10 Weirdly Feel-Good Horror Movies With Happy Endings

10. Housebound

The Movie: Young reprobate Kylie attempts to steal an ATM safe and earns herself an ankle monitor and an eight-month long house arrest charge at her childhood home with her mum Miriam and stepdad Graeme, the former of which believes her home is haunted.

Initially sceptical, Kylie experiences a few spooky goings-on herself all the while dealing with her paranormal enthusiast probation officer Amos and smarmy cynic of a psychologist Dennis.

After discovering her childhood home used to be a halfway house that a murder took place in years previously and that her weird neighbour’s adopted feral savant son Eugene was most likely responsible Kylie suspects he’s living in the walls of her house with an eye to killing her and her family.

So far, so ‘the killer is in the house’ trope.

The Happy Ending: Turns out that although Eugene is indeed living in the walls, he’s actually innocent and a really nice dude with a knack for electrics and drawing. The real killer is slimy Dennis who committed the murder whilst doing work experience at the halfway house and shows his true psycho colours by trying to strangle Miriam.

Luckily, the heroic Eugene and Kylie band together and gorily take Dennis out by blowing up his head by strategically stabbing him with an electrified roasting fork.

An epilogue set months later sees them living happily ever after with Kylie getting her ankle monitor removed and Eugene working as the house electrician. D’aww.