Movie tipping-points

Many movies have a tipping-point where all bets are off, illusions are shattered, past the point of no-return, and the (main) characters realize the problems they have to deal with. Some examples: in horror movies, it’s when the main characters find out about the monster/killer; in dramas, it might be when the person finds out they have cancer; in an action, it could be when they begin the heist and start robbing the bank.

Of course, things could start happening before this point, but the tipping-point is when everything becomes clear to everyone. For example, in a horror movie, characters could be dying right from the start, but other characters continue on in ignorant bliss for some time; it’s when they learn of the threat that the movie has reached the tipping-point.

Some movies have multiple tipping-points, and some don’t really have any at all. It’s surprisingly hard to define it, but many movies have a pretty clear one.

Here’s a list of some movies’ tipping-points.

Title Year T-Point Length Percent Description
Wrong Turn 1 2003 0:31:32 1:24:11 37.46% They see dead Francine
Wrong Turn 2 2007 0:52:17 1:32:57 56.25% They see Kimberly’s tattoo
Wrong Turn 3 2009 0:37:58 1:32:02 41.25% Three Toes ambushes them
Wrong Turn 4 2011 0:48:08 1:33:22 51.55% They find Porter’s head
Wrong Turn 5 2012 0:46:11 1:30:48 50.86% They run over Gus
Wrong Turn 6 2014 1:12:23 1:30:30 79.98% They see Bryan being cooked
The Fog 1979 1:01:58 1:29:47 69.02% Dan gets killed
The Fog 2005 1:09:18 1:43:14 67.13% Dan gets killed
The Mist 2007 0:13:04 2:05:47 10.39% Man getting in his car screams
The Possession 2012 1:11:39 1:32:00 77.88% They see face in MRI
Hostel 2005 0:54:35 1:34:02 58.05% Paxton sees dead Josh disection
Hostel II 2007 1:05:55 1:34:40 69.63% Beth sees the room of heads
Hostel III 2011 0:53:38 1:27:45 61.12% Scott and others are kidnapped
Vacancy 2007 0:34:40 1:25:00 40.78% Their room in the video & lights go out
Vacancy 2 2008 0:43:35 1:25:59 50.69% They see the tape and get shot at
The Cave 2005 0:37:19 1:37:18 38.35% Jack gets attacked, they see giant claw
Wolf Creek 2005 0:52:55 1:44:21 50.71% Liz wakes up bound
Wolf Creek 2 2013 0:25:36 1:46:14 24.10% Rutgar is stabbed (Paul finds Katarina 36:40 34.52%)
Descent 2005 0:58:14 1:39:50 58.33% A crawler attackes them
Descent 2 2009 0:24:08 1:29:53 26.85% They see mauled caver (they see cralwer 41:23 46.04%)
The Ruins 2008 0:23:12 1:33:25 24.83% Dimitri is shot (they find Heinrich 25:42 27.51%; they shoot the boy 36:37 39.20%; the plants attack 53:07 56.86%; the plants take Mathias’ legs 1:02:52 67.30%)
You’re Next 2011 0:27:06 1:34:31 28.67% Tariq is shot
Cabin Fever 2002 0:47:46 1:32:08 51.85% Karen starts bleeding
Cabin Fever 2 2009 0:52:20 1:26:07 60.77% CDC shoots Principal and everyone coughs blood (0:49:15 57.19% they see bodies in pool)
Cabin Fever 3 2014 0:43:05 1:34:50 45.43% Penny bleeds
Cabin Fever 2016 0:51:47 1:38:23 52.63% Karen starts bleeding
Westworld 1973 1:01:50 1:28:54 69.55% John gets killed (0:59:24 66.82% First guest is killed)
We Are Still Here 2015 1:05:33 1:23:22 78.63% Posessed Jacob kills himself in front of them
Evil Dead 1981 0:35:43 1:25:24 41.82% They see Cheryl posessed and floating
Evil Dead 2 1987 0:41:19 1:24:17 49.02% They see posessed Henrietta
Evil Dead 3 1992 0:46:37 1:20:45 57.73% The flying demon attacks
London has Fallen 2016 0:26:11 1:38:57 26.46% The attack begins
SiREN 2016 0:40:57 1:22:50 49.44% They see Lily get Elliot
Feral 2017 0:16:50 1:31:39 18.37% They find Brie maimed and Matt mauled
Hush 2016 0:19:42 1:21:44 24.10% She realizes that someone is in the house
Haunting 1999 1:28:16 1:52:42 78.32% They see the bed turn into a face
Thir13en Ghosts 2001 0:53:37 1:30:48 59.05% They see the witch ghost
House of Wax 2005 1:13:28 1:52:36 65.25% Paige sees dying Blake
The Woman 2011 0:27:05 1:43:43 26.11% The family sees the kidnapped woman
Bite 2015 1:16:38 1:28:22 86.72% Jared sees (mutated) Casey
Escape Room 2019 0:47:47 1:39:34 47.99% They see Danny drown
Total: 41 Average: 50.32%