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Amy West

The Blackening writer breaks down the horror comedy's twist ending: "We wanted to do a deliberate misdirect"

Antoinette Robertson as Lisa in The Blackening

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Blackening. If you've yet to watch the movie and don't want to know how it ends, turn back now! 

A bunch of unsuspecting people rock up to a cabin in the woods for the weekend, only to become the targets of a deranged killer? Horror movie fans have seen the same story play out a thousand times, so it can be difficult to surprise them. With The Blackening, though, co-writer Tracy Oliver had the added challenge of subverting expectations in another way...

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