I saw this episode of a horror anthology show a few years ago, but I can't remember which series it was on -- does anyone recognize this:
(Warning: I pretty much only remember the surprise ending, so spoilers ahead!)
A man thinks someone or something is out to get him for some reason, which I believe was most of the story. I don't remember any specific events until he winds up at a cabin (I think) and he looks in a room and sees what appears to be a monster facing him, so he shoots or axes it. It turns around, and in that mind-warping moment we see that it's not a monster but in fact his wife, who for some reason was wearing a mask on the back of her head, making it look like she was towards him but really she had her back to him. As she turns, we also see that she was holding a big birthday cake with a ton of candles on it, and there are other people there. They were having a surprise birthday party for him.
I saw this on regular network tv in the US, I think sometime in the 2000, I'd guess around 2010. I think the show it was on only ran for a short time, not even a whole season maybe. When I search for potential shows, the most likely series seems to be Fear Itself, which I remember seeing a few episodes of, but none of the episode descriptions seem like they could lead to this conclusion. So I'm not totally sure about the year. But I do remember that wtf moment when you don't understand what you're seeing right away. I think that blotted out the rest of the plot for me.
Thanks!
(Warning: I pretty much only remember the surprise ending, so spoilers ahead!)
A man thinks someone or something is out to get him for some reason, which I believe was most of the story. I don't remember any specific events until he winds up at a cabin (I think) and he looks in a room and sees what appears to be a monster facing him, so he shoots or axes it. It turns around, and in that mind-warping moment we see that it's not a monster but in fact his wife, who for some reason was wearing a mask on the back of her head, making it look like she was towards him but really she had her back to him. As she turns, we also see that she was holding a big birthday cake with a ton of candles on it, and there are other people there. They were having a surprise birthday party for him.
I saw this on regular network tv in the US, I think sometime in the 2000, I'd guess around 2010. I think the show it was on only ran for a short time, not even a whole season maybe. When I search for potential shows, the most likely series seems to be Fear Itself, which I remember seeing a few episodes of, but none of the episode descriptions seem like they could lead to this conclusion. So I'm not totally sure about the year. But I do remember that wtf moment when you don't understand what you're seeing right away. I think that blotted out the rest of the plot for me.
Thanks!