10 Incredible Endings To Otherwise Terrible Sci-Fi Movies

10. Phase IV

The first feature film from Saul Bass, the designer behind Hitchcock’s iconic opening title sequences, Phase IV is a trippy seventies sci-fi effort which doesn’t do an incredible job of selling its more than a little surreal premise. After some mysterious interstellar event, ant colonies begin acting strangely in the depths of the desert, drawing humans into conflict with their diminutive but now super-smart bugs armies.

What ensues is a sci-fi trip so laughably bizarre that it was featured on bad movie cult comedy series Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But then comes the unexpectedly stunning, strange ending wherein a 2001: A Space Odyssey trip into colourful sci-fi surrealism elevates the entire preceding film into enjoyably odd genre territory, rather than typically trashy creature feature tier.