“Unveiling ‘Strange Darling’: How a Game-Changing Midpoint Twist Redefines Screenwriting Techniques”
It’s no spoiler to say that Strange Darling—his astonishing new thriller—spends a chunk of its runtime signposting one type of story before zagging into shocking new territory. But as important as the twist is, it is more important when it occurs in the film, the filmmaker told me on my podcast Script Apart recently—a lesson that emerging screenwriters might want to take note of.
How Strange Darling Times Its Twist Perfectly
“There’s a version of [Strange Darling] where it could have been the ending of the movie when you find out who’s who,” Mollner explained. “But I never wanted it to be. I love [Twilight Zone creator] Rod Serling and I love M. Night Shyamalan movies. There are so many great Alfred Hitchcock movies where they end and you can’t believe what you just watched,” he says, discussing classic movies that reveal their twist in the film’s dying moments.
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