The plot and its " twist ending " are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of situational irony.

As the novel develops, his brother's escape from a mental hospital and impending return lead on to a violent ending and a twist that undermines all that Frank believed about himself.

Shortly afterward, in a twist of events, everyone that Nico and Jacks arrested is suddenly let go at the request of Federal officials, and Nico is asked to stand down, not to mention the fact that the priest of Nico ’ s parish is killed in an explosion as a Mass is ending.

The man goes to a psychiatrist and, after the session, the twist ending ( a device which Serling became known for using ) reveals the " patient " had died at Pearl Harbor, and the psychiatrist was the one actually having the vivid dreams.

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Even though the villain's body count is only two, the film's " whodunit " plot structure, knife-wielding and mentally disturbed killer, twist ending and ' stalking ' camera technique proved influential on films to come.

This movie is cited as having introduced the twist ending in cinema.

A twist ending reveals that Francis ' flashback, however, is actually his fantasy: he, Jane and Cesare are all in fact inmates of the insane asylum, and the man he says is Caligari is his asylum doctor, who, after this revelation of the source of his patient's delusion, says that now he will be able to cure Francis.

In the final episode, a twist ending is given, that the Earth of the Thirteenth Tribe is not " our " Earth, but rather that " our " Earth is named after the original Earth.

It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre.

The destruction of the Lucifer in the subspace between the Sol and Delta Serpentis jump nodes marks a twist in the ending ; the subspace corridor is destroyed and Sol is cut off from the Terran survivors outside who must face the possibility of meeting the Shivans again.

The very first serial was Hampton Wick ( 1971 ) written by Barker, which began as a pastiche of costume dramas about a governess called Henrietta Beckett, played by Madeline Smith, with the Ronnies playing a wide variety of other characters, but had a neat twist ending that turned this notion on its head.

This twist ending forces readers to reconsider their point of view and experience of the story.

The novel's twist ending suggests that Martin actually drowned shortly after his ship was sunk.

A campaign that begins on the Earth, includes a voyage by ether liner to Mars, and concludes with a twist ending.

In the story's twist ending, the daughter reveals that she obtained it from their slave, Rayhan.

The television show Lost has made effective use of the flashforward technique, beginning at the end of season three with a twist ending in the episode " Through the Looking Glass ".

The revelation of its impact on privacy comprises part of its twist ending.

The police procedural film, often with a surprise twist ending, has also remained a vital format with Cruising ( 1980 ), Gorky Park ( 1983 ), Tightrope ( 1984 ), The Dead Pool ( 1988 ), Mortal Thoughts ( 1991 ), Rising Sun ( 1993 ), Striking Distance ( 1993 ), The Usual Suspects ( 1995 ), Lone Star ( 1996 ), Under Suspicion ( 2000 ), Blood Work ( 2002 ), Mindhunters ( 2004 ), and Righteous Kill ( 2008 ).

By the time the 2000s came, the strip was still going strong, but with a slight twist to the usual ending of the strip ; rather than Ernest being jilted by Daisy for another man, Ernest usually ended up being beaten up, falling from a great height, or otherwise suffering some painful misfortune, which usually put him in traction.

The game was well received in Japan for its well-told storyline and surprising twist ending, and for allowing multiple ways to achieve objectives .< ref name = Retro > Reprinted from

In a twist ending that differs from the television version, the shopkeeper reveals he always wanted to be ... " A LUMBERJACK!

The play is also known for its twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre.

The zoomable sniper rifle was praised as one of the game's most impressive and entertaining features, Edge describing it as a " novel twist " and Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot noting its ability to alleviate the game's distance fog.

Finally, the game would reveal your character's own fate, which turned out to be a bitter twist in keeping with the dark overtones of the game's story.

A note from the game's producer, Kou Shibusawa, addressed to players before any campaign begins, explains his desire to take his own twist on this segment of history but felt too constricted by cinema to do so properly.

* A further twist to the British David Kelly scandal occurs, as Tony Blair's official spokesman, Tom Kelly, apologizes to David Kelly's family for having compared the late and still un-buried Dr. Kelly to a " Walter Mitty " character in a " private " conversation with a journalist.

The film grossed $ 13. 2 million dollars at the box office, proving popular with teen audiences It received generally postivereviews from the critics-Roger Ebert compares the picture to the ' beach-party ' movies of the 1960s now with a disco twist, which is understandable as the 1964 beach party film Pajama Party, and many Elvis Presley films of the 1960s, were all choreographed by the same dance genius who choreographed Roller Boogie: David Winters.

Asimov also repeats a plot twist from David Starr, Space Ranger, momentarily throwing suspicion on one character before revealing that the actual villain is someone else.

He is chased by two white Men in Black ( David Strathairn and director Sayles himself ); Sayles's twist on the Men in Black concept is that instead of government agents trying to cover up alien activity, Sayles's Men in Black are also aliens, out to re-capture " The Brother " and other escaped slaves and bring them back to their home planet.

In an ironic twist, Ramses ’ s children inherit his most aggravating speech patterns: Charla, his lisp (“ Did you catch de lady ?”) and David John his appallingly precocious loquacity.

In a twist, Asya hit David with a sidewalk slam before trying to hit him with his own crowbar.

Other comedic treatments, of variable quality, include Old Dracula ( 1974 ) featuring David Niven as a lovelorn Dracula, Love at First Bite ( 1979 USA ) featuring George Hamilton and Dracula: Dead and Loving It ( 1995 USA, directed by Mel Brooks ) with Canadian Leslie Nielsen giving it a comic twist.

The most common are the twist drill, the solid center shaft with interchangeable cutting blades, the double spur bit, and the power wood bit.

The buds cannot open themselves but are visited by birds such as the tui and bellbird which twist the top of the ripe bud.

By a strange twist, the Benedictines were not a mendicant order, but a stable, monastery-based order, and single-volume breviaries are rare from this early period.

By a strange twist of their respective fates, this foursome ends up partnering together, using their unique talents to become a ragtag team of bounty hunters, although their fortunes as such are at best mixed.

Since then, the tariff is calculated by a formula based on various factors such as the number of twist and somersaults, the height, the group etc., and divers are free to submit new combinations.

The tilting is done by the arms, which are outstretched to the sides just before the twist.

Epigrams are also thought of as having a " point " that is, the poem ends in a punchline or satirical twist.

When seen from above, the twist can be clockwise ( right yarn over left ) or counterclockwise ( left yarn over right ); these are denoted as right-and left-plaited stitches, respectively.

The resilience and propensity to ( un ) twist are general properties that affect the ease of hand-knitting.

At specific points indicated by the pattern, the cable needle is moved, the stitches on it are worked by the other needles, then the cable needle is turned around to a different position to create the cable twist.

In a twisted nematic device ( still the most common liquid crystal device ), the surface alignment directions at the two electrodes are perpendicular to each other, and so the molecules arrange themselves in a helical structure, or twist.

The chiral pitch, p, refers to the distance over which the LC molecules undergo a full 360 ° twist ( but note that the structure of the chiral nematic phase repeats itself every half-pitch, since in this phase directors at 0 ° and ± 180 ° are equivalent ).

This definition corresponds to the classical definition using Cauchy sequences, except with a constructive twist: for a classical Cauchy sequence, it is required that, for any given distance, there exists ( in a classical sense ) a member in the sequence after which all members are closer together than that distance.

Rowing is a low impact activity with movement only in defined ranges, so twist and sprain injuries are rare.

In a typical twist of luck, however, Roger's exam scores are still achieved by accident.

Pizzicato strings, cascading pianos and celeste, chimes, and glass instrumentation are prominent throughout this version, implying the fresh and modern twist that Folmann and Crystal Dynamics have placed in Anniversary.

There are then no longer flux tubes that simply encircle the axis, but, if there is sufficient symmetry in the twist, flux surfaces.

the two platforms are connected by heavy metal torsion bar that enables the board to twist in the centre.

O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

To recant Mill's original idea in an empiricist twist: " Indeed, the very principles of logical deduction are true because we observe that using them leads to true conclusions.

In origami tessellations, pleats are used to connect molecules such as twist folds together in a repeating fashion.

" On the other hand, The Washington Posts Gary Arnold stated Spock's death " feels like an unnecessary twist, and the filmmakers are obviously well-prepared to fudge in case the public demands another sequel.

Once more proficient, a rider may twist their hips ( and counter rotate their body ) in order to line up the wheel with the direction, they are going to fall toward, before they begin ' falling ' in that direction, and thus they can immediately begin riding in that direction despite any sudden change in velocity.

The novel deals with its theme of self-reflection also on the level of narratology in that its main topic of mindreading is presented by an omniscient narrator ; a minor ironic twist consists of the novel-within-a-novel motif with the fictitious novelist Helen Reed pondering about the old-fashioned genre of the epistolary novel while her thoughts are presented the very form of letters / emails.