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Top 10 Best M. Night Shyamalan Movie Moments


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this list we’re taking a look at the
best scenes from films M night Shyamalan
directed since Shyamalan is synonymous
with twist endings a spoiler alert is
carried by a phenomenal performance from
James McAvoy Kevin Wendel crumb is one
of the most disturbing characters
Shyamalan has ever created initially
housing what we’re led to believe as 23
personalities Kevin keeps us on edge
throughout the entire film but it’s the
mysterious 24th persona known as beast
that’s built up the most once the Beast
is finally unleashed it becomes clear
that Kevin is even deadlier than we
initially thought the Beast lives up to
his name savagely feeding on human flesh
and bending metal bars with his bare
hands even after the captive Casey
shoots the Beast multiple times there
was no stopping him when the Beast sees
Casey scars however he’s given a window
into the abusive life she’s injured and
thus deems his prisoner too pure to
slaughter
number nine the construction workers the
happening we have a major accident at
the south side of the building we’ll
need an ambulance
although this film earned Shyamalan some
of the worst reviews of his career
it’s admittedly not without some
legitimately harrowing and inspired
imagery the most unsettling moments are
at the beginning as New Yorkers start
committing suicide for seemingly no
apparent reason at a construction site
it’s another ordinary day until a worker
plummets onto a pile of rubble what
appears to be a freak accident turns out
to be something much more contagious as
the mangled worker twitches in agony
another person Falls followed by another
and then another looking up we see
pretty much the entire crew dropping
like flies it’s a visual that sticks
with you exemplifying how an ordinary
number eight David Dunn becomes the
overseer unbreakable go to where people
huh for many viewers the biggest twist
in unbreakable is that it turned out to
be a superhero movie while still it’s
thriller at its core the film slowly
evolves into something more akin to a
graphic novel the same can be said about
David Dunne who is in denial about his
superpowers at first but eventually
comes to accept his destiny draped in
green
David crosses paths with several
wrongdoers although the standout is a
murderous janitor in orange following
the janitor back to the house he’s
invaded David falls into a pool and
nearly drowns with some assistance from
the captive children however David
ultimately comes out on top in a final
confrontation that balances gritty
thrills with comic-book colors number
seven those aren’t your grandparents the
visit need to come and get us right now
after experimenting with a couple of
projects outside the horror and thriller
genres Shyamalan returned to his roots
in the visit this was still kind of
uncharted territory for Shyamalan though
as it was his first found footage film
and to a certain extent his first comedy
for much of the film we aren’t sure if
Becca and Tyler’s grandparents are just
quirky or dangerously insane in the end
it turns out they aren’t their
grandparents at all skyping with their
mother it
phones on the family that the children
have been staying with complete
strangers this whole time those aren’t
your grandparents this reveal is not
only alarming but also works as an
unexpected comedic payoff in that sense
it’s a hysterical moment in more ways
than one
what are you guys doing number six those
we don’t speak of the village is the
final twist in this Shyamalan film might
have divided audiences but the opening
scenes are ripe with creepy tension
taking place in a village where people
aren’t allowed to venture beyond the
woods
the curious Lucius breaks the rules and
steps out of bounds this draws unwanted
attention from the hooded woodland
creatures who plagued the village one
night panic breaks out across the
community with people seeking refuge
under floorboards we’re only given a
glimpse of the creatures draped in red
as they leave marks on the front doors
The Blind Ivy refuses to seek shelter
without Lucius who takes her hand just
as a creature emerges suspenseful and
mysterious the scene is Paula vated by
an oscar-nominated musical score from
James Newton Howard
[Music]
number five aliens in the basement signs
when it comes to Shyamalan less is
usually more the aliens are rarely seen
in signs but you can always feel their
ominous presence when they invade the
Hess farm in the climax the family
appears to be safe in the basement
lulled into a false sense of security
the viewer gasps in horror as a hand
although they prevent the alien from
getting in
Morgan suffers an asthma attack with his
medicine upstairs in what’s possibly the
most powerful scene in the film Graham
holds Morgan close and tries to comfort
him wrestling with his fear and faith
the former priest manages to calm his
son allowing us all to let out a sigh of
relief
[Music]
with number four part of a bigger
universe split what we believe we are at
first it looked like the big twist and
split is that Kevin possesses
supernatural abilities just before the
credits start rolling though Shyamalan
delivers a second twist that made us see
the entire movie in a whole new light
cutting to a diner customers watch a
news report that refers to Kevin as the
Horde one patron is quick to draw
parallels between Kevin and a guy in a
wheelchair who earned a similar
supervillain nickname sitting next to
her is none other than David Dunne who
confirms the person she’s talking about
mr. glass for those who’d waited over a
decade and a half to see a continuation
of unbreakable there is little doubt
that you cheered and applauded in the
movie theater number three they called
me mr. glass
unbreakable I think this is where we
shake hands it’s only fitting that we
transition from the ingenious ending of
split to the shocking twist and
unbreakable a hero can’t exist without
an arch-nemesis at least that’s the
comic-book logic Elijah price abides by
determined to find his polar opposite
Elijah caused a series of accidents that
inevitably brought him to David Dunn
once David answers the call of heroism
Elijah drops the bombshell he was the
villain this whole time killing innocent
people to give himself a purpose in the
grand scheme of things in addition to
being a jaw-dropping revelation Elijah’s
closing monologue is laced with
fascinating and frightening philosophy
if someone’s destiny really is set in
stone then fate dealt Elijah the
cruelest hand imaginable
[Music]
number two I see dead people the sixth
sense then at the age of eleven Haley
Joel Osment became one of the youngest
Oscar nominees in history for his
chilling performance as coal seer early
in the film we’re not sure whether to be
afraid of coal or to fear for him as the
plot unfolds we start to see that coal
is the one being tormented but by what
exactly in this haunting scene little
coal opens up to child psychologist
Malcolm Crowe and tells him this secret
these four words have forever cemented
their place in popular culture even
meriting a spot on the American Film
Institute’s 100 years 100 movie quotes
listening to coal talk about his sixth
sense the audience just wants to crawl
under a blanket and hide them before we
get to our top pick here are some
[Music]
pardon me sir I think you have the wrong
good for you
number one Malcolm was a ghost all along
the sixth sense our top pick shouldn’t
come as a surprise to anyone when the
sixth sense made its debut in 1999
though nobody foresaw the film’s twist
ending having helped call Malcolm
returns home in the hopes that he can
reconcile with his wife noticing his
wedding ring it occurs to the
psychologist that the gunshot wound he
received at the beginning of the film
was more fatal than he realized
accepting his fate malcolm gives his
wife a tearful farewell before passing
into the afterlife
once the credits roll the viewer
immediately wants to re-watch the film
in order to catch all the clues they
missed the first time like how Malcolm
never interacts with anyone except Cole
and how the color red is used to
foreshadow death I think I can go now
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