# Most horrifying movie finale you have ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 27, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155 "2023-06-27T03:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/141 "2023-06-29T22:33:15Z")
The ending of _The Orphanage_ (_El Orfanato_) is just gut-wrenching. It stuck with me for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/142 "2023-06-29T23:07:19Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > The ending of _The Orphanage_ (_El Orfanato_) is just gut-wrenching My first thought was that you were talking about the 2019 Oscar-nominated short film, [Saria](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Saria) (bad enough that I had managed to suppress my memory of the name of the movie). Gut wrenching is an understatement for this one. Made even worse by the fact that it is based on [real events](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Guatemala_orphanage_fire). Despite the fact that it is only 22 minutes long it is a fitting entry to the list in this thread, but I would not recommend watching it (or even clicking on the links) unless you are prepared to be haunted by it for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/143 "2023-06-29T23:55:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This made me think of _Brazil_, where the hero is rescued by Harry Tuttle minutes before he is about to be tortured. After a bizarre pursuit by government agents, he is again rescued by the woman he loves. And as they drive happily out of the city… That was going to be my pick. I’m not sure that its absolutely at the top of my list but its up there. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/144 "2023-06-30T09:21:41Z")
Ah I didn’t have one until now, and now I have two. Now that someone mentioned Constantine. Yes. Reading the comic makes the difference. In the comic (Hellblazer), John Constantine is a hard drinking, heavy smoking, scouse bastard. He might do magic, but most of his skillset is trickery. His friends get burned and killed by his actions, and mostly he walks about being sarcastic. A strong character. Nothing like the whining, annoying crybaby they made a in a movie named after such a strong character. And in related. The Stallone Judge Dredd. Comic Dredd? Six foot six, attitude of granite. Never takes helmet off. And first thing they do is for the short-arse to take his helmet off. Should have been Eastwood. With helmet on. It also didn’t help they cameo’ed about 20 years of weekly comic arcs into 90 minutes. Imagine all the current Marvel Movies squeezed into an hour and a half, and you get Thanos appearing, waving, and walking off. That. Judge death. Rico. Mean machine. Angel brothers. And I’d be able to name more, except I won’t watch that botch-job again. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/145 "2023-06-30T14:59:40Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > And in related. The Stallone Judge Dredd. Comic Dredd? Six foot six, attitude of granite. Never takes helmet off. And first thing they do is for the short-arse to take his helmet off. Should have been Eastwood. With helmet on. Sounds like if they remade that one it would be tailor made for Dave Bautista. I’ve only seen one of the films on this thread (the remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”). It startled me a little, but not sure I’d call it horrifying. When I saw “The Piano” I was hoping Holly Hunter wouldn’t get loose from the piano when it had gone overboard. The last scene would have been the piano underwater with a skeleton attached. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/146 "2023-06-30T16:18:31Z")
I think you meant to post this in the “Zero Star Movies” thread? ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/147 "2023-06-30T19:29:57Z")
For me, the movie with the most horrifying ending is “Goodnight Mommy” (the original version, which I think is Austrian-I haven’t seen the American remake). I have seen movies that are much more gory and violent, but this one was really just too much for me. I might not regret watching it so much if there was anything good about this movie, but it’s just bad in almost every way. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/148 "2023-06-30T19:35:13Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _Funny Games_, the 1997 Austrian film (haven’t seen the American remake) > [@carrps](#): > > I hated that movie (I saw the remake, which, apparently was a fairly accurate remake). It was pointless. Like murder porn. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I only saw the remake and it was a terrible movie with no point. Furthermore, just not an interesting story. I guess I was depressed seeing it, but it didn’t even elicit that type of reaction. I, too, did not like the movie (either version). The interesting thing is the “American remake” was a shot-by-shot remake by the same Austrian director, just with American actors. > [@needscoffee](#): > > The original version of **[The Vanishing](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/)** from 1988. I _so_ did not expect the ending, but understood the inevitability of it. > > Evidently the American remake gave it a brand new ending which ruined it. Another instance where the “American remake” was directed by the same (Dutch) director that made the original. So as far as the sucky ending goes, he only has himself to blame for tainting his original vision. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/149 "2023-06-30T19:37:27Z")
But as far as “gut punch” endings go, I was floored by the implications of the final scene of **The Invitation**. This is an excellent movie with a number of twists. Just when you think it’s over, and you are catching your breath, and thinking “wow,” here comes the _real_ final scene, with the gut punch. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/150 "2023-06-30T20:14:00Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > For me, the movie with the most horrifying ending is “Goodnight Mommy” (the original version, which I think is Austrian-I haven’t seen the American remake). I have seen movies that are much more gory and violent, but this one was really just too much for me. I might not regret watching it so much if there was anything good about this movie, but it’s just bad in almost every way. Oh, yeah, I saw the German original, too. It was downright shocking and kind of incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/151 "2023-06-30T21:16:08Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Another instance where the “American remake” was directed by the same (Dutch) director that made the original. So as far as the sucky ending goes, he only has himself to blame for tainting his original vision. The original has stuck in my head since I first saw it, about whenever the video made it over here to the US. (“Saskia!”) I watched about half the remake and gave up, so I didn’t even get to the goofy ending. (though I looked it up later) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/152 "2023-06-30T21:24:13Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > > [@Smid](#): > > > > And in related. The Stallone Judge Dredd. Comic Dredd? Six foot six, attitude of granite. Never takes helmet off. And first thing they do is for the short-arse to take his helmet off. Should have been Eastwood. With helmet on. > > Sounds like if they remade that one it would be tailor made for Dave Bautista. I would check out the Karl Urban “Dredd”. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/153 "2023-06-30T21:27:51Z")
I also find the end of _Whiplash_ to be horrifying. It’s an intense little thriller about a guy trying to be good at drums, but as soon as I saw it, it reminded me of the ending of _The Long Walk_ by Bachman/King, which is a horror story. Because in both cases the character “wins” but evil has transformed them into something unrecognizable, thus rendering the win meaningless. I know some people would disagree with my interpretation of that film, but that’s what makes a good film. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/154 "2023-07-01T00:53:01Z")
Post deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/155 "2023-07-18T23:36:31Z")
[How Awful about Allan](https://youtu.be/To4jBX5jV68?t=4385) 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/156 "2023-07-19T00:05:42Z")
He never saw _that_ coming! ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/157 "2023-07-19T00:31:58Z")
Public Enemy, the way Cagney comes home to his mother. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/158 "2023-07-19T03:21:57Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > Post deleted. Never saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/159 "2023-07-19T14:38:29Z")
I don’t recommend it. Everyone was terrified by it. I’ve seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than see the ending of _Post Deleted._ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155/160 "2023-07-19T15:55:38Z")
**The Eyes of My Mother** Well, that was certainly horrifying. A very effective and horrific scary movie that had a finale involving, at least if I understood it, a woman saying, “They won’t take my son!” and killing the son by shooting him. Oh, she had kidnapped the boy from his mother, who she had tied up in a barn and sewn her eyes shut. I have no idea what to make of this movie, but it was intense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155.md?page=9)