Red herrings
A red herring is the name given to a device which intends to divert the audience from the truth or an item of significance. Can work with other devices(enigmas)to create suspense.
e.g: Saw - two characters spend time imprisoned in a room in which a third character lies dead. Throughout the film, both characters appear to be guilty of a series of murders, until it is discovered at the end that the thrid person in the room is not actually dead but is, in fact, the killer.
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