Benedict Cumberbatch's titular detective may have taken an entire episode to figure out his first Sherlock mystery, but the crucial twist was given away in the episode's opening moments. With a dastardly killer on the loose, sweeping shots of modern London, and numerous instances of Sherlock Holmes insulting people via social ineptitude, "A Study In Pink" offered an early taste of the phenomenon Sherlock would become. Holmes is pitted against a super-intelligent taxi driver who moonlights as a serial killer. Rather than pulling the trigger himself, the culprit forces his victims into playing a deadly game of chance.
Bob Clark's 1974 horror film Black Christmas is one of the most influential slasher movies of all time, and it has an unforgettably chilling ending. In Black Christmas Billy is considered the villain as he picks off victims one by one, and after almost 50 years, his identity is still debated. The story takes place in a sorority house, where the residents are throwing a Christmas party before they depart. Little do they know, however, that a perverted killer has made his way into the house, and is preparing to pick them off one by one. The Billy Black Christmas character remains in the shadows for most of the movie, that is, until the chilling ending.
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