these are the endings that still keep us
up at night welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 scariest movie endings
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re ranking the movie
endings that sent shivers down our spine
if you don’t see a movie you think
should be here be sure to check out our
first list on the subject we’ll be going
through the terrifying climaxes of all
these movies
so obviously spoiler warning number 10
Paranormal Activity
2007’s low-budget found-footage
phenomenon Paranormal Activity shows us
the slow and deliberate possession of
Katy by a demonic spirit as her
boyfriend Myka attempts to document
their new house is haunting okay we stay
at the film’s end the demon finally
takes full control of Katy luring Mika
out of bed after her usual hours of
creepy night looming the audience is
limited to the stationary camera view of
the dark hallway as we hear the horrific
screams of Mika downstairs before
after a tense period of silence Micah’s
body is flung from the darkness into the
camera as we see a blood-soaked Katie
number 9 buried hopefully you aren’t too
claustrophobic this Ryan Reynolds
vehicle is about an American truck
driver in Iraq who is kidnapped and
buried alive for ransom
Reynolds Paula is given a cell phone and
a few supplies and has to try to survive
until he can be rescued by the movie’s
end it seems as though rescue is on the
way for Paul only for it to be a
misdirection it’s white
he brought it white the film ends with
the rescue crew digging in the wrong
place as Paul’s damaged coffin fills up
with sand suffocating him it’s a dark
ending that we did not see coming I’m
sorry Paul I’m so sorry number eight
hereditary this horror hit may just be
an instant classic hereditary tells the
story of a mother of two and her family
in the aftermath of the death of her own
mother who may or may not have been but
definitely was a witch after the
shocking death of the family’s daughter
Charlie early on in the film things only
escalate from there culminating with the
possession of Annie and a pagan ritual
the film’s final minutes are hectic and
terrifying with Annie son Peter trying
to comprehend what is happening before
he dies and is possessed by the demon
before the film abruptly ends with him
being hailed as a demon king number 7
sleepaway camp yes I’ve always dreamed
little girl just like you
this 1984 slasher cult classic starts
off as a particularly creative summer
camp Massacre movie before its shocking
twist ending after a flashback seemingly
shows the death of Angela’s father and
brother in a boating accident she goes
to live with her aunt and is sent off to
summer camp with her cousin a few years
later at the film’s conclusion after a
series of gruesome murders Angela is yes
shown to be the killer not only that but
it’s revealed that she is an Angela at
all but is in fact her long thought to
be dead brother Peter who survived the
boat accident but was raised as a girl
by his aunt
[Music]
number six the Wickerman you came here
to find grow and mercy but it is we you
have found you know not the remake
starring Nicolas Cage we’re talking
about the original film here The Wicker
Man follows police officer Neal Howie
who was sent to a remote Scottish island
to try to locate a missing girl how it
becomes embroiled in the pagan religion
of the Islanders and how eat slowly
uncovers a plot to use the missing girl
as a human sacrifice
near the film’s climax this is revealed
to be a ruse and a true sacrifice is
Howie himself the horror cult classic
ends with sergeant Howie burning alive
in a giant Wickerman structure as the
Sun sets
[Music]
[Applause]
number five The Shining here’s Johnny
this 1980 classic based on the Stephen
King novel tells the story of the
Torrance family’s tenor as winter
caretakers of the remote Overlook Hotel
in Colorado tonight throughout the
winter former alcoholic Jack Torrance is
driven mad by ghosts of the hotel’s past
when Jack finally snaps and goes after
his wife Wendy and their son Danny all
hell breaks loose Jack chases Danny into
the snow labyrinth of the hotel’s giant
maze where his sena wits him and escapes
with his mother while Jack freezes to
death if that wasn’t enough the film
concludes with an eerie picture implying
jack has been adopted as one of the many
ghosts of the Overlook Hotel
this British horror flick terrified
audiences with its release in 2005 when
a group of friends growing apart decide
to schedule a spelunking trip together
they’re confronted with monstrous
after being picked off one by one and
even betrayed by one of their own the
last survivor Sara along with the
audience believe she has escaped the
cave this has quickly revealed to be
nothing more than a hallucination and
Sara is back alone in the cave with the
creatures moving in for the kill
it’s a dark ending that was changed for
its United States theatrical release
number three the omen this 70s classic
finds the Antichrist himself secretly
and unwittingly adopted by American
diplomat Robert thorn surely after the
death of his son in childbirth young
Damian is raised by the Ambassador and
his wife played by veteran actors
Gregory Peck and Lee Remick by the time
thorn comes to understand what the boy
is it’s too late after the death of his
wife and Confirmation that Damian is the
son of Satan
thorn tries to take Damian to a church
so he can kill him but is stopped by
police who see a man attempting to
murder a young boy thorn is killed and
Damian is able to continue his role as
number two Mulholland Drive
David Lynch is dense and
nightmare-inducing film has been called
one of the best films of the 2000s in
part due to its horrifying conclusion
once you hand that over to me – done
you sure you want this after spending
most of the movie in what many
interpreted as an extended dream
sequence Naomi Watts his Dian an actress
wigs after her failed Hollywood life
where she may have hired a hitman to
kill her lover for not the movies ending
sees Diane plagued by visions and voices
in her apartment before she commits
suicide though the film and its ending
may be abstract and open to much
interpretation there’s no doubt that
Lynch succeeds in still being able to
provoke terror in audiences before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
like Philip wouldn’t you be to speak to
me number one
carry the second Stephen King adaptation
on our list this oscar-nominated 1976
film tells the tale of psychic high
school student Carrie White who was
constantly subjected to intense bullying
and an abusive mother after being
elected prom queen only to be doused in
pig’s blood as a prank by a few students
Carrie launches a telekinetic attack on
all the students eventually burning the
school to the ground with everyone
locked inside she heads home only to be
attacked by her mother who she promptly
kills along with herself at the very end
of Carrie the only surviving student sue
has a terrifying nightmare of Carrie’s
hand grabbing at her from the grave do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
up at night welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 scariest movie endings
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re ranking the movie
endings that sent shivers down our spine
if you don’t see a movie you think
should be here be sure to check out our
first list on the subject we’ll be going
through the terrifying climaxes of all
these movies
so obviously spoiler warning number 10
Paranormal Activity
2007’s low-budget found-footage
phenomenon Paranormal Activity shows us
the slow and deliberate possession of
Katy by a demonic spirit as her
boyfriend Myka attempts to document
their new house is haunting okay we stay
at the film’s end the demon finally
takes full control of Katy luring Mika
out of bed after her usual hours of
creepy night looming the audience is
limited to the stationary camera view of
the dark hallway as we hear the horrific
screams of Mika downstairs before
after a tense period of silence Micah’s
body is flung from the darkness into the
camera as we see a blood-soaked Katie
number 9 buried hopefully you aren’t too
claustrophobic this Ryan Reynolds
vehicle is about an American truck
driver in Iraq who is kidnapped and
buried alive for ransom
Reynolds Paula is given a cell phone and
a few supplies and has to try to survive
until he can be rescued by the movie’s
end it seems as though rescue is on the
way for Paul only for it to be a
misdirection it’s white
he brought it white the film ends with
the rescue crew digging in the wrong
place as Paul’s damaged coffin fills up
with sand suffocating him it’s a dark
ending that we did not see coming I’m
sorry Paul I’m so sorry number eight
hereditary this horror hit may just be
an instant classic hereditary tells the
story of a mother of two and her family
in the aftermath of the death of her own
mother who may or may not have been but
definitely was a witch after the
shocking death of the family’s daughter
Charlie early on in the film things only
escalate from there culminating with the
possession of Annie and a pagan ritual
the film’s final minutes are hectic and
terrifying with Annie son Peter trying
to comprehend what is happening before
he dies and is possessed by the demon
before the film abruptly ends with him
being hailed as a demon king number 7
sleepaway camp yes I’ve always dreamed
little girl just like you
this 1984 slasher cult classic starts
off as a particularly creative summer
camp Massacre movie before its shocking
twist ending after a flashback seemingly
shows the death of Angela’s father and
brother in a boating accident she goes
to live with her aunt and is sent off to
summer camp with her cousin a few years
later at the film’s conclusion after a
series of gruesome murders Angela is yes
shown to be the killer not only that but
it’s revealed that she is an Angela at
all but is in fact her long thought to
be dead brother Peter who survived the
boat accident but was raised as a girl
by his aunt
[Music]
number six the Wickerman you came here
to find grow and mercy but it is we you
have found you know not the remake
starring Nicolas Cage we’re talking
about the original film here The Wicker
Man follows police officer Neal Howie
who was sent to a remote Scottish island
to try to locate a missing girl how it
becomes embroiled in the pagan religion
of the Islanders and how eat slowly
uncovers a plot to use the missing girl
as a human sacrifice
near the film’s climax this is revealed
to be a ruse and a true sacrifice is
Howie himself the horror cult classic
ends with sergeant Howie burning alive
in a giant Wickerman structure as the
Sun sets
[Music]
[Applause]
number five The Shining here’s Johnny
this 1980 classic based on the Stephen
King novel tells the story of the
Torrance family’s tenor as winter
caretakers of the remote Overlook Hotel
in Colorado tonight throughout the
winter former alcoholic Jack Torrance is
driven mad by ghosts of the hotel’s past
when Jack finally snaps and goes after
his wife Wendy and their son Danny all
hell breaks loose Jack chases Danny into
the snow labyrinth of the hotel’s giant
maze where his sena wits him and escapes
with his mother while Jack freezes to
death if that wasn’t enough the film
concludes with an eerie picture implying
jack has been adopted as one of the many
ghosts of the Overlook Hotel
this British horror flick terrified
audiences with its release in 2005 when
a group of friends growing apart decide
to schedule a spelunking trip together
they’re confronted with monstrous
after being picked off one by one and
even betrayed by one of their own the
last survivor Sara along with the
audience believe she has escaped the
cave this has quickly revealed to be
nothing more than a hallucination and
Sara is back alone in the cave with the
creatures moving in for the kill
it’s a dark ending that was changed for
its United States theatrical release
number three the omen this 70s classic
finds the Antichrist himself secretly
and unwittingly adopted by American
diplomat Robert thorn surely after the
death of his son in childbirth young
Damian is raised by the Ambassador and
his wife played by veteran actors
Gregory Peck and Lee Remick by the time
thorn comes to understand what the boy
is it’s too late after the death of his
wife and Confirmation that Damian is the
son of Satan
thorn tries to take Damian to a church
so he can kill him but is stopped by
police who see a man attempting to
murder a young boy thorn is killed and
Damian is able to continue his role as
number two Mulholland Drive
David Lynch is dense and
nightmare-inducing film has been called
one of the best films of the 2000s in
part due to its horrifying conclusion
once you hand that over to me – done
you sure you want this after spending
most of the movie in what many
interpreted as an extended dream
sequence Naomi Watts his Dian an actress
wigs after her failed Hollywood life
where she may have hired a hitman to
kill her lover for not the movies ending
sees Diane plagued by visions and voices
in her apartment before she commits
suicide though the film and its ending
may be abstract and open to much
interpretation there’s no doubt that
Lynch succeeds in still being able to
provoke terror in audiences before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
like Philip wouldn’t you be to speak to
me number one
carry the second Stephen King adaptation
on our list this oscar-nominated 1976
film tells the tale of psychic high
school student Carrie White who was
constantly subjected to intense bullying
and an abusive mother after being
elected prom queen only to be doused in
pig’s blood as a prank by a few students
Carrie launches a telekinetic attack on
all the students eventually burning the
school to the ground with everyone
locked inside she heads home only to be
attacked by her mother who she promptly
kills along with herself at the very end
of Carrie the only surviving student sue
has a terrifying nightmare of Carrie’s
hand grabbing at her from the grave do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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