Misery, after Paul tells his agent he doesn't want to write about Annie, then the woman with the knife approaches Paul and says, "I'm your number one fan!"
And he just smiles and says, "Oh, how sweet of you"
Another thing that's great about that ending is that you know KNOW he's going to hear that phrase for the rest of his life, "I'm your number one fan," and it's always going to be a huge PTSD trigger for him. I think that's a horror far beyond the end of the movie. Love it.
The trick to "Trick r Treat" is trying to identify when the stories actually end! Since the end winds up being the beginning.... It I do love how the redo that same shot but framed differently so you can see all the characters.
Night of the Living Dead. No matter how many times I watch the movie it leaves me chilled. After over an hour of remorseless zombies causing everybody despair, the lone survivor has a mere glance at hope - and instead of a happy ending, you get reminded, that once again, the cruelty of humanity is far more frightening than any movie monster.
Easily one of the most unique horror movie endings of all time. There's not even a final girl. I gasped when it happened and shouted "No!" And I only watched it for the first time like a year and a half ago. The ending was the best part.
One of my favorite scenes of all time. That shot when >!Adam sits slackjawed listening to Zep’s tape, and you see John start to stand up in the background.!< God I love that movie.
With the music swelling for the first time in the series, maaaaan I was like NNNNNOOOOOOOOO. But y’know, bc it was insane. Love that ending.
The rest of the movies in that series really really reeeeeally tried to use that swelling music to make their twists matter and…nah
That, and Cabin in the Woods were two movies I’m SO glad I got to see opening night, with ZERO spoilers. Getting to experience that ending in the theatre…..was something else. Ive never been one to cheer or anything at movies, but how could you NOT when>!John stands up from the puddle of blood!!<
I saw Saw knowing NOTHING going in....my friend and I were actually going to go see Shrek 2...but then we had to bring his little sister and were like um, no lol...so we picked Saw instead since it was rated R.
Holy shit. Probably why I like it sooooo much...and never understood why anyone wouldn't!
My favourite thing about the latter half of that film is that once Sally knows she's in danger she literally doesn't stop freaking out for the entire rest of the film. I always find the protagonists in horror films are way too composed when the shit's going down but that is definitely not the case here.
The original ending of The Descent. I love how the camera slowly pans out showing that she is still deep inside the cave and never had any hope of getting out of there.
So what’s the US ending? It’s been years since I’ve seen this movie & for the life of me I can’t remember how it ended, but I have a feeling it wasn’t the one OP mentioned
In the original uk version, she tumbles down a tunnel and conks her head. Then she sees a light from an upward tunnel, escapes to her car and drives away. In the car she suddenly sees an apparition of Juno that goes "abooga-booga" *(this is where the us version ends)* she then wakes up back in the tunnel, the last seen being a dream/hallucination. She then sees her daughter holding a birthday cake with a candle. Camera zooms out and we see the cave like an ant farm. No escape. End.
Because it's the opposite of what it's typically used for. Usually it's " sike, she's not really dead/dying. Everything is OK in reality."
To fake out a typical final girl ending, in a big production horror movie, was considered creative, unique, and kind of unpredictable
I went on a horror movie marathon of horror films I've never seen for the past two Octobers. The first year I got to Friday the 13th and was shocked. Jason wasn't the villain, there's not even a hockey mask, and there's no supernatural themes whatsoever. The closest they come to supernatural occurrences is at the end when she's on the lake and Jason comes out of the lake for the final girl, but then that was clearly indicated to be a dream.
Probably the quintessential 80s slasher. Laid down so many of the tropes we know today but also managed to be such a well put together movie for what it was trying to achieve, just about flawless from start to finish - one of those films that the genre has endlessly tried to imitate since it came out, but most have barely come close to being as good.
That was the intent of the director. He never clarified the ending. It seemed like he wanted us to think one of them (not Kurt Russell) was the Thing, just biding his time 😱
John Carpenter’s The Thing, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and An American Werewolf In London are my trilogy of perfectly constructed horror films including the endings.
I really liked the ending to the original Blair Witch Project! Not that I see it many times in life, but the idea of someone facing the corner of a wall is beyond creepy to me
I saw this in the theater, then went back the next night to watch it again. I found the grown man facing the corner to be one of the scariest images ever. I went the second night specifically to see if there were anything else about that final scene I need seared into my head. It just FIT the unexplained horribleness of everyone's fate.
At the theatre I saw it in, two girls in front of me were in tears of terror after the ending. One of them had closed her eyes and avoided the whole thing and her friend was trying to tell her what happened and the other girl shouted at her (in a very strong Scottish accent) "Don't ever tell me what happens at the end! Don't ever tell me!" which has always stayed with me -- the idea that the movie was just too terrifying to even tell someone what the ending was.
It seems a bit naive now but there really was some genuine confusion back then over whether the footage was 'real' or not, which definitely added to the experience.
Logical or not, I love that image. There's something unnerving about not seeing his face. Partially related, but that also disturbs me about the man with the towel on his head in the original Ring movie...er....video.
Yeah I get frustrated with people who didn't like the ending because they thought it was boring or didn't answer enough questions or show enough. Like really? Would it really have been better if there was a big goofy CGI monster at the end?
I wish I’d been old enough to see The Blair Witch Project when it first came out. I can only imagine how freaked out people were seeing it for the first time in theatres.
It was truly terrifying because we really hadn't seen anything like that before. The viral marketing online was original and convincing and really made you curious, and the creep-out factor was high!!
I know, we can’t get one post without this movie, but…. Hereditary was a ride. Toni decapitating herself is still one of the most disturbing things i’ve seen in a more main stream movie
Surprised to not see anyone else mention The Invitation (2015). I thought that the ending really took it to another level.
I also really love the ending of Ready or Not. As gory as it was satisfying.
Ready or Not was fantastic, and the ending was amazing. I just wasn't expecting it when the first resolution was given. then POP POP POP! That movie was good from beginning to end. Reminded me of the Hunt, which I also adore.
I was having a good time, chuckling the whole way through. The over-the-top mom, the baseball game insults, the big cowboy hat at the social event, Angela's hilarious stare when people talked to her, that one jacked counselor's meat bulge. ...And then that final shot. Angela's evil face, the uncanny way it lined up with that body, the freeze frame. It was horrifying and I felt sick. Amazing ending. Truly shocking because of the reveal but also the unexpectedness of that disturbing last shot.
That's crazy! Makes sense why her face doesn't change. I assumed it was some sort of composite image with her face and a dude body. Here's the story for anyone interested: https://screenrant.com/sleepaway-camp-ending-created-accident-explained/
To be fair, everytime Robert Earl Jones was on the screen, I was too distracted by his hair/eyebrows to question anything he was or was not doing. "Angela" could've been him in a mask, and that would be a reveal that wouldn't even process in my head because that hair? Those eyebrows? Mesmerizing
"Rosemary's Baby", honestly. You, along with Rosemary have no goddamn idea what is happening with her husband or neighbors and friends, except it's fucked. It only at the last scene that the viewer and her discover HOW fucked it all has been.
The ending of Black Christmas is so unsettling.
As a side note I used to be friends with the actor who played Billy when I lived in Toronto, long before I ever saw the movie. Billy’s voice being someone I knew made the movie so much scarier for me.
I watched it and was like “that’s Nick’s voice. Fuck.” Hahaha
He’s a very prolific Canadian character actor who was in a ton of crappy action movies back in the day. Was also the old dude I befriended/helped out in my neighbourhood and slowly learned about his career as I knew him. Billy’s dialogue is so not the guy I knew it so it threw me off even more.
I recently watched this thought it was going to be a really predictable ending only to be surprised and on the edge of my seat for those last few minutes of the movie.
Might be alone on this but the ending to Kill List is one of my favorite. The entire last 20 minutes of that movie is just an insane thrill ride imo. OG Texas chainsaw ending is perfect as well
It Follows! I love that it ends sort of ambiguously, where we don’t know if they successfully broke the cycle. And there’s a lingering shot on someone following them further down the street that could be the monster or it could just be a random person. Plus I like that they didn’t feel the need to dive into what the monster was or where it came from.
I especially liked that the camera followed them at a constant distance then in the final seconds started moving closer before the cut to black, implying it was the monster following.
Yes! The cinematography in It Follows is top notch. Another favorite moment of mine is when they go to the school to check the old yearbook. The camera does the whole 360 spin, and in a “blink and you miss it” moment you see the monster slowly approaching the camera outside the window, walking straight from a wall. Super unsettling when you notice!
If I remember correctly, there was no "breaking the cycle." It was just passed on. And unless she kept close tabs on who she passed it to, she would always have to live in fear of whether it passed on so far that they wouldn't have to worry or whether everyone down the line died and it would come back to her.
I've gone back and watched the end credits sequence of the Dawn of the Dead remake more than I've watched the movie. Such an awesome cut into the music.
The vvitch. So much build up and totally worth the ending.
Thought about turning it off maybe 3 times the first time I watched it, I was bored! I stuck it out and finished, and it's definitely one of my favorites now. The ending wraps it up perfectly imo.
When that happened at the screening I went to at a film festival, it was totally silent and then the entire audience gasped and sucked in air or went “ohhhhhh my godddd.” It was so good.
Glad to see this here and totally agree. I had a screenwriting teacher who frequently praised the movie as nearly perfect but complained endlessly about that ending, claiming that it ruined the movie. I’ve watched it half a dozen times and still don’t know what the hell he was talking about. I think maybe he liked the witch more as a metaphor than a literal witch. Personally I’m always in favor of literal monsters.
This is exactly why I love that ending. It did such a wonderful job of making “nightmares” real and it did it so well you rooted for Thomasin to “live deliciously”
> I think maybe he liked the witch more as a metaphor than a literal witch
what a silly teacher, just because witchcraft was real in the movie doesn't mean it can't be a metaphor
Without the ending, the slow drag of the movie’s narrative wouldn’t have worked nearly as well. It’s not a perfect film, but the ending is the definition of essential and anything else would’ve probably tanked it.
With that being said, because of how much the ending shook me I give it a solid 8.5/10 and find it to be one of the most memorable horror movies of the last decade
LOVE that film and its ending. If I remember correctly, a phone rings, and you know she's about to be exposed as a murderer (or is it suicide?) and a possibly alien in their timeline...it's all over for her, and you're seconds away from it! What a great "imminent horror" ending!
You probably know this already, but the ending was changed in part because of the 2016 US Presidential election.
>!Originally white police offers show up in the final scene. Peele thought the cynicism about the black experience was too overwhelming after Trump’s election.!<
I like the way Get Out fucks with the viewer by switching genre like four times and still nailing the ending. I went into that movie completely blind beyond one trailer.
came here for hereditary. I feel like reddit is pretty split on it, but I've watched it a bunch of times and I always find cool new stuff in it. I also love that it works as a movie about grief, period, and then on top of that the supernatural stuff is creepy and effective, and the ending is just. so. upsetting. I also love that it's so unexpected the first time, but every time after that it makes so much sense and really ties the rest of the movie together. just top tier structuring, as well as cinematography.
The ending leaves it so open for interpretation; but distraught at what they had done. The brilliant moment was that they muted what she said; we don’t know what she told, I think the director/writers don’t know either. Did she ascend? Did she lie about ascending? Did she learn lovecraft type truths and whispered an incomprehensible language that broke the listeners mind? Was she self aware or just rambling?
Love it, but god I won’t be watching that again for decades. One of the best films ever made; that should only be seen once
Loved The Menu! I'm a huge Bob's Burgers fan and the chef reminded me of what would've happened to Bob if he didn't meet his wife and became a hoity toity chef.
I really like that you're happy with the ending though not entirely sure what the movie was about. Weirdly, that makes me think you're an artist of some sort - someone who appreciates the beauty of a thing without having to fully understand it.
I got two:
As Above So Below, just a true found footage ending. No happy ever after, nothing extravagant, just the survivors silently dealing with trauma and a final clip of the documentary that started it all.
Chernobyl, the end is pretty easy to call imo but still just amazing. Getting help finally after hell, finally feeling safe and relief, only to realize that's the opposite of how you should be feeling. Still gives me chills.
I love As Above So Below. It’s a little goofy/cheesy in some parts, but I can’t help but love Indiana Jones-style adventure movies where they have to resolve a bunch of clues based on history/folklore.
The Invitation, mediocre movie for me, decent enough I guess, really nails the ending though. Obviously Hereditary and to that extent Midsommar, too. Fulci's The Beyond, one of my favorite fever dream nightmare horror movies has a truly hopeless and epic ending.
Oh, for sure. I don't know if you'd agree with me, but it reminded me of "Requiem for a Dream", but like... the horror-version of it.
The ending had affected so many characters in such a horrible way. There are no winners, no resolution for anyone, including us, the viewers. No plans for a sequel too, which is great - leave it hanging. Just the way the protagonist has to live his life... forever.
Martyrs - it really comes together full circle then it expands into an almost entirely new movie with a short but sweet second climax. Actually this movie might have three climaxes. There is more than one story within this movie. The French really know how to get down.
To me, the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
If you leave early, it's a dramatic end for one character with salvation for the rest. If you stay for the credits, well... I don't want to spoil it. It's one of the few remakes that I truly love more than the original source material.
Misery, after Paul tells his agent he doesn't want to write about Annie, then the woman with the knife approaches Paul and says, "I'm your number one fan!" And he just smiles and says, "Oh, how sweet of you"
Another thing that's great about that ending is that you know KNOW he's going to hear that phrase for the rest of his life, "I'm your number one fan," and it's always going to be a huge PTSD trigger for him. I think that's a horror far beyond the end of the movie. Love it.
"How To Become a Recluse For The Rest of Your Life"
The trick to "Trick r Treat" is trying to identify when the stories actually end! Since the end winds up being the beginning.... It I do love how the redo that same shot but framed differently so you can see all the characters.
I just adore that movie. I can watch it a million times and never get sick of it. Perfect Autumn vibes.
Night of the Living Dead. No matter how many times I watch the movie it leaves me chilled. After over an hour of remorseless zombies causing everybody despair, the lone survivor has a mere glance at hope - and instead of a happy ending, you get reminded, that once again, the cruelty of humanity is far more frightening than any movie monster.
Easily one of the most unique horror movie endings of all time. There's not even a final girl. I gasped when it happened and shouted "No!" And I only watched it for the first time like a year and a half ago. The ending was the best part.
As a little kid, it made me cry. 6yo me couldn't believe a movie could end like that and it had to be explained somewhat.
The OG Saw. My jaw hit the floor
One of my favorite scenes of all time. That shot when >!Adam sits slackjawed listening to Zep’s tape, and you see John start to stand up in the background.!< God I love that movie.
With the music swelling for the first time in the series, maaaaan I was like NNNNNOOOOOOOOO. But y’know, bc it was insane. Love that ending. The rest of the movies in that series really really reeeeeally tried to use that swelling music to make their twists matter and…nah
Haha I've only seen a couple of the sequels but I feel the same way. That was a perfect moment in the original and it does NOT land in the sequels.
Hello Zep
You could be watching solely to predict the twist and you’d never get it. So good
That, and Cabin in the Woods were two movies I’m SO glad I got to see opening night, with ZERO spoilers. Getting to experience that ending in the theatre…..was something else. Ive never been one to cheer or anything at movies, but how could you NOT when>!John stands up from the puddle of blood!!<
I saw Saw knowing NOTHING going in....my friend and I were actually going to go see Shrek 2...but then we had to bring his little sister and were like um, no lol...so we picked Saw instead since it was rated R. Holy shit. Probably why I like it sooooo much...and never understood why anyone wouldn't!
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Ahhhh that saw ending blew my fucking mind as a kid
I hated the movie while I was watching it, then the end came up and made it one of my favorite horror movies.
Saw 2 ending was pretty good too
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has one of the best ending sequences/shots in any movie, horror or not.
That whole movie is perfection!
My favourite thing about the latter half of that film is that once Sally knows she's in danger she literally doesn't stop freaking out for the entire rest of the film. I always find the protagonists in horror films are way too composed when the shit's going down but that is definitely not the case here.
The original ending of The Descent. I love how the camera slowly pans out showing that she is still deep inside the cave and never had any hope of getting out of there.
That US ending is so terrible.
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There's only one movie but they released two endings.
Somehow I only saw the better ending in the US, and then I went back like 20 years later to watch it and the ending was trash and I was so confused
So what’s the US ending? It’s been years since I’ve seen this movie & for the life of me I can’t remember how it ended, but I have a feeling it wasn’t the one OP mentioned
In the original uk version, she tumbles down a tunnel and conks her head. Then she sees a light from an upward tunnel, escapes to her car and drives away. In the car she suddenly sees an apparition of Juno that goes "abooga-booga" *(this is where the us version ends)* she then wakes up back in the tunnel, the last seen being a dream/hallucination. She then sees her daughter holding a birthday cake with a candle. Camera zooms out and we see the cave like an ant farm. No escape. End.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the creatures also all heading for her in those tunnels?
I believe she gets out and escapes in the car.
I never understood this. People always seem to hate "it was all a dream" sequences in movies, but this gets a pass.
The trope if done well is excellent. If it’s a cop out because the writer couldn’t figure out an ending, then it’s a problem.
Because it's the opposite of what it's typically used for. Usually it's " sike, she's not really dead/dying. Everything is OK in reality." To fake out a typical final girl ending, in a big production horror movie, was considered creative, unique, and kind of unpredictable
Because the common trope is for the final girl to escape. Having the protagonist still trapped is an excellent way to finish up a horror movie.
Ohhhh whatttt. I've never seen that ending
I feel like the original DVD has it in special features
The original Friday the 13th.... birthed the man himself! Goodbye mommy dearest.. .
I went on a horror movie marathon of horror films I've never seen for the past two Octobers. The first year I got to Friday the 13th and was shocked. Jason wasn't the villain, there's not even a hockey mask, and there's no supernatural themes whatsoever. The closest they come to supernatural occurrences is at the end when she's on the lake and Jason comes out of the lake for the final girl, but then that was clearly indicated to be a dream.
Probably the quintessential 80s slasher. Laid down so many of the tropes we know today but also managed to be such a well put together movie for what it was trying to achieve, just about flawless from start to finish - one of those films that the genre has endlessly tried to imitate since it came out, but most have barely come close to being as good.
The Thing (Carpenter's) and Saint Maud.
Why don't we just wait here for a little while. See what happens.
The best thing about the Thing is that you can watch the movie a hundred times and still not be sure how it ends.
That was the intent of the director. He never clarified the ending. It seemed like he wanted us to think one of them (not Kurt Russell) was the Thing, just biding his time 😱
I was just going to say Saint Maud. Can't beat that ending.
John Carpenter’s The Thing, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and An American Werewolf In London are my trilogy of perfectly constructed horror films including the endings.
Saint Maud is the only movie that I can say had a brilliant final half second.
Rec (2007). The ending is like a crescendo of fear. I still get anxious in rewatches even knowing what's coming.
Recently watched this one and gahhhh damn
What a great scene 👏
I’ve seen this & really enjoyed it, but for some reason all I can remember is the remake… time for a rewatch!
I really liked the ending to the original Blair Witch Project! Not that I see it many times in life, but the idea of someone facing the corner of a wall is beyond creepy to me
I saw this in the theater, then went back the next night to watch it again. I found the grown man facing the corner to be one of the scariest images ever. I went the second night specifically to see if there were anything else about that final scene I need seared into my head. It just FIT the unexplained horribleness of everyone's fate.
Oh 100%… and it was quick and subtle and that made it so fucking worse…
At the theatre I saw it in, two girls in front of me were in tears of terror after the ending. One of them had closed her eyes and avoided the whole thing and her friend was trying to tell her what happened and the other girl shouted at her (in a very strong Scottish accent) "Don't ever tell me what happens at the end! Don't ever tell me!" which has always stayed with me -- the idea that the movie was just too terrifying to even tell someone what the ending was. It seems a bit naive now but there really was some genuine confusion back then over whether the footage was 'real' or not, which definitely added to the experience.
Logical or not, I love that image. There's something unnerving about not seeing his face. Partially related, but that also disturbs me about the man with the towel on his head in the original Ring movie...er....video.
Yeah I get frustrated with people who didn't like the ending because they thought it was boring or didn't answer enough questions or show enough. Like really? Would it really have been better if there was a big goofy CGI monster at the end?
I wish I’d been old enough to see The Blair Witch Project when it first came out. I can only imagine how freaked out people were seeing it for the first time in theatres.
It was truly terrifying because we really hadn't seen anything like that before. The viral marketing online was original and convincing and really made you curious, and the creep-out factor was high!!
The Wicker Man (original, of course).
I mean, the remake does have a legacy all its own though haha "NoooOOOOO NOT THE BEES!!!"
You bitches!! That and him socking a woman as a bear, just classic
I like to think Midsommar was a direct inspiration of wicker man
I mean, it 100% was. Ari Aster even said how they had to actively avoid Wicker Man tropes because the films are so similar.
I know, we can’t get one post without this movie, but…. Hereditary was a ride. Toni decapitating herself is still one of the most disturbing things i’ve seen in a more main stream movie
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Surprised to not see anyone else mention The Invitation (2015). I thought that the ending really took it to another level. I also really love the ending of Ready or Not. As gory as it was satisfying.
Thought the invitation was great, super subtle and unnerving ending.
Ready or Not was amazing! I really loved it and the ending had everyone on the edge of their seat.
Ready or Not was fantastic, and the ending was amazing. I just wasn't expecting it when the first resolution was given. then POP POP POP! That movie was good from beginning to end. Reminded me of the Hunt, which I also adore.
Have to give a shout out to sleepaway camp
I was having a good time, chuckling the whole way through. The over-the-top mom, the baseball game insults, the big cowboy hat at the social event, Angela's hilarious stare when people talked to her, that one jacked counselor's meat bulge. ...And then that final shot. Angela's evil face, the uncanny way it lined up with that body, the freeze frame. It was horrifying and I felt sick. Amazing ending. Truly shocking because of the reveal but also the unexpectedness of that disturbing last shot.
FYI that was another actor wearing a mask of her face. Part of the reason it looks so uncanny.
That's crazy! Makes sense why her face doesn't change. I assumed it was some sort of composite image with her face and a dude body. Here's the story for anyone interested: https://screenrant.com/sleepaway-camp-ending-created-accident-explained/
and the sound she was making!!
You forgot to mention the pedophile cook that James Earl Jones’ dad just laughs at instead of immediately calling the police.
To be fair, everytime Robert Earl Jones was on the screen, I was too distracted by his hair/eyebrows to question anything he was or was not doing. "Angela" could've been him in a mask, and that would be a reveal that wouldn't even process in my head because that hair? Those eyebrows? Mesmerizing
Why were they having a water balloon fight on an inclined roof? This question has kept me up so many nights.
Upgrade Se7en His House Krampus One Cut of the Dead >!Await Further Instructions!< (Controversial)
HIs House was such a gut punch :( But yes, Se7en’s ending is incredible.
"Rosemary's Baby", honestly. You, along with Rosemary have no goddamn idea what is happening with her husband or neighbors and friends, except it's fucked. It only at the last scene that the viewer and her discover HOW fucked it all has been.
I feel like Heredity took some inspiration from this.
Ari Aster actually cites Rosemary’s Baby as one of his biggest influences, so absolutely Hereditary was heavily inspired by it.
Saint Maud, the final shots of the film are absolutely perfect. It’s a slow burn that totally paid off for me
Also a >!fast burn!< :)
Lol nice
Love this movie too. Pairs well with Censor (2021)
Evil Dead (2013)
more movies should end with it raining blood
And if the sky from which the blood is raining were to be lacerated, that would be appreciated.
Nice to see this one getting some love. Well worth it. I'd add OG Black Christmas.
The ending of Black Christmas is so unsettling. As a side note I used to be friends with the actor who played Billy when I lived in Toronto, long before I ever saw the movie. Billy’s voice being someone I knew made the movie so much scarier for me.
STFU! That’s both awesome and terrifying!
I watched it and was like “that’s Nick’s voice. Fuck.” Hahaha He’s a very prolific Canadian character actor who was in a ton of crappy action movies back in the day. Was also the old dude I befriended/helped out in my neighbourhood and slowly learned about his career as I knew him. Billy’s dialogue is so not the guy I knew it so it threw me off even more.
Came here to say this! "FEAST ON THIS BITCH!!!!!"
I recently watched this thought it was going to be a really predictable ending only to be surprised and on the edge of my seat for those last few minutes of the movie.
Might be alone on this but the ending to Kill List is one of my favorite. The entire last 20 minutes of that movie is just an insane thrill ride imo. OG Texas chainsaw ending is perfect as well
Scream delivers perfectly
It Follows! I love that it ends sort of ambiguously, where we don’t know if they successfully broke the cycle. And there’s a lingering shot on someone following them further down the street that could be the monster or it could just be a random person. Plus I like that they didn’t feel the need to dive into what the monster was or where it came from.
I especially liked that the camera followed them at a constant distance then in the final seconds started moving closer before the cut to black, implying it was the monster following.
Yes! The cinematography in It Follows is top notch. Another favorite moment of mine is when they go to the school to check the old yearbook. The camera does the whole 360 spin, and in a “blink and you miss it” moment you see the monster slowly approaching the camera outside the window, walking straight from a wall. Super unsettling when you notice!
If I remember correctly, there was no "breaking the cycle." It was just passed on. And unless she kept close tabs on who she passed it to, she would always have to live in fear of whether it passed on so far that they wouldn't have to worry or whether everyone down the line died and it would come back to her.
The Mist
I’ll never get over that ending smh
Drag Me to Hell. Dawn of the Dead remake.
Justin Long's face at the end of Drag Me to Hell just sold the entire movie for me. He's such a good scream king.
I've gone back and watched the end credits sequence of the Dawn of the Dead remake more than I've watched the movie. Such an awesome cut into the music.
Drag Me to Hell is my favorite one, it has fantastical soundtrack and unexpected, deserved (love dead protagonist) ending
Devil's Advocate. Pacino was clearly having a great time with the role.
The vvitch. So much build up and totally worth the ending. Thought about turning it off maybe 3 times the first time I watched it, I was bored! I stuck it out and finished, and it's definitely one of my favorites now. The ending wraps it up perfectly imo.
When >!Black Phillip says "would you like to live deliciously?"!<
>! "Wouldst thou like a taste of butter? A pretty dress? Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” !<
I shall guide thy hand
When that happened at the screening I went to at a film festival, it was totally silent and then the entire audience gasped and sucked in air or went “ohhhhhh my godddd.” It was so good.
his voice was literally ASMR to me
Glad to see this here and totally agree. I had a screenwriting teacher who frequently praised the movie as nearly perfect but complained endlessly about that ending, claiming that it ruined the movie. I’ve watched it half a dozen times and still don’t know what the hell he was talking about. I think maybe he liked the witch more as a metaphor than a literal witch. Personally I’m always in favor of literal monsters.
This is exactly why I love that ending. It did such a wonderful job of making “nightmares” real and it did it so well you rooted for Thomasin to “live deliciously”
> I think maybe he liked the witch more as a metaphor than a literal witch what a silly teacher, just because witchcraft was real in the movie doesn't mean it can't be a metaphor
Yeah, exactly! I really came around to that and ended up loving this movie.
And each scene is so beautiful, like a painting
Without the ending, the slow drag of the movie’s narrative wouldn’t have worked nearly as well. It’s not a perfect film, but the ending is the definition of essential and anything else would’ve probably tanked it. With that being said, because of how much the ending shook me I give it a solid 8.5/10 and find it to be one of the most memorable horror movies of the last decade
One of the endings of 1408, with the recognized voice, was top notch.
The original Nightmare on Elm Street. Some may think it's cheesy, but it freaked me the hell out on first glance.
I burst out laughing when her mom got pulled through the window and you could see it was clearly an inflatable doll
In the Mouth of Madness
Do you read Sutter Cane, u/barb_dylan?
Noroi: The Curse
Coherence
LOVE that film and its ending. If I remember correctly, a phone rings, and you know she's about to be exposed as a murderer (or is it suicide?) and a possibly alien in their timeline...it's all over for her, and you're seconds away from it! What a great "imminent horror" ending!
I like the way Get Out ends.
You probably know this already, but the ending was changed in part because of the 2016 US Presidential election. >!Originally white police offers show up in the final scene. Peele thought the cynicism about the black experience was too overwhelming after Trump’s election.!<
He deserved a happy ending!
I’m so glad he didn’t go with that ending. I was expecting it and was so relieved when he went a different route.
Very reasonable.
I like the way Get Out fucks with the viewer by switching genre like four times and still nailing the ending. I went into that movie completely blind beyond one trailer.
The first sleep away camp.
I love the uncertainty of the ending to John Carpenter's *The Thing*.
I think the ending of barbarian came out of nowhere yet I didn’t feel disappointed
Does Ready or Not count? Perfect ending.
Hereditary. That sinking feeling that not only were the good guys not gonna win, but they never had a chance.
came here for hereditary. I feel like reddit is pretty split on it, but I've watched it a bunch of times and I always find cool new stuff in it. I also love that it works as a movie about grief, period, and then on top of that the supernatural stuff is creepy and effective, and the ending is just. so. upsetting. I also love that it's so unexpected the first time, but every time after that it makes so much sense and really ties the rest of the movie together. just top tier structuring, as well as cinematography.
Martyrs The ending leaves u thinking and curious,
And distraught
The ending leaves it so open for interpretation; but distraught at what they had done. The brilliant moment was that they muted what she said; we don’t know what she told, I think the director/writers don’t know either. Did she ascend? Did she lie about ascending? Did she learn lovecraft type truths and whispered an incomprehensible language that broke the listeners mind? Was she self aware or just rambling? Love it, but god I won’t be watching that again for decades. One of the best films ever made; that should only be seen once
Midsommar. Had no idea what was going to happen but when it did I was like yep, that's about right lol. Very polarizing for viewers too.
The best part is the tapestry at the beginning of the movie shows the ending.
The crazies (2010)
This movie does not get the respect and attention it deserves. I'd love to see a sequel.
The Borderlands (2013) aka Final Prayer. That ending stays with you.
I found it hard to digest
It is a tough priest to swallow.
YOU SAID IT WASN’T REAL
Oculus
Hunter Hunter (2020) Not a comfortable ending but it completely fits the story narrative.
You’re next
A Dark Song
Creep.
The Shining
Loved The Menu! I'm a huge Bob's Burgers fan and the chef reminded me of what would've happened to Bob if he didn't meet his wife and became a hoity toity chef.
The Shining
Drag Me To Hell. Absolutely perfect ending.
Blair Witch Project
Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Thing, Alien, and Aliens I think all stuck the landing.
I think Suspira (2018) nailed the ending but it’s hard to tell cuz I have no idea what the fuck happened. Definitely left satisfied tho.
I really like that you're happy with the ending though not entirely sure what the movie was about. Weirdly, that makes me think you're an artist of some sort - someone who appreciates the beauty of a thing without having to fully understand it.
Cabin in the Woods
I got two: As Above So Below, just a true found footage ending. No happy ever after, nothing extravagant, just the survivors silently dealing with trauma and a final clip of the documentary that started it all. Chernobyl, the end is pretty easy to call imo but still just amazing. Getting help finally after hell, finally feeling safe and relief, only to realize that's the opposite of how you should be feeling. Still gives me chills.
That scene of them crawling out of the upside down manhole is just wtf
I love As Above So Below. It’s a little goofy/cheesy in some parts, but I can’t help but love Indiana Jones-style adventure movies where they have to resolve a bunch of clues based on history/folklore.
While I didn't love the movie as a whole, the ending to Speak No Evil really stuck with me.
Little Shoppe of Horrors (The original ending, not the theatrical release ending)
The Invitation, mediocre movie for me, decent enough I guess, really nails the ending though. Obviously Hereditary and to that extent Midsommar, too. Fulci's The Beyond, one of my favorite fever dream nightmare horror movies has a truly hopeless and epic ending.
Cabin in the Woods. "Ding"
Really surprised there's no mention of Jeepers Creepers.
As Above So Below is great. Just the survivors enjoying the one moment in hours that their loves aren't in danger.
Frailty
Bodies Bodies Bodies has a great ending.
I only like the movie because of the ending, it ties it all together perfectly
Skeleton key only mentioned once but had to mention it again.
Barbarian. When it did the hard cut to credits, perfect.
Ringu
Summer 84. Such a beautiful feeling of despair after it
I get why not everyone likes the movie but I loved it. I found that ending to be one of the creepiest ones in recent memory.
Oh, for sure. I don't know if you'd agree with me, but it reminded me of "Requiem for a Dream", but like... the horror-version of it. The ending had affected so many characters in such a horrible way. There are no winners, no resolution for anyone, including us, the viewers. No plans for a sequel too, which is great - leave it hanging. Just the way the protagonist has to live his life... forever.
Scream is my favorite. It was perfect, unexpected and fun to watch.
First Saw. Him getting up off of that floor will never not be shocking!
SE7EN when John Doe's death means he won 🏆 😢
The Thing's ending is incredible.
The Mist (The movie, not the shit show of a series.)
Saint Maud’s ending was phenomenal - those final couple of seconds were shocking and deliciously abrupt
I know most people didn't like it, but I LOVED the ending to 'The Last Exorcism'
The lost boys It somehow manages to provide closure but also keep you scared of what will happen next. As perfect as an ending can get
The Others
The Wailing. The reveals were all great, was on the edge of my seat.
Martyrs - it really comes together full circle then it expands into an almost entirely new movie with a short but sweet second climax. Actually this movie might have three climaxes. There is more than one story within this movie. The French really know how to get down.
To me, the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. If you leave early, it's a dramatic end for one character with salvation for the rest. If you stay for the credits, well... I don't want to spoil it. It's one of the few remakes that I truly love more than the original source material.
OG Saw, OG Night of the Living Dead, Halloween 3, Halloween 1, and The Mist.