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scenes for this list we're taking a look
at the most frightening final scenes
from horror films that scared the pants
off of us just before the credits rolled
and just to be clear the films mentioned
don't necessarily have to be great from
start to finish they just have to have
worthy spine-chilling endings oh and a
huge spoiler alert
number 10 Mulholland Drive David Lynch
movies have a tendency to send viewers
on a psychological journey and
Mulholland Drive is no exception at its
heart it's about a woman who suffers
from amnesia after a car crash and tries
to piece together her life simple right
but the journey she goes on is anything
but
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after an hour and a half of being
dragged through the emotional wringer
with flashbacks time shifts and
confusing dream sequences Naomi Watts
character finds herself tortured by
voices and hallucinations ultimately it
becomes too much for her and she shoots
herself in the head a fittingly chaotic
and shocking end to a surreal movie the
final moments pack a huge emotional
punch number nine the lighthouse the
most recent release on today's list the
lighthouse shows us that Robert Eggers
2015 masterpiece the witch was no fluke
this director is a seriously talented
storyteller read the synopsis and the
lighthouse may sound a little thin on
the ground it's about two lighthouse
keepers and the agony of the isolated
time they spend together
but the veiled meanings behind many of
the scenes and the way in which suspense
is built make the final scene all the
more satisfying climbing the winding
steps of the lighthouse Robert Pattinson
'he's character experiences some sort of
significant existential moment before
tumbling down into oblivion
of course there are many potential
interpretations but that final gruesome
shot alone deserves a tip of the hat
number eight invasion of the body
snatchers a classic case of the remake
being just as good if not better than
the original 1978 s invasion of the body
snatchers is a bonafide horror classic
something is missing feelings he's just
not the same person with a bunch of
alien pods duplicating human forms and
invading earth nobody is to be trusted
and throughout the entire movie
we are constantly analyzing a
character's body language to see if they
might be one of them
thankfully we can trust our protagonists
Matthew and Nancy or so it would seem as
the movie comes to a close
Nancy approaches Matthew only to be
greeted by the trademark point and
shriek of a pod turns out Matthew's
become one of them letting out a noise
that will live forever in the nightmare
bank
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number seven Videodrome one of the most
famous body horror movies of all time
from char master David Cronenberg
Videodrome lures you in with its
intriguing imagery and then subsequently
makes you feel sick the story follows
the CEO of a TV channel who becomes
obsessed with a mysterious and murderous
broadcast called Videodrome
Videodrome
he's something for you believe it it is
definitely not for public consumption
ultimately this force of evil can only
be defeated by quote leaving the old
flesh and so James Woods as max Renn is
forced to shoot himself in the head the
scene itself is pretty horrific so we
can't show it in its entirety here but
the cult-like sacrificial circumstances
are what make it so iconic ly creepy the
new flesh number six don't look now
we're not gonna pretend to completely
understand this movie it is a Nicolas
Roeg picture after all but there's no
denying that its climactic death and the
foreshadowing that leads to it will lead
even the most seasoned movie goer uneasy
searching for a sense of acceptance
after his daughter's death John Baxter
becomes haunted by strange imagery
around Venice running through the
winding streets his journey comes to an
abrupt end after he corners a figure he
believes as a child and a friend
it's not it's a dwarf with a meat
cleaver this hotly debated scene has
been called everything from genius to
stupid but one thing's for sure it is
scary memorable and unnerving ly
ambiguous number five
Friday the 13th this legendary slasher
flick made summer camps grade a
nightmare fuel taking the classic
formula of teenagers getting frisky with
each other one minute and then running
for their lives the next the movie
helped spawn a massive franchise
spearheaded by the hockey mask wearing
killer Jason Voorhees but in reality
Jason doesn't appear until the end of
the first film and this moment is all
the more impactful for it the scene sees
the movie's leading lady Alice
peacefully floating on Crystal Lake
before being pulled to the depths by the
corpse of Jason Voorhees in one of
cinema's most memorable jump scares
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seriously this movie straight-up ruined
lakes camping and the name Jason in one
fell swoop number four a Nightmare on
Elm Street huh yes a horror villain not
even your dreams can protect you from
the idea that a clawed psychopath could
haunt your dreams and kill you is a
pretty terrifying one but the notion
that said psycho can never really be
killed is what will really hot you in
your dreams similar to the affer
mentioned Friday the 13th a Nightmare on
Elm Street lulls us into a false sense
of security with a happy ending before
the tide shifts and were forced to lean
forward and pay attention for one final
scare million bucks they say it bottomed
out when you can't remember the night
before believing the horrifying Freddy
Krueger is gone Nancy waves goodbye to
her mom before her car now sporting
Freddy's iconic colors locks her in and
her mother is violently dragged through
the window Wow
number three hereditary as with other
occult based movies hereditary features
enough subtle symbols references and
secrets to make your head spin even
after multiple viewings
centering on a family who's targeted by
a hellish cult this Ari astra flick sees
death and mystery begin to surround them
the cults ultimate goal is to use the
sixteen year old Peter as a vessel for
their demon leader Peyman pretty heavy
stuff after a series of freakishly
strange deaths the cult eventually gets
their wish as peter ascends to the
treehouse and is greeted by headless
worshipping disciples he is crowned as
Peyman and the cult rejoices right
that's enough fun hereditary for now you
are Peyman one of the eight kings of
hell number two carry a movie about
loneliness adolescents religion and
friendship or lack thereof carry will be
relatable to many though its ending is
anything but sure maybe you've
fantasized about getting even with a
high school bully using newly developed
telekinetic powers but this gets real
ugly real fast
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after discovering her abilities the
bullied Kari unleashes hell on her
fellow students and ultimately burns
herself and her mother alive
following the chaos sue the only
survivor of carries high school
onslaught visits her decimated home only
to be visited once again by the teen
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don't worry it was only a dream by
today's standards it may be a
predictable jump scare but it still
remains one of the most satisfying
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question for you guys what's a scarier
way to finish a horror movie with like a
definitive ending or with an unknown
foreboding unsolved mystery our number
one falls into the latter camp so let's
see some honorable mentions and then
we'll find out what we've chosen as the
scariest horror movie ending scene
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notifications number one the Blair Witch
Project it's easy to turn your nose up
at it now what was movies like
Paranormal Activity being commonplace
these days but back in 1999 found
footage horror movies weren't really a
thing and the Blair Witch Project is
credited with popularizing the format at
the time of its release people didn't
know whether the film was a work of
fiction or genuine found footage and
that made the ending all the more
heart-stopping in true found-footage
fashion the conclusion isn't polished
far from it
close my eyes the students enter a house
while they're in the woods and are
swiftly picked off one by one by
something or someone all we get is shaky
footage and screaming we fear what we do
not know and that's why this takes the
top spot do you agree with our picks
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