American Psycho Ending Explained: What Happened To Paul Allen & How Much Was Real?

American Psycho’s ending leaves a lot to the viewer’s imagination, but here is the American Psycho ending explained, including how many victims (if any) Patrick Bateman actually killed, how much of the movie takes place in his unhinged mind, and what the point was. The American Psycho ending explained little and makes a point of leaving its events ambiguous during the discomfiting, blackly comic finale, demystifying none of its strange and seemingly contradictory occurrences. American Psycho‘s meaning is no less elusive. American Psycho sees a young Wall Street banker engage in increasingly shocking, grotesque misdeeds throughout the movie while still attending his day job and finding time for social events.