# Any Recent Horror Movies With Unambiguously Happy Endings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268 "2017-06-18T03:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/41 "2017-06-22T16:13:47Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I suppose technically at the end of **The Mist** , things are getting better _in general_. Just not at all for that particular guy. You may have heard it’s now a TV series: [The Mist (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![miketx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@miketx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miketx)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/42 "2017-06-22T16:18:24Z")
Here is one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ayoR0jF0vuY/hqdefault.jpg "Horror Film Guns Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayoR0jF0vuY) ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/43 "2017-06-22T18:14:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Heck, there are several zombie movies that end on high notes - the zombie wave is being brought under control, there might be a cure or vaccine etc. > > As I recall: > > _28 Days Later_ > _World War Z_ > _Warm Bodies_ “28 Days Later” ends with the good guys (and gals) surviving. But by no means has the zombie apocalypse ended. Hence “28 Weeks Later” when the humans are “winning” and attempting to re-populate. But there is still a zombie (and virus) threat present. The end of the “World War Z” movie has the humans able to combat and destroy the zombies, but they don’t really indicate that they’ve found a “cure” for the virus which converts humans to zombies. They are still trying to just destroy the zombies now that they’ve figured out the means to not be overrun/overwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/44 "2017-06-22T22:07:20Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > “28 Days Later” ends with the good guys (and gals) surviving. But by no means has the zombie apocalypse ended. Hence “28 Weeks Later” when the humans are “winning” and attempting to re-populate. But there is still a zombie (and virus) threat present. As I recall, the protagonists were happy to see a European jet, indicating the virus had not spread beyond the U.K. That’s about as upbeat an ending as could be expected. > [@](#): > > The end of the “World War Z” movie has the humans able to combat and destroy the zombies, but they don’t really indicate that they’ve found a “cure” for the virus which converts humans to zombies. They are still trying to just destroy the zombies now that they’ve figured out the means to not be overrun/overwhelmed. Ditto. _Warm Bodies_ I guess beats the above two because there _is_ a cure for zombitis: It’s love. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/45 "2017-06-22T23:13:41Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > As I recall, the protagonists were happy to see a European jet, indicating the virus had not spread beyond the U.K. That’s about as upbeat an ending as could be expected. > > Ditto. > > _Warm Bodies_ I guess beats the above two because there _is_ a cure for zombitis: > > It’s love. Per the OP: “What horror movies in the past 35 years had good defeat evil, without hinting that maybe the monster or killer is still alive or will return?” “28 Days Later” and “World War Z” may have ended “up beat”. But not quite what the OP was asking for. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268/46 "2017-06-23T00:00:23Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > One earlier this year; I’ll spoiler-tag it JIC: > > _Get Out_ There is an alternative ending that wasn’t happy though. [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5msq6s\_get-out-alternate-ending-horror-2017\_shortfilms](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5msq6s_get-out-alternate-ending-horror-2017_shortfilms) 1408 had a happy ending, I guess. Case 39. Friday the 13th part VIII. 28 days later. I guess it depends on how you define happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-horror-movies-with-unambiguously-happy-endings/789268.md?page=2)