10 More Horror Movies With Seriously Messed Up Endings

10. No Escape

Thanks to the joys of social media and vlogging, more and more people are becoming 'famous' for their online personas and for pushing the envelope when it comes to fresh, unique content.

Written and directed by Will Wernick, last year's No Escape explored the concept of 'YouTube FaMOuZ' brilliantly by throwing the spotlight over Keegan Allen's Cole Turner.

An image-obsessed online celebrity with millions of followers, Cole's speciality is his Escape From Reality show. To mark the tenth anniversary of his channel, Cole take his girlfriend and friends to Russia to explore an escape room.

Being a horror film, the intense terrors of this escape room are actually real, with Moscow mobster Andrei overseeing proceedings. With Cole tied to a chair, he has to witness the torture and death of those closest to him by Andrei.

Once Cole finally manages to escape, he comes face to face with Andrei and beats him to death with his bare hands.

In an awkward moment, Cole's beau and pals resurface with the side-splitting reveal that all of the above was a prank done to celebrate Escape From Reality's ten years. The part not a hoax? Cole's brutal beating of Andrei - with No Escape ending with the grim realisation that Cole Turner has killed a man.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.

First Posted On: 16th Sep 2021

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