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liebesspiel

01-29-2006, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by The_Return
Amityville 2: The Possession

Someone care to explain how the hell the house was repaired by the time the Lutz family moves in? Whats that? You cant? Exactly.

Ill think of more...

Repaired? What do you mean repaired? The house didn't explode (the explotion in the exorcism scene meant something like "freedom", if you know what I mean... I think "purity" would be the appropiate word) or something like that. And not any damage was made to the house at all.

The_Return

01-29-2006, 02:00 PM

What are you talking about man? It can symbolise whatever the hell it wants to, but the house was still charred and partially destroyed. Continuity is far more important than symbolisim, IMO.

RavageRitual

01-29-2006, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by Skaboy
What about "Snuff"? A mediocre film at best but the ending was just tagged on to make an otherwise un-noteworthy film notorious.

I have Snuff, But havnt had the time to watch it yet, guess I have many other films that I feel are more worth my time.

liebesspiel

01-29-2006, 02:09 PM

Originally posted by The_Return
What are you talking about man? It can symbolise whatever the hell it wants to, but the house was still charred and partially destroyed. Continuity is far more important than symbolisim, IMO.

Oh my God! Doors and windows opening by themselves? Is that the damage you mean? Blood running through the floor? Pillars falling off the ceiling? Wow! Now, THAT'S hard to repair! Evil brushes? ¬¬

The_Return

01-29-2006, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by liebesspiel
Oh my God! Doors and windows opening by themselves? Is that the damage you mean? Blood running through the floor? Pillars falling off the ceiling? Wow! Now, THAT'S hard to repair! Evil brushes? ¬¬

Before you say anything else regarding this movie, Id recomend you actually see it.

alkytrio666

01-29-2006, 02:14 PM

Can't we all get along?

:(

liebesspiel

01-29-2006, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by The_Return
Before you say anything else regarding this movie, Id recomend you actually see it.

I own it actually. ¬¬ :mad:

The_Return

01-29-2006, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by alkytrio666
Can't we all get along?

:(

Nope, not likely;)

The_Return

01-29-2006, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by liebesspiel
I own it actually. ¬¬ :mad:

As do I. Lets both grab it off the trusty ol' shelf and watch the last few minutes, shall we? Perhaps Im the one with the wrong idea about the ending, but one of us is WAY off, I know that.

zwoti

01-29-2006, 02:33 PM

Originally posted by RavageRitual
I have Snuff, But havnt had the time to watch it yet, guess I have many other films that I feel are more worth my time.

no need to rush

The_Return

01-29-2006, 02:33 PM

Ok, I just watched most of the final exorcism, and I see what you mean. The pan through the house shoed no damage, despite the explosion. My apologies...still a crappy ending though, IMO.

liebesspiel

01-29-2006, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by The_Return
Ok, I just watched most of the final exorcism, and I see what you mean. The pan through the house shoed no damage, despite the explosion. My apologies...still a crappy ending though, IMO.

Thanks. I knew I was right, I really love this movie. Now, the question is... what does that explotion mean? I think it means Sonny's freedom, but I'm not sure.

RavageRitual

01-29-2006, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by zwoti
no need to rush

Wasnt Going To:D

Despare

01-29-2006, 08:19 PM

Blair Witch Project; disliked the whole thing but the ending REALLY sucked.

Land of the Dead; actually I really liked this movie but the whole letting the zombies go thing was BS. Didn't ruin the movie for me just made me roll my eyes and hope that guy dies in the sequel.

RavageRitual

01-29-2006, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by Despare
Blair Witch Project; disliked the whole thing but the ending REALLY sucked.

Land of the Dead; actually I really liked this movie but the whole letting the zombies go thing was BS. Didn't ruin the movie for me just made me roll my eyes and hope that guy dies in the sequel.

I agree with you on Land Of the Dead 100% the end was a let down.

But as for Blair Witch Project...I dont agree. I liked the movie and the ending. Just my opinion. What is shitty though is the sequal.

Despare

01-29-2006, 08:30 PM

I almost picked up the sequal to Blair Witch just to see if I'd like it but I backed off, sounds like a good choice. Anyway, The Truth About Demons had kind of a crappy ending as well.

RavageRitual

01-29-2006, 08:43 PM

Ive never seen that

The_Return

01-30-2006, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by Despare
Blair Witch Project; disliked the whole thing but the ending REALLY sucked.

:eek:

I couldnt disagree more! Most of the movie was pretty boring/repetitive, but the ending made the whole thing worthwhile for me.

May I ask how come you didnt care for the ending? I thought it was a great move by the filmmakers not to show the "witch", if they had the film wouldnt have had such a lasting impression on me. The whole sequence in the cabin + the events directly leading up to it where incredibly tense and scary. In fact when I first saw it, I was so terrified at the ending, I left the room and refused to wattch it for about 2-3 years. Upon the next viewing, it still terrified me, and after numerous viewings, it still holds it effect.

Posher778

01-30-2006, 05:32 PM

i actually enjoyed the village. not because it was scary or entertaining, because it wasnt. I thought it was original,a dnt eh ending, although really random, was unique, because, i've never seen a movie with an ending like that. I'd give it like a 2.5/5 though. the ending i HATED most was probably darkness. The reason is just because i went with some friends to see it and now there's this huge fight over whether they all died or not.

I no there have been worse endings, but that one just itched me the wrong way.

Tikkin

01-30-2006, 11:43 PM

"Grotesque" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095256/) has one of the worst endings I have ever seen. It turns out that the whole movie I just watched was a movie within a movie, with a werewolf and frankenstein fake projecting it for the audience.

Apart from the ending though, the movie was great.

bwind22

01-31-2006, 01:23 AM

I was actually semi-into The Ring until the ending, which I thought really, really sucked a lot. It dragged that whole movie in to the pits of shittiness.

Undead started cool (i liked the 1st half) but then seemed to switch genres mid film and went on to suck.

Land of the Dead's end was stupid, like a few people already noted.

I'm sure I'll think of more because there are a lot of them out there but these 3 sprang right to mind.

gnarly666

01-31-2006, 02:01 AM

in the new land of the dead movie the zombies attack and start eating every one but at the end of the movie the zombies just walk off for no reason

Viddy

01-31-2006, 02:54 AM

I Hated the ending of NEW NIGHTMARE!
It was so...blergh!

gorefreak

01-31-2006, 05:18 AM

I think it was "Zombie Island". Lame, long, winded story that dragged on, and the 'zombies' were just dressed up drug runners who killed people to keep their operations under wraps.

Angra

01-31-2006, 05:20 AM

The ending in the japanese "cursed" sucks pretty badly.

But the worst ending must be "The Birds II: Land's End".

PR3SSUR3

01-31-2006, 05:21 AM

Originally posted by Despare
Blair Witch Project; disliked the whole thing but the ending REALLY sucked

Try watching it stoned, man.

:D

urgeok

01-31-2006, 05:24 AM

i thought the ending of blair witch .. the VERY ending (in the basement) was one of the coolest endings i'd seen.

I'll admit that the running around in the house felt to me when i was watching it like 'this old house is cool .. lets run around in it - that should look pretty cool' and was the only thing that took me out of the experience of the movie..

but the actual ending in the celler ... i thought it was very effective..

PR3SSUR3

01-31-2006, 05:37 AM

It is this viewer's most favourite ending of all time, in any film ever.

If not as the finale of a thoroughly fantastic and original horror film, then as the most provocative, uncomfortable and challenging final scene ever conceived.

Even in scorn of the film and its ending, it succeeds - much to the chagrin of detractors.

urgeok

01-31-2006, 05:42 AM

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
uncomfortable

thats the key word right there...

AUSTIN316426808

01-31-2006, 06:00 AM

I guess I'll say the Village.

scaryminda15

01-31-2006, 06:30 AM

the village
bogeyman
are mine well for now.

TheOmen

02-01-2006, 06:51 AM

Wow, not one person has attacked my baby, April Fool's Day yet? Although I love the ending, I heard a lot of bitching about it on these very forums about a year ago.

noctuary

02-01-2006, 06:56 AM

I too enjoyed the ending of the Blair Witch Project. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that it made the movie.

As for endings I hated, The Ring 2 is the crowning example. I didn't really know what to expect prior to it, but I certainly didn't expect the insipid, trite and DULL garbage that was spewed out.

alkytrio666

02-01-2006, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
i thought the ending of blair witch .. the VERY ending (in the basement) was one of the coolest endings i'd seen.

I'll admit that the running around in the house felt to me when i was watching it like 'this old house is cool .. lets run around in it - that should look pretty cool' and was the only thing that took me out of the experience of the movie..

but the actual ending in the celler ... i thought it was very effective..

I liked it, too. It was so damn creepy.

knife_fight

02-01-2006, 05:48 PM

I liked April Fool's Day too.

what about the ending of the Haunting remake? Lily Taylor has been in some great movies, but that crap was about the worst thing ever.

Despare

02-01-2006, 05:59 PM

Wow a lot of you liked the BWP ending, to me it wasn't uncomfortable at all it was simply dissapointing. Maybe if that was the beginning of the movie but the end just left me dissatisfied. I didn't want to see the witch either I just thought that it was almost funny the way the movie ended. I guess I'm just weird though and it's better to be weird than normal.

You know what, I think I'll netflix this one and watch it again at home. Last time I saw it was in a small theatre in Maryland and I think I had a little to drink. I'm going to give this movie another shot, maybe I was wrong...

urgeok

02-01-2006, 07:04 PM

Originally posted by knife_fight
what about the ending of the Haunting remake? Lily Taylor has been in some great movies, but that crap was about the worst thing ever.

absolutely ... completely shit ending

crazy raplh

02-01-2006, 07:24 PM

I would say the the ending to the exorsism the begining sucked as well.

PR3SSUR3

02-02-2006, 07:05 AM

Wow a lot of you liked the BWP ending, to me it wasn't uncomfortable at all it was simply dissapointing. Maybe if that was the beginning of the movie but the end just left me dissatisfied. I didn't want to see the witch either I just thought that it was almost funny the way the movie ended. I guess I'm just weird though and it's better to be weird than normal

How would you have brought the movie to a close then, weirdo?

Despare

02-02-2006, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
How would you have brought the movie to a close then, weirdo?

Before production. :P

Like I said I'll watch it again but I would have rather seen something off the wall. It would have been cool if they just lost it and burned down the house and something came running out screaming but you couldn't make out what or who it was because it was engulfed in flames. Wouldn't have shown the witch at all but I didn't like the movie so the whole thing would've been different.

The Mothman

02-02-2006, 10:10 AM

Ending of Stink Of Flesh pretty much ruined the movie. Didnt like the ending of Ichi The Killer.

Best endings has got to be the ending of Zombie and of The Devils Rejects.

Slipknot 666

02-02-2006, 11:11 AM

Right first of all The villiage is not a horror.... ok? and RavageRitual
i fink It had a good ending, well any way lets get the point.
American werewolf in London thats a crap ending if u ask me.:p

noctuary

02-02-2006, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by The Mothman
Didnt like the ending of Ichi The Killer.
Why not? I'm not trying to call you out or anything, but I'm curious, as I thought it was a fantastic ending.

Posher778

02-02-2006, 12:57 PM

in american werewolf in london.... that's sort of the ONLY way to end it. at least one that wouldnt lead to a sequel or something, and i had no problem with it.

sabersword

02-02-2006, 04:04 PM

Oh man, the village, I walked in,paid my money,sat down to watch a horror flick and got......the village! To say I felt riped off would be to call a camel kind. It looked like a horror movie, It sounded like a horror movie,the advertisments made it out to be a horror movie, yet, it was not! I loved signs, grate film, frightning, but, the village, GAAAAAAAAAAA!

sabersword

02-02-2006, 04:06 PM

Oh, my bad, worse ending to a horror film. That was what we were talking about right? Got sidetracked. Nope, liked them all.

PR3SSUR3

02-03-2006, 04:43 AM

Like I said I'll watch it again but I would have rather seen something off the wall. It would have been cool if they just lost it and burned down the house and something came running out screaming but you couldn't make out what or who it was because it was engulfed in flames. Wouldn't have shown the witch at all but I didn't like the movie so the whole thing would've been different.

But there you have it: closure.

Why closure?

You might think a mysterious burning person/thing would still mess with people's heads later on, at night, when they're trying to forget about the film... but such a part-revelation wouldn't trouble anyone familiar with the endings of The Car and suchlike (i.e. the "witch" is either a person/creature or supernatural force, which we've kind of narrowed it down to already).

That is the manipulative skill involved in the ending (indeed the whole film) of The Blair Witch Project - the creators show you little, and tell you just as much, but the consideration that has been put into the execution of those final scenes leaves us gagging for answers and pondering over what the truth could possibly be... whether we like it or not.

Note must also be made of the extraordinary sound design here - do you hear those ominous "screams/screeches" as Heather is nervously moving downstairs? What are they? They don't sound like they are coming from her... This ambiguity increases the nagging uncertainty we are left with long after the end credits roll.

KF100

02-05-2006, 04:49 AM

I did'nt like the end to the new dawn of the dead because after the credits it showed how they all died and that kind of ruined it.

Despare

02-05-2006, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
But there you have it: closure.

Why closure?

You might think a mysterious burning person/thing would still mess with people's heads later on, at night, when they're trying to forget about the film... but such a part-revelation wouldn't trouble anyone familiar with the endings of The Car and suchlike (i.e. the "witch" is either a person/creature or supernatural force, which we've kind of narrowed it down to already).

That is the manipulative skill involved in the ending (indeed the whole film) of The Blair Witch Project - the creators show you little, and tell you just as much, but the consideration that has been put into the execution of those final scenes leaves us gagging for answers and pondering over what the truth could possibly be... whether we like it or not.

Note must also be made of the extraordinary sound design here - do you hear those ominous "screams/screeches" as Heather is nervously moving downstairs? What are they? They don't sound like they are coming from her... This ambiguity increases the nagging uncertainty we are left with long after the end credits roll.

I already said it'd be a different film all together and the film wasn't manipulative to me, it was boring. I sat in the theatre the whole time checking my watch and I'm sure a few heavy sighs were involved. I didn't like the movie and I didn't like the ending. It's my opinion, no need to argue with me about it because your little insights are all things I've heard before I'm sure. I know lots of people who like this film and that's great, I'm glad they enjoy it; I don't. (On another note the sound was very good and the marketing unparalleled.)

Can we include endings that we liked but were so sad we "hated" them? Grave of the Fireflies had an incredibly heart wrenching ending, it has to be one of the bleakest movies out there but I loved it.

Posher778

02-05-2006, 10:08 AM

but i liked the end of dawn of the dead... they ALL deserved it, except the nurse lady, i liked her.

santan'spawn666

02-05-2006, 10:18 AM

I hated the ending to Saw.

The Mothman

02-05-2006, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by noctuary
Why not? I'm not trying to call you out or anything, but I'm curious, as I thought it was a fantastic ending.
the final fight was lame, and kakihara died.

Despare

02-05-2006, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by The Mothman
the final fight was lame, and kakihara died.

I didn't hate it but man I was expecting a helluva fight and it didn't really pan out.

SKOOFx

02-06-2006, 06:29 AM

Originally posted by santan'spawn666
I hated the ending to Saw.

whaaaa?

I think the ending MADE the movie.

SKOOFx

02-06-2006, 06:30 AM

Haute Tension's Ending Ruined The Film!

Should have stopped 15 min before the actual ending.

PR3SSUR3

02-06-2006, 07:44 AM

I didn't like the movie and I didn't like the ending. It's my opinion, no need to argue with me about it because your little insights are all things I've heard before I'm sure

Another fabulous thing about this film, is the inability of any detractors to find any cinematic fault within it - such is the impeccable acting, unique photography, superbly paced gradual social breakdown and truly effective post-production sound engineering.

Turning to the improbabilities there might be in the script, there have been arguments about "what they should have/could have done"... but these are really grasping at straws since there can be no perfect portrayal of such a progressively unexplainable situation.

"I didn't like it/it was boring/it was shit" with little more in the way of consideration or rational insight is a testament to its power and importance in contemporary cinema.

People with A.D.D. don't like The Blair Witch Project.

"...this movie had nothing. Not a goddamn thing..."

http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/blair.html

Despare

02-06-2006, 07:50 AM

I didn't like the way Blair Witch was shot. I thought the Blair With Project had a horribly written story that was for the most part boring. I guess if you can suspend your belief and really take things as being "real" it would be enjoyable but the second some teenager says he kicked the map into the river well... that's when I get off. I hated the Blair Witch Project and so did other people including some reviewers. Some loved it, others didn't... I'm an other. I don't have ADD, hell I sat through the 10 hour miniseries Shogun and loved every hour of it. I just didn't like the Blair With Project and thought it was a poorly written film.

urgeok

02-06-2006, 05:03 PM

And now for something completely different :

Horrors BEST ending.

Sherri Moons' moon.

RavageRitual

02-06-2006, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by urgeok
And now for something completely different :

Horrors BEST ending.

Sherri Moons' moon.

I second that!

hollywoodgothiq

02-09-2006, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by SKOOFx
whaaaa?

I think the ending MADE the movie.

The ending of SAW was ridiculous: we're supposed to believe this guy's been lying there for hours -- not moving, not even breathing hard enough for the other two guys to notice? And then he just gets up and walks away without any muscle cramps.

It's a totally insult to the audience -- the filmmakers' way of saying "This is just a stupid movie and we can do whatever we want, whether it makes any sense or not."

Oh, and the ending of WOLF CREEK was weak.

Posher778

02-09-2006, 02:51 PM

he probably drugged himself. you arent thinking into this. if he could build clever devices like that headtrap thing, i'm sure he could figure something out.

InkMonster

02-09-2006, 02:56 PM

The happy, bullshit "live and let live(?)" ending in Land Of The Dead.

hollywoodgothiq

02-09-2006, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by Posher778
he probably drugged himself. you arent thinking into this. if he could build clever devices like that headtrap thing, i'm sure he could figure something out.

Building mechanical devices is no evidence of Houdini like phyiscal abilities.

And it's absolutely ridiculous to suggest that he drugged himself -- even if he could invent a miracle drug that would wear off at exactly the right time, how would he know when the exact right time would be?

Like I said, it's an idiotic "it's-only-a-movie" moment.

Despare

02-09-2006, 04:14 PM

I think with Saw it is somewhat of a movie only moment but who knows. He obviously didn't drug himself because he was controlling the electric shock from in the room right? But honestly, if you see a body covered in blood and you're trying desperatly to find your way out of a situation like that are you going to pay attention to what is "obviously" a corpse? They weren't looking at the body, they wouldn't notice his sickly shallow breathing. I don't know, it seems like most of the time their head would be on a swivel just looking for the way until of course they got discouraged and then looked down at the floor in depression, nobody wants to stare at a dead body much less pay close attention to it. Just some straws to grasp at but it was just a movie after all.

hollywoodgothiq

02-09-2006, 05:52 PM

You're right: it was just a movie. And I don't mind those movie-movie moments in a certain kind of film, where it's nodding and winking at the audience.

But SAW pretends to be, for most of its length, an intense horror experience. So going for the dumb-bell ending really bugged me.

And yes, the characters would notice that the "corpse" was breathing. They were locked in a situation where they would be closely examining every inch of their environment, looking for some means of escape. Didn't the two guys think the "body" had the keys to their chains?

Yellow Jacket

02-09-2006, 05:58 PM

Cabin Fever

What the hell happened here?! We get this intense, gory horror movie. *SPOILER* Then, we're left with Jeff (I think it was him) in the back of a police car (bloodied and all) with a cop who's friends just got a disease from Jeff. All of a sudden, we're taken to that stupid and meaningless mini-market where kids are selling lemonade with the disease-infested water as the main ingredient. And before you can say screw-over, the disease-invested water is transported all around town. It was pure bullshit!! :mad: