Is suspense dead?

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2005)

I recommended this film to a younger colleague. He rented the movie and was disappointed there wasn't a surprise ending. Is he norm? He said he was waiting for the "twist" at the end. Does this mean that there can only be twists at the end? This movie still scares me; not the least because I live in a neighborhood where people are known to hang around outside at all hours of the day or night. How do you call the police or alert the newspaper when the only overt thing you see is a man on the corner at 1 am? Do you have to do a bit of B&E to find the evidence? Grace Kelly did that... and it was (and is) terrifying to me. Why does there need to be a surprise ending?