10 More Bleakest Endings In Horror Movies

[@robbyroba]

Man those parents in Speak No Evil really pissed me off. While I get that was the point of the movie, it's so realistically irritating they just go with whatever the two killers did/say instead of trying to fight.

[@sudsandstuff7228]

No. It’s irritating that they have such a low social awareness bar that they WENT BACK because their kid wouldn’t stop crying about a stuffed animal. This was AFTER the dude was naked in the bed with her.

[@KateBrod]

And let's not forget the fact that Louise CALLED THE OTHER COUPLE WHEN THE CAR BROKE DOWN instead of listening to Bjorn telling her not to do that.

[@sudsandstuff7228]

@@KateBrod it’s an entire movie of what NOT to do and how it would end up

[@texasbeast239]

Just carry a concealed gun. Shit gets wild, you defend yourself or your family. If you're too cowardly for that, then you get what you deserve.

0:19 - Alien: Covenant 1:38 - Rosemary's Baby 2:57 - Would You Rather 4:15 - Kill List 5:22 - The Collector 6:38 - Smile 8:01 - The Wicker Man 9:10 - The Descent 10:27 - Speak No Evil 11:40 - Sinister

[@DrDespicable]

Why is THE MIST *not* on this list...?

[@A1PrimeTimeMovies]

You the real MVP

[@bayoumuddah]

@@DrDespicable They already did the mist on another list and I'm tired of seeing it so I'm glad there are other movies besides that and eden lake

[@kyrussell123]

The Collectors ending was bleak but it made The Collections ending soooo much more satisfying. If they just did the whole “evil villain gets away only to strike again later but hey the protagonist gets saved so happy ending” thing, that would’ve been so boring and played out. Seeing the tables turned was awesome.

[@bayoumuddah]

Yea it would've been like what's the point?

[@KorpsePaintKlown]

I love how The Collector tries to get him with the knife and Arkin is just like nope lol

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

Very underrated horror series it’s too bad the 3rd film got stuck in development hell

[@Bluebirdfalling]

wow. thanks for the spoilers. aren't you just lovely.

[@filmfangirls9163]

I think Eden Lake is the one that upset me the most. Besides some dramas they may not be horror but still horrifying. Like Nothing Bad Can Happen.

[@mightybitchy]

Me too. The way the situation backfired on the heroine, who was just trying to defend herself, was disgusting.

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@mightybitchy Right?! Those movies make me feel like I just wasted time I could never get back lol

[@oliviav.3565]

That movie made me so angry I vowed to never watch it again

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@oliviav.3565 Same!

[@6Jillybeans]

Eden Lake really shocked me. Plus Jack O' Connell starred in it. He's brilliant.

[@franciscodiaz3028]

The ending to "would you rather " was so messed up that i really felt for the siblings. Great video!

[@fromomelastocarcosa3575]

While it's by no means a great or even very good, I do think Would You Rather nails the bleak ending. In that: She still wins the game. She gets the money. It's just that it was all for naught. I think that's much better than an Eden Lake-style "all is lost and was always going to be lost and haha lets just do the most miserable thing imaginable"

[@trifontrifonov4297]

The Collector is actually more bitter sweet. The reason why the main character was captured was because he went back and saved the young daughter of the family. What's more as The Collector 2 is a direct sequel that continues the plot and has the same main character, the ending of the first movie is not the end of his story. Both movies together are a good watch.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Yeah I really loved both films together -- I also loved that The Collection had villain vs villain elements, which we really need to see more of. Thankfully Project Wolf Hunting offered us that kind of awesome dynamic.

[@teddyf3960]

I watched the collection before realizing there was a first movie, and honestly it’s good as just a stand alone too. I still need to watch The Collector, but The Collection really had me impressed

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

There was a 3rd film that got stuck in development hell they even filmed some of it and you can find screenshots online they say it was supposedly because of covid that they never finished it but idk that feels like a cop out excuse to me

[@arthurfleck629]

@@Billy-bc8pkWell what are you waiting for? Do it… DO IT!!!

[@gpics900]

Even though it’s not a horror movie, the ending of Upgrade was very bleak

[@MikefromTexas1]

Great movie, definitely fits in with Horror in a few ways.

[@jenniferhalf1650]

I mean its kind of how you view it. At least he was "with" his wife again. Even if it's just his imagination. To him he was actually with her so....

[@theogirrific]

I responded to your post incorrectly. You can see “my” post that I hadn’t seen Upgrade yet.😂 Oh well!

[@TheLadiGigi]

Also, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is bleak. Haley Joel Olsen's character still being alive thousands of years after humans go excinct is sad as sh*t.

[@gemmagraham1031]

Great film! Enjoyed the soundtrack too

[@scottylewis8124]

Honorable Mentions: The Mist. Final Destination 3 and 5. Insidious. Dead Silence. Saw 3.

[@iamanowl26]

The Beyond

[@duke_of_lilywhite4829]

Yo, WhatCulture Horror. If you're looking for horror films with Bleak endings, you should check out these. Race with the Devil (1975), Asylum (1972), Satan's Triangle (1975), Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965), The Omen (1976) and Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Not only did Evil prevail in all of these films, but they were all disturbing in their own special way. (✿◠‿◠)

[@aadamtx]

Hard to beat our friends at Amicus!

[@derekp308]

Are there any anthology movies by Amicus that don’t end bleakly?

[@chizorama]

I have the Peter Fonda double feature, Race With the Devil & Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The latter has a bleak ending which was my first introduction to such, at a very early age. Even though it wasn't horror, it sticks with me to this day.

[@duke_of_lilywhite4829]

@@chizorama I saw both Peter Fonda films in the drive-in theater when I was a kid. And while the first one scared the hell out of me, the second one made me sad. Despite pulling every trick in the phone book, Fonda and his cohorts got slammed by a random train that came out of left field, which shocked me. (⊙︿⊙✿)

[@chizorama]

@@duke_of_lilywhite4829 I have both in my collection, I watch DM,CL at least once a year, that's the impact it had on me as a wee pup, plus I just love the Charger, & it's obnoxiously awesome color, been one of my favorite colors since.

[@cmurdalol]

Martyrs (2008) and Life (2017) were two of the bleakest endings I've ever seen, i still think about those movies every few days

[@Kaylz29]

The Mist was one of the saddest and hopeless endings I’ve ever seen

[@deanfowles3707]

They mist that one

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

At least the sequel to the collector has Arkin come out on top

[@davidhill2020]

3:50 What was F'd up to me is how, after everything the protagonist has gone through, the antagonist makes her thank him.

[@Ravenz91]

Frontier(s), Bloody Reunion, Infection, The Divide, The Tenant… Definitely would love seeing them covered.

[@andrewmcnamara6305]

According to TV Tropes this list would be an example of a "Downer Ending."

[@PisceanMatteo]

Would You Rather was gut wrenching the first watch through. I genuinely felt Iris’ emotional breakdown when she returned home. Definitely belongs on this list.

[@jakemartens5311]

I remember we were hung over AF about 10 years ago and I put sinister on, and the hanging scene with the tree still haunts us

[@MacOriginalGamer]

"Bagul, Eater of Children" is the most METAL name for ANY horror movie monster... EVER! 🤘😁

[@joshuanelson6795]

The ending of Smile ruined the entire movie for me. The entire message that the film repeatedly conveyed is that you can't run from your trauma, you must confront it and learn to accept it. Well Rose does exactly that in the conclusion with both the entity and her "mother", only for absolutely none of it to matter and the entity kills her anyway. The fact that the filmmakers completely undermined their own movie's message at the end and went for the cheapest, most generic and predictable outcome imaginable annoyed me to no end.

[@marichalecount974]

Don't know if you have covered this previously, but the ending of The Sadness was incredibly bleak. It still affects me and it's been over a year since I watched it.

[@JMD501]

The movie was so over the top I had trouble being emotionally attached. Don't get me wrong I really liked the movie.

[@wildermidnight]

I'd say Cabin in the Woods and Jeepers Creepers are up there. Funny Games.

[@robbyroba]

Because JC was made by Victor Salva?

[@jamespope7669]

So what. He was a piece of 💩 the movie wasn't. Are people that dumb, that they can't separate them.

[@benmcfee]

_Kill List_ seems like the plot to _A Serbian Film_ minus the p0rn and the snøff films. The latter film had a very similar gut-wrenching twist, muted only by the intensity of all of the horrors that preceded it.

[@garycrowley1745]

Lucio's Fulci's The Beyond ending

[@hrodvithit]

There is one thing I have never understood in the Wickerman. The Wickerman is Wicker. Why didn't he just tear it apart? Kick his way out?

[@johnsampy9807]

I Would Add Midsommar Or Hereditary

[@doubtingthomas9117]

Absolutely. Those movies in particular, along with Sinister, were really disturbing how they ended.

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

All's I'm going to say is 2006's Salvage. To ruin the ending would rob you of the "joy" of discovering one of the greatest twist endings in all of fictional history. Let me simply say that if Happy Death Day had a downer ending (similar premise), it still couldn't hold a candle to Salvage and it's neck bending finish.

[@bayoumuddah]

Salvage is awesome and diabolical

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

@@bayoumuddah and I love it. Greatest twist in a horror movie maybe ever.

[@bayoumuddah]

I agree I watch it at least once a year@@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

I would include The Borderlands, The Beyond and Human Centipede.

[@PastorRapture]

The Collection 2 shows Arkin survived.

[@alanmacpherson3225]

Phew I was getting worried because I haven't seen The Descent on a list for a few weeks but here we are.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

I think that if David actually created the original xenomorphs in Alien: Covenant (which is questionable given the differences in appearance of the eggs, the infant form, and the fully grown xenomorph and the fact that the xenomorph’s likeness is seen in the carvings in Prometheus), then Ridley Scott retconned a giant plot hole into the series (aside from the space jockey guys being about a quarter the size of the guy in Alien and looking like humans despite wearing space suits with a trunk). They said the derelict in Alien had been there for something like 1,000 years, and Alien: Covenant takes place not long before the first movie.

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Ridley made some masterpieces for sure but man oh man he should have either left alien and it’s mythos alone or allowed someone else like Neill Blomkamp to make his vision. There was absolutely no need to go back and show anything about the jockey because as an audience it’s almost guaranteed that nothing they come up with will match whatever our imaginations have interpreted or made up about that thing. It should have been just a forever mystery in my opinion anyway. Your so right about all the ridiculous plot holes and retcons messing up much of the story.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

@@UnwrittenSpade the Alien series took on a life so far beyond Scott, and he seemed to almost aggressively try to retcon it away. The books and comics are fantastic.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

@@UnwrittenSpade I like Alien:Covenant as a movie, but I almost have to think about it as a separate canon (and one that is a mess even in the context of only his own film).

[@UnwrittenSpade]

@@Cwin-ny6bp I def get that approach and it’s not a bad idea! I’m not one of those online assholes that crap on people for what they like ya know haha. People can disagree, I def don’t enjoy it but you know what maybe I’ll go back and try it again now. Been a long time. Maybe I’ll watch with a more open mind like you just mentioned

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

@@UnwrittenSpade I feel like I’m a pretty harsh critic of Prometheus and Alien:Covenant for their total irreverence for not only Ridley Scott’s own original film but also for the wider universe that has taken a life that I feel goes beyond it’s creator. That having been said, I’m able to kinda separate it and enjoy them as movies in their own right. Frankly, the EU canon is a bit of an inconsistent free for all with various inconsistent versions and retcons, although they typically don’t significantly retcon the content of the first two films, which I think is the heresy Scott committed.

[@doclewis8927]

I actually wish "Smile" had ended slightly differently. I feel it would've worked better if he would've been too late with the house and her burning...then her corpse slowly smiling at whoever put her body in a bag (but not as crazy wide as some of the others) leaving the detective to have to save that person in the next film.

[@Thyinternet]

Guy in the thumb seems quite happy!

[@CindyBear55]

The score in the snuff films in Sinister freaked me the fuck out.

[@Eli_JK]

Me too

[@YouAreTheLivingEnd]

Who, who are the muppets that say Sinister is one of the scariest films of all time?! Get a grip, people.

[@augustonthefly]

The wickerman cracks me up. IT'S MADE OF STICKS! It's not a prison. Breaking out would be so easy. He doesn't even try. 😂

[@SynthRockViking]

Every time I come here, I find inspiration for which nightly horror movie I should watch

[@theogirrific]

Noooooo!!!!!!!! I wish I hadn’t seen your post. I’m so behind on movies and it looks pretty cool. I’ll still watch it…

[@olliesmith2890]

Oh God The Descent is back on here, now expect it in every list going forward.

[@Kiera_Spooky]

Not horror, not even a movie, but let me just say: Loki season 2 😭😭😭

[@isiaharellano3789]

How is that bleak? Seriously 😂

[@Kiera_Spooky]

@@isiaharellano3789 😑😑😑

[@Nixx0912]

Wicker man, when contrery to Scream disclosed rules to survival, having sex might have acctualy saved the protagonist.

[@PistolPete2141]

That's so true. But wasn't the protagonist Catholic?

[@melissasmith797]

I agree. The movie was great but the ending, wow. I had my husband watch it since he likes the lead actress, from Yellowstone, and when it was over he said, why did you make me watch that. The ending...so brutal.

[@pringlebatch]

Which movie was this?

[@melissasmith797]

Eden Lake

[@sinshenlong]

Looking forward to When Evil Lurks being added to this list

[@andruism7]

@3:17: Hey, Crab man!

[@cppblank]

Like a week ago they called Sinister terrible.

[@doclewis8927]

The American version of The Descent that I have has her hallucinating both her escape and her daughter...but not as "alternate" endings...just one. She dreams or hallucinates the escape then comes around and hallucinates her daughter. I've never understood why people say they end differently (the UK & American versions). I think the dvd version decided to just shove the two endings together. Did anyone else have this?

[@heavenlycute]

The opening of The Descent is just as bleak as the ending in my opinion 😶 It just left me numb for the rest of the movie.

[@Demand68]

I would say the ending of the 1988 Dutch classic Spoorloos (remade in the US as The Vanishing with Jeff Bridges) is high on my list of bleak endings.

[@kraigowaffles2110]

You saw the end to Would You Rather coming a mile away. You kinda knew what the brother was gonna end up doing about 5 minutes into the movie.

[@crenfick7750]

The ending to the original Stepford Wives was super bleak

[@thestockholmsunshineexperi6696]

which one is the thumbnail from

[@durhsy414]

Good video but really want to praise the narrator here for using the term “died by suicide” instead of the go-to & accusing “committed suicide”. Small things like that make a big difference

[@Fluffykeith]

I don’t get why people think David created the xenomorphs. I’ve always felt it was clear that the ones he made are a parallel strain, as much the result of the properties of the black goo as his experiments. They’re very similar to the ones we know from Alien etc, but there are notable differences. I think the base Xenomorph template is coded into the black goo and life that’s exposed to it will reach that general state eventually, one way or another.

[@darktuner]

Alien Covenant was absolutely horrendous from beginning to end.

[@Toledotourbillion]

Could I also add Oculus?

[@thegood9]

the more I watch Prometheus and Alien Covenant, the more appreciative I become of where that story was going and with Ridley's vision. I wish they could expand on the story either in prequel status, or link it up to Alien 1979...that universe was becoming very interesting.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Those movies were too nonsensical, though. Neither rooted in common sense nor scientific groundedness. Prometheus had its pitfalls but showed promise -- Convenant? That movie was an insult to intelligence.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@DorisDay-lw4xsNo, but they were more-so than Prometheus and waaay more grounded than Covenant.

[@ohwiseone7069]

Vivarium’s ending was so bleak, I doubt I’d ever watch it again…ever. The Empty Man ending was also 🤯

[@BeinGabriel-bf2zm]

You should check out The Screamer (2016).

[@NerdDemaisPraSerMaromba]

I would be rich if I received 1 quarter each time you guys put Kill List in a top 10 list. Great movie though.

[@TheCironni]

Still waiting for one of these lists to include "The Skeleton Key" - that upset me for a week

[@slothlife4788]

There are too many modern horror movies that have the protagonists win and then get abruptly killed.

[@sarahfuller5482]

Talk to me should have made this list. It should have been number 1

[@eyesofwater123]

Smile still irks me to this day

[@pattyheaston4235]

Yipes is right! "Cassavetes" pronounced THAT way?!😬😬 it's "Cass-uh-vet-tees" 🙄 4 syllables NOT 3

[@tonysmith4250]

Whatculture still hasn't seen when evil lurks

[@ReisKooima]

No way they called Ellison from Sinister "Oswald" 🤣

[@ombra711]

Dread. It stayed with me.

[@Ravenz91]

Phenomenal flick!

[@JZ-se3ur]

Kill List needs to be higher on this list

[@robertfeld5829]

I thought Speak no evil was part of the last collection of 10 bleak endings.

[@timanglen3569]

Carriers should be on the list

[@jakemartens5311]

I can’t wait for the next Prometheus

[@heyysimone]

Wait, people think Sinister is one of the most terrifying movies of all time?

[@geraldmartin7703]

The Dark (2005) Dark Water (2002, Japan)

[@jonathanpuggleworth8259]

Life should be on here

[@Evil_Colin_90]

Can you add House of the devil, Aniara & eden lake to the next list of bleakest endings

[@connerlamb1715]

Eden lake and martyrs are number one

[@SnakePliskin762]

Megan is missing is pretty horrific

[@jeremydomingo3505]

You missed out on Dead Silence and The Mist.

[@lhays117]

These were very bleak, but A Serbian Film still takes the cake for bleakest ending ever imo.

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

Antlers You can't win against the Wendigo. Strike me down, and another will take my place.

[@Insoma]

Happy!

[@kurokaze511]

Was that Crab-man?

[@funisteinstahlbad1]

What about the ending of: The Mist?

[@spacelawgeek6872]

Ejecta We need to talk about Ejecta.

[@deanfowles3707]

Body snatchers

[@elvisneedsboatsbennett2455]

The Mist should be on this list

[@benzmane7564]

Alien: Covenant did not receive a "largely positive critical response". It did not

[@andreacook7431]

The Wicker Man didn't seem like a horror movie to me. It was more like a Grimm's Fairytale. They gave the policeman a bunch of chances to go away and be fine, but he was so convinced of his moral superiority that he got himself killed.

[@juanpansuperchannel]

PART 2 of this!!

[@danielmiller3596]

His old flame 😜

[@trayvonking4542]

Ghost ship 👻🚢?

[@SnakePliskin762]

Eden Lake should be in there.

[@mattwillis9265]

For fucks sake Ricky! Those that know know.

[@yourstruly4817]

11: Rey burying Anakin's lightsaber in SAND

[@XenotHedgehog]

I think the Descent was the best film on this list. Sinister was also a pretty decent film. Shame the sequel was lackluster.

[@spooksmalloy]

Better than The Wicker Man and Rosemary's Baby? Lmao

[@Ravenz91]

I liked Sinister 2

[@Kyomoro2.0]

Istg this channel made me inspired to make a plot for a horror movie- /Pos

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

These are the best types of endings tho cause sometimes evil wins 😈

[@joshuaDstarks]

Haze

[@paulneuhausWriter]

The Mist.

[@jpronan8757]

Images is both psychological and bleak, better yet the actress who played the MC in Images was pregnant in real life so the director decided to include that in her character.

[@bobvillasenor586]

So let me get this straight, in the UK I guess Midsommar and Hereditary somehow DON'T exist, and even worse you put Sinister at #1? Why, the "monster" at the end is cosplaying Slipknot at the Black Parade? You can't be serious?