Top 20 WTF Endings in Horror Movies

[@WatchMojo]

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[@callummahon9798]

can you please do a vid on how dc comics have tackled serious issues

[@jcj268]

Top 10 Good Horror Movies with Happy Endings

[@UltraRage86]

Dead Silence

[@UltraRage86]

Haunted

[@jcj268]

@@UltraRage86 i was thinking the same

[@trinaq]

You've got to feel sorry for poor Rosemary. She had the misfortune of living next door to Satanists, and forced to bear Satan's spawn, all so that her husband could have a part in a play. This movie made me terrified of ever giving birth.

[@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263]

Well, people can be bad, but demonic possession isn't a thing, and you can't have a child with Satan. Even Satanists are against murder so that whole thing is just to promote fear. People who claim to be Satanists are living by their own rules of it, just like so many in religion. I don't agree with being a Satanist and think these people need help, but most of the ones who murder in his name would have killed anyway bc they are mental. Anyone who kills in the name of religion is mentally ill.

[@dafilmqueen556]

Imagine if the baby wasn't the spawn of Satan as they were hoping for, but instead, a random baby that they all deluded themselves into believing was the spawn of Satan, only for the horrifying reality to dawn on them and drive them insane with denial. That would be a better way to stop them without having to kill them, since they are destroying themselves anyway..

[@margaret91]

@@thotslayer9914 out of curiosity what does discord have to do with the person's original comment? 🤔

[@triforceninja13]

You know if Rosemary raises her son right he could grow up to be a demon hunter and protect humanity rather than being its doom

[@jimbear62]

There was a sequel called "Whatever Happened To Rosemary's Baby?"

[@LukeLovesRose]

The Mist ending was one of the most painfully f**ked up endings ive ever experienced

[@WatchMojo]

[@10000bonus]

even Stephen King loved the ending to the film...think he was upset he didn't think of it...but yeah,its such a brutal ending

[@TheBrechbuehler]

@@10000bonus ah he wrote it different? crazy.

[@jeffreycauwels1974]

​He also wrote the ending to Carrie differently. In the book, Carrie just stops Margaret's heart and dies depressingly from exhaustion after causing an absolute rampage. In the movie, she crucifies Margaret with knives USING HER MIND and I think the house just collapses or something.

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@jeffreycauwels1974 Yeah. The ending to the original Carrie movie is much better

[@BlakeEricson]

20. Enemy 19. Paranormal Activity 18. Audition 17. Insidious 16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 15. Suspiria 14. The Descent 13. The Wicker Man 12. The Blair Witch Project 11. The Witch 10. The Babadook 9. Rosemary's Baby 8. April Fool's Day 7. Sleepaway Camp 6. Don't Look Now 5. Mother! 4. The Shining 3. The Cabin in the Woods 2. The Mist 1. Hereditary

[@samshelton6640]

Thank you! I was hoping someone would do this so I could check any movie I haven't seen without having to see the spoiler.

[@BlakeEricson]

@@samshelton6640 you're welcome!

[@cruxdeluxx]

SAW will always stick with me as one of the most unexpected WTF moments to end a horror movie!! When Jigsaw gets up, it STILL gives me the chills

[@themastermind5638]

It's crazy that it isn't even on this list.

[@danashamontgomery]

That ending definitely had me SHOOK!

[@thedraftingax5963]

The ending surprised me

[@TheMuirie]

Brilliant ending!!

[@jonathanmeisel]

I mean, The Mist is one of those endings that just make your stomach sink into oblivion.

[@samsonfitness5630]

Laughed 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lucyhurst2534]

@@samsonfitness5630 same. It’s attempts at pulling at the heartstrings is just so obvious.

[@Sohltaker]

So, so, so true!!!

[@joshuamoore4537]

Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nemoy, Donald Sutherland, all in one film. How can you not like Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

[@trinaq]

"Don't Look Now" always creeped me out, especially that unexpected ending. It still takes me aback, even though I know what's coming.

[@Denis-89]

The whole movie "Mother" is one big WTF, to be honest!

[@jessrosefawkes2721]

That film ending was so disturbing to me. I actually couldn’t sleep after watching it x

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah easily one of the worst films I’ve seen wish I never saw it

[@jennymacallan9071]

I would add a vote for The Others. Even as dread builds while you watch, I did not see the end coming. Also, thank you to all the commenters who suggested movies without revealing the twist. Well done!

[@yogisie]

C’mon! The ending of Halloween III should have made the list! It’s just as disturbing now as it was back in 1983. I totally did not see it coming

[@GoldenWildcard48]

Wasn't that the one with the corperation that wants to kill children along with their parents?

[@CourtneyPielok]

the ending of The Mist was heart breaking.

[@dragonjames7911]

A24 is known for having WTF endings, So I’m not surprised that 4 of their movies are on this list.

[@Mac_Kymera]

No Saw? That WTF ending will stay with me forever!

[@thedevilsrockstxr2309]

Right like how

[@LukeLovesRose]

Exactly. I said the same thing

[@benki81]

Definitely

[@thedraftingax5963]

Yeah! Me too!

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thanks for the List and Video 😀

[@heath1948]

The bleak, descent ending is only in the British version. The US version has her escaping the cave, and, leaving in her car with the jump, scare only being a symptom of her break down, but she got out of the cave.

[@darkblader06]

I still hold that Cabin in The Woods is the prequel to This is the End.

[@michaelreindel6975]

Thought *Sinister* would be on this list. [SPOILER!] I’m still pleasantly surprised that the studio let the director get away with *such* a bleak finale (“I’ll make you famous again…”)

[@mssnip69]

I always thought the ending to Descent was a symbolic one. Like psychologically trapped in the cave forever

[@rachelblackham5193]

I have always thought that .

[@katherinemaeflores2916]

Interesting 🤔

[@thecannablissbruja]

there's a cool theory that she killed all of her friends and that the cave monsters were never real seeing as she was the first one to 'spot' the creatures and no one else saw them. dun Dun DUN!

[@mssnip69]

@@thecannablissbruja that's a cool theory!

[@xyzharrishuang]

Wow interesting I never thought that.

[@Mos41f]

The ending of 'Haute Tension or High Tension' was notorious for its WTF ending.

[@riiddisbuk2496]

Ah, The Mist. To think the greatest despair was hope itself.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Actually, the greatest despair was his utter hopelessness. The ending was completely implausible anyway, there is no way the friggin army could have saved anyone from all that. One of the creatures was bigger than a dinosaur ffs.

[@riiddisbuk2496]

@@paulinegallagher7821 All because of the hope that came after.

[@RubyMoney2255]

Smile had a WTF ending as well.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah one of the creepiest films I’ve seen

[@tarekjuman8339]

The bride in black scared me shitless as a grown man in 2010 in the theater! Such a great horror scare.

[@gengarcrobat1576]

The just kidding ending of Descent is only the original ending. Screening audiences thought it was too depressing, so they changed it to the jump scare being the ending. They made a sequel too so she did live.

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Never understood why a sequel was made. It was completely unnecessary.

[@olvialee7221]

63: Now I know why Tara from 2022’s Scream says that line “I prefer The Babadook”

[@cruzjeromeg]

You nailed the Mist but where's S7ven? That movie gave me a depression.

[@arilumani6194]

Se7en is a crime thriller movie, not a horror movie.

[@xyzharrishuang]

@@arilumani6194 Yes until I saw gluttony and not even sloth that already scare the sh*t out of me. It's even more difficult to watch than The Exorcist or Hereditary to me.

[@OlgaWhatserface]

The most WTF ending for me has been the one in Excision from 2012 with Ariel Winter, Malcolm McDowell, John Waters and a few more actors I’ve seen in many. Like seriously when me and my friend watched it for the first time we were so shocked no sound came out and we had to Fing hug it out.

[@xyzharrishuang]

Excellent list! I would also include Final Destination 5 & Midsommar

[@mysteryninja5851]

Paranormal activity makes sense now that all the movies are done. They are all connected. Believe it or not 1 and 2 take place simultaneously. 3 takes place when Katie and Christy are kids and explains the backstory, and 4 takes place a few years after where 2 left off. The Marked Ones is a spin off but crosses over into 1 and at the end, you see what/who makes Katie scream downstairs, how Mica dies, and who is recording.

[@joshuareiss9430]

What made her scream and how did he die?

[@kristinschermann6581]

The ending of 'The Mist' totally broke me!.... I am SO glad you included 'Audition' on your list; that film is totally over-looked by so many! And the movie ending that left me totally confused (so bad it almost made me mad) while it wasn't really a 'Horror' film was 'Jacob's Ladder' - that whole movie is so all over the place, you have to watch it at least twice to understand it, but even to this day I still don't totally get it. I saw that in the theater with my boyfriend, and after the end credits started to roll- we literally looked at each other saying "What the f*** did we just see?!"

[@cesarvictorino8624]

Top 10 Bad Movies With Great Endings.

[@thedevilsrockstxr2309]

The first 3 Paranormal Activities aren't bad

[@mwaithephoto]

I mean the great part of a bad movie is that it ended so …. Anything can be on this list

[@kelsonthomas2615]

​@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 He's just giving a tip for the next video. He is not talking about this video

[@yosefvargasx]

Top 10 great movies with bad endings

[@darianclark3980]

So, just every bad movie?

[@timothybuckles6331]

Midsommar did this for me.

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

The shocking ending of ‘Sleepaway Camp.’ The 14-year-old Angela Baker (played by the then 13-year-old Felissa Rose) revealed as the serial killer and also she’s a male. The parody version of the creator/writer/director Robert Hiltzik: “Oh my God! Somebody remember this move, and wrote a comedy sketch about it!” 40 YEARS OF SLEEPYAWAY CAMP.

[@LaurenKaminski]

This,I hate that movie,it is one of the worst movies that I have ever seen!

[@chrishomberg7659]

2022's The Offering gives us a horrible ending, then a relief that it was all a dream and then a literal misstep brings it crashing down. It's not just WTF, it's just mean!

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Great list good job some ending are great and some make no sense😊

[@meganelizabeth9947]

Couldn't believe High Tension wasn't here.

[@haileytriest7439]

Sleep away camp is so good, I love the shining, hereditary and the mist shook me

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

I would include The Borderlands a.k.a Final Prayer. That film had one of the biggest WTF endings. It will stick with you probably forever..

[@PeteyE00]

The ending of the mist still mess' with me

[@laustcawz2089]

"Orphan" (2009), "Necromancy" (1972) & "Spellbinder" (1988) should've been included.

[@kellymarie6031]

The Wicker Man was the real true beginning of Burning Man!😂😂😂

[@davidmitchell6873]

I found the ending of the movie Devil pretty shocking. I didn't even suspect the old lady.

[@thecannablissbruja]

not only did the ending of hereditary mess with me, it was just how perfectly crafted Charlie's death was formulated and executed. i remember seeing the film on the premiere weekend and having a whole movie theater audience collectively gasp with jaws dropped for a solid 20minutes was a movie experience I'll never forget. beyond the sublime, beyond haunting. ari aster is a cinematic force to be reckoned with! masterful horror specialist right there!

[@daxleone]

So nice to hear Rebecca's voice ... haven't heard it for a long time ... she will always be my fav

[@QHEGGS28]

For me, "10 Cloverfield Lane" gave me a big WTF moment! The pacing and the "what will happen next" theory was keeping me in suspense throughout the entire film...until the idiotic and head scratching ending. I don't wanna give away the pathetic last scene, but it seemed that the writers ran out of storyline to complete what was becoming a great horror/suspense story. Sad...

[@SwampBaby]

Midsommar should be on here. I feel like all the WTF stuff that happened in that movie happened in like the last 30-20 minutes.

[@DalekSec02]

5ive Girls had a WTF ending, surprise twist only to dash away the happy ending, & the 1 person to survive isn’t the 1 you expect. Saw should definitely be on the list, especially 7 cos that was almost as woah as 1st/3rd. Never watched enemy, but definitely not with tarantulas in it, would scare me to pieces. Body snatchers 70’s was a great ending, bleak but still get chills from that scream & the eyes. Going to also suggest the nun, with learning Frenchies fate & tying into the conjuring series. Made me mourn French or cos he deserved a happy ending, but we know it doesn’t go well.

[@olvialee7221]

64: If anyone forces me to watch Mother, I’m going to puke

[@therunawaykid6523]

Easily one of the worst films I’ve seen absolute load of nonsense imo

[@FunnyStuffinKY]

How is Excision not on this list? That ending will leave you speechless for days.......

[@UltraRage86]

Dead Silence and haunted those endings caught me off-guard

[@DaReelMJ713]

Sleepaway Camp ending messed me up a lot !! Lol

[@DeidreL9]

Reflection of Fear, with Sondra Locke and Robert Shaw, has the “boy raised as girl” storyline in a truly terrifying, effective way. Recommended.

[@speakyourmindpodcast7190]

The only movie endings that got head scratching were the movies “the Antichrist” and “The house that jack built”

[@dreamguardian8320]

Should've added the ending of Brightburn to this list.

[@LumisKnight]

Not really that shocking. Like we all seen the ending by a mile away

[@Locke-ti8kw]

Borderlands/ Final Prayer where they are crawling through a tunnel and it ends up being the belly of the beast and they are slowly digested with acid 😮

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

That definitely should have been included. Can't get more WTF then being digested slowly!!.

[@olvialee7221]

325: I don’t know why you don’t have Jeepers Creepers on this list. That ending scared the fwack out of me as a teenager

[@plamenkisov4609]

Spoorloose ending was really terrifing as well and probably the Circle was shocking after everything that happened in that room

[@BadPD]

I think the ending of phantasm was a really strange ending. Mostly because it comes out of nowhere and makes no sense.

[@katepustay304]

I saw The Others in the cinema, and I kid you not, when we found out what happened to the mom and kids, the entire audience gasped.

[@direwoulf1663]

For me, the ending of Cry Wolf 2005 was a major WTF moment for me

[@aaronuzcategui4230]

Yeah that was a great twist ending

[@anthonysimsjr6651]

In the Enemy movie, if I was him, I see a giant spider. I'll run like hell.

[@Partypooperfanmade]

#20,his indifference or lack of emotion is the plot Twist

[@BigFella117]

I feel like WTF endings and horror movies go hand in hand sometimes

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your lists!❤❤❤❤

[@StanHalen1936]

KZbin always on top of getting rid of bots.

[@Benjy1128]

Don't Look Now must be on here. Holy hell.....I did NOT see that one coming.

[@yalitzamartinez9385]

A WTF ending for me was with the movie Dead Silence 😬 still gives me the creeps when I see the movie lol

[@olvialee7221]

326: (Snicker) Lipstick Face-Demon. I can’t stop laughing from that name. I can’t take it seriously

[@meganpowell2041]

I'm sorry, but the dance scene in the newer Superia is fantastically terrifying

[@noneofyourbuisness8523]

I know that I'm probably wrong, but when it comes to The Shining, I like to think that the explanation is like a mixture between Hereditary and Sinister. In the sequel, Doctor Sleep, there are these vampire-like creatures that kill children to consume the shine from them, and the taste is heightened by the fear of the children. I feel that somehow, the hotel was like one of these vampiric creatures, but since it's a building, it can't really kill anybody. So, whenever it gets the chance, it finds the person with the least sanity/humanity (like in Hereditary) and manipulates them to kill their family, including their children with the shine. And every time the house claims a new person to use, it changes its backstory so that it won't be abandoned. That's why the ghost of 'the previous owner' told Jack that he was always the owner and why there was a photo of Jack back in 1921. 'The Old Owner' was probably told the same thing with a different previous owner, and now the next time that someone goes to watch over the hotel, they'll be told that Jack was the one who killed his family back in 1921. That might be why (I think I'm remembering correctly) when Danny came back to the hotel in Doctor Sleep, his father was the bartender this time.

[@insecdroid]

Don’t Look Now was my immediate thought on seeing the title.

[@olvialee7221]

60: If I guess The Devil Inside is number one with the ending. Not it? DANG IT!

[@AnthonyMason-cq9gi]

The Wicker Man ending was powerful and different. Took my breathe away.😍😍😍

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Christopher Lee singing with pure joy in his face was terrifying

[@philipbouchelle483]

There are so many endings, Evil Dead with the evil attacking Ash, Sinister, the children are the killers, Halloween III Season of the Witch how many children died from that.

[@Catrabean]

I'm shocked the ending for Midsommar wasn't even an honorable mention tbh!

[@UltraRage86]

I really don't count babadook as a horror movie

[@155chipmunkz]

“Chained”: the villain is the protagonist’s uncle. “The Bad Seed”: the mom somehow survives a gunshot to the head and the villain is struck by lightning. “The Good Son”: the villain is tossed off a cliff by his own mother. Need I go on?

[@vinniechan]

The problem with audition was that the ending was front and centre in their marketing so there was no surprise at all

[@olvialee7221]

62: Off topic but I just saw the trailer of Five Nights At Freddy’s. Comes out on October 27, this year. Have fun

[@Zton3y420]

The reason jack is in the photo at the end of the shining is because his spirit is now part of the hotel

[@LaurenKaminski]

The worst is Sleepaway Camp! I hate that movie too!

[@sheilaholmes996]

You couldn’t pay me to watch Audition.

[@lissybearx3]

Surprised ‘Saw’ wasn’t on the list!

[@SalvadorAnguianoDG]

Worst thing about Bodysnatchers is that it’s left ambiguous the guy is faking his behavior

[@RaccAttack77]

Honestly the most wtf part of the Sleepaway Camp ending for me was that face and sound he makes over anything else. Like what the hell was that about? 😅

[@SDChargersFreak]

No mention of the wild twist ending of the original Friday the 13th? Wow.

[@OliviaRosalesVlogs]

Not a horror, but that scene in mulholland drive "The Bum" a scary hobo scene that pops out of nowhere while the actor is describing it as his fear in his dream, god dammit that scene lives in my head rent free, also that same scary hobo is played by none other than the actress who played Valak in The Nun in insidious universe lol

[@davidrobertson3930]

Regardless of the movie a WTF ending leaves me asking why,why, why and the realization that this is time I'll never get back.

[@LukeLovesRose]

What about the original Saw ending?? That still gives me chills

[@do9138]

Suspiria is the only remake I've ever liked. I liked the original, too. The look is very different, which almost justifies the remake.

[@michaelaliceajr.7308]

Good list, hey, i think Drag Me To Hell should be in it

[@chelseacanales8763]

Enemy is a good movie but that ending with a huge tarantula is confusing.

[@adeadphish7931]

Good list but I would put The Mist at #1 because the WTF is in full force there. Also, I would give "The Thing" a nod since we are left with a very ambiguous at best ending on if Mac or Childs are infected

[@olvialee7221]

61: I see Insidious, I clicked

[@BastardZombieKiller1]

The ending to the film The Mist is hilarious. One of the funniest damn things ever put on film. I laugh so hard every time I watch it.

[@crystalshaw8744]

" That's a shame "...The Mist

[@PhenomsServant4]

How did The Devil Inside miss the cut? You cant get more WTF then ending a movie by telling viewers to visit a website.

[@yogisie]

That was a *bad* WTF ending tbh

[@PhenomsServant4]

@@yogisie The list never specified what kind of WTF ending it needed to be.

[@opanmustafa7978]

When my sister asked me for a horror film recommendation with a twist ending, I suggested The Mist. Two hours later, she came up to me with watery and puffy eyes and said "I hate you!" 😅😅😅

[@RonnRicco]

Thanks for explaining Hereditary and its ending. I never got it.

[@magnolia972]

notable mentions: High Tension, Midsommar, As Above So Below

[@olvialee7221]

324: I’m gonna be honest. I watched Paranormal Activity during the day, to be least scared