10 Horror Movies Which Refused To Give Fans What They Came For

10. A Decisive Winner - Freddy Vs. Jason

Prior to its release, 2003's Freddy vs. Jason was marketed as the historic, long-awaited cinematic showdown between two of the most iconic slasher movie villains of all time, with the implication being that one would decisively defeat the other.

But of course, anyone with any awareness of how movie studios work knew there wasn't much chance that New Line Cinema would let either Freddy or Jason unambiguously go down for the count.

And so, Freddy vs. Jason ends with Freddy (Robert Englund) being decapitated by human protagonist Lori (Monica Keena) while Jason (Ken Kirzinger) falls off the dock, both seemingly dead.

Yet the final scene takes place the next morning, with Jason emerging from the water, brandishing both his machete and Freddy's decapitated head, before Freddy then cheekily winks at the camera and laughs. The End.

While Jason was certainly in better shape when the end credits rolled, New Line quite predictably refused to give the concrete W to either character, ensuring the ending felt like an undeniable - if unsurprising - copout.