15 Promising thriller plots with less impressive climax

3) The Village (2004)

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The first half of this movie is intense and unsettling. It introduces a small community trapped by fear of monsters in the surrounding woods. The idea of unseen threats and strict rules keeps the tension high, and the mystery around the creatures pulls you in. But the twist—that the monsters are fake and the village is a modern-day social experiment—takes the air out of everything. It feels like the movie builds up to something huge, only to stop short. A stronger ending could have revealed the creatures were real, tying them to the elders’ hidden pasts and giving the story more weight.

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