10 Horror Movie Endings No One Understands

10. The VVitch

So this is potentially a controversial one to start off on, as there are multiple potential readings of this scene and the tone of each interpretation differs wildly.

The Lighthouse helmer Robert Egger's feature debut, 2015 period horror The VVitch, follows the misfortunes of a frontier family who are exiled from a puritan community and left to live on a remote, desolate farm. They soon fall victim to a local witch, or possible ergot poisoning depending on your reading, and are offed one by one until only a lone teenage girl is left.

The enigmatic ending of this 2015 horror sees its heroine leave her destroyed family to live as a witch in the woods, prompting some to read the scene as triumphant escape from traditional life and a daring decision to "live deliciously".

However...

Given the fact that the film's grim tone doesn't fit with this optimistic reading, many critics view the scene as a hallucinatory suicide brought on by her isolated starvation after the deaths and disappearances of her family.

Sorry for anyone who found self empowerment in the first take. Maybe don't search for happy endings in horror?