# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 148
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-horrifying-movie-finale-you-have-ever-seen/986155)._