Imagine a serial killer on the loose inside your office building; you would want to stick together with your colleagues, right? But not when you’re a horror/thriller movie character. You have no other option but to be dumb (enough to split off from other people) and end up dead. We’re talking about the Australian movie Spithood here, not a single character of which breaks this mold. Not having expected much from it, I was mildly entertained and thought the running length of under one hour was its biggest plus point. In this article, of course, we’re going to talk about Spithood and look into the surprising final twist—although it doesn’t make the movie any better or worse.

Spoilers Ahead

What happens in the movie?

At a psychiatric correctional facility that is about to close down, we find the employees—mainly doctors and security personnel...