11 Horror Movie Endings We Still Haven’t Recovered From

While horror movies don’t always have brutally bleak endings, some of the genre’s cruelest twists have been so dark and shocking that they left viewers utterly devastated. While horror movies often have killer opening scenes, it is infamously tough for the genre to stick the landing. If a horror movie ends on a hopeful note, this is likely to be satisfying for mainstream audiences but will also sap the preceding story of its intensity. Meanwhile, if a horror movie offers viewers no hope, it stays true to the genre’s dark heart but risks alienating its audience and making the entire enterprise seem pointless.