The High Tension Twist DOES Make Sense

About this episode

The episode discusses the ending of a film and its use of common narrative tactics found in other well-known movies.

S3 ep 142: Love it or hate it, the ending uses a common tactic that we've seen in The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, American Psycho and more to make sense. patreon.com/midnightmovietheatre linktr.ee/midnightmovietheatre

People in this episode

Host: MMT

Topics covered

• film analysis
• plot twists
• movie endings
• narrative techniques
• psychological thrillers

Keywords

• high tension
• plot twist
• film review
• narrative
• ending analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, American Psycho

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