the most, which is weird because it feels the most mainstream." The movie tells the story of couple Fred and Renee, and after Fred is given videotapes showing him and his wife in their home, he is told that he has killed her.
6 Annihilation (2018)
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Reddit user mattaphorica said that Annihilation "had me confused" and they "read a few articles/posts to get it in the end."
The main characters learn of an area, The Shimmer, where aliens have affected animals and plants. While the plot is interesting, there's definitely a lot going on in this movie and it would take a few viewings for it to feel less confusing.
5 Mandy (2018)
When it comes to horror movies that take a while to understand, one Redditor felt this way about Mandy. The fan wrote that "some rumination and reading afterwards helped it come together for me."
The movie is about a couple, Red and Mandy, and how their lives are altered when Mandy comes across a cult named Children of the New Dawn.
4 The Empty Man (2020)
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There are some movie plot twists that are memorable and clever, and then there are films that take turns that feel strange and hard to understand.
Reddit user mgcat17 found The Empty Man difficult to figure out, writing that the movie "felt like a loosely thrown together patch-work of different ways the same movie could go." When friends go hiking, one of them, Paul, becomes taken over by a spirit, and there's also a figure named The Empty Man who James begins seeing.
3 The Big Bad (2011)
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In the horror movie The Big Bad, a woman has had a hard time since a monster hurt her family, and she wants to get back at it. This is definitely a film that isn't talked about much. Frankie finds the werewolf who she has been searching for, and viewers might find a lot of the story confusing.
Reddit user p_a_schal said that it can be tough to put the pieces of this movie together. The fan wrote, "For the first 27 minutes you have absolutely no idea what's going on, and for the remainder you have mostly no idea what's going on."
2 The Endless (2018)
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The Endless is both an interesting movie about brothers and also a super confusing science fiction horror story.
One Redditor loved The Endless and said of the movie, "I need to watch it few more times to really understand what I even watched." The movie tells the story of Aaron and Justin who are brothers and who each think differently about something that they used to belong to when they were younger. Aaron thinks that the group was great but Justin thinks that it was a cult all about UFOs. When they go back to Camp Arcadia, there's something supernatural there.
1 The One I Love (2014)
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The One I Love could be considered a thriller or horror movie, and Reddit user MissyPie said it's "very light on the horror, but very confusing and extremely interesting." Reddit user antigravity12 agreed that it's "heavy on the confusing" and called it "psychological sci-fi."
In The One I Love, Sophie and Ethan are having some relationship problems, and when they stay at a house together, they see their doppelgangers. It's the kind of movie that has an ending that could go either way and it might take a few viewings to fully understand the entire story.
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