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Phantasm and the movies of David Lynch are the only works who can get away with the "it was all a dream" twist because in those works, dreams are every bit as "real" as reality.

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Phantasm!! Not seem that in a while. :D I guess these movies don't really operate as conventional narratives, right? So twists don't really apply.

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It's been a while since I last saw it but Pans Labrynth has an interesting twist, in that all the fantasy elements are in fact real. I always took it differently, and believed that the fantasy world was her self-constructed escape from the horror of reality, and the "happy" ending was her death. I believe Del Toro himself confirmed the former, but it's presented in such a way that it allows the viewer to apply their own interpretation.

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Not seen that one in a while, either. But absolutely one of the greatest fantasy films ever made!

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