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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

ending
 
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

worse ending
 
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

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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

Worst Horror Ending
 
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

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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

saw
 
I hated the ending to Saw.

The Mothman 02-05-2006 11:43 AM

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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

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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

Re: saw
 
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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

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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

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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

Re: Re: saw
 
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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

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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:

Zero 02-11-2006 10:05 AM

April Fool's Day

scouse mac 02-11-2006 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by Zero
April Fool's Day
Thats a good call, it was a pile of poo ending for a crap film.

Victoria_Graven 02-13-2006 05:14 AM

Aside from 'Land of the Dead' and 'April Fools Day', I hated...

House on Haunted Hill.

The really dumb remake was just that: dumb. Especially the part where the ghost of the guy who owned the house managed to manifest and free them. It completely ruined what was already a very poor movie.

crazy raplh 02-13-2006 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by urgeok
And now for something completely different :

Horrors BEST ending.

Sherri Moons' moon.



creepers:p

Posher778 02-13-2006 06:23 PM

why... i mean... the ending wasnt bad at all or anything... but its not the best...


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