10 Amazing Horror Movies With Soul Destroying Endings
3. The Gift
It's been five years and I can't stop thinking about The Gift.
It follows two men, the happily married Simon and an old school buddy of his, Gordo, who shows up to reconnect after decades of being estranged. Initially, Simon thinks Gordo is being an overbearing weirdo, as admittedly he does have a habit of showing up uninvited to the couple's house.
It turns out that Simon has more reasons to distrust Gordo though, and that's because he actually bullied Gordo while the pair were in school. And we're not talking swirlies and wedgies here: Simon convinced the school that Gordo had been molested, which only made the bullying even more relentless and cause his homophobic father to try and kill him.
Anyway, the ending sees Gordo execute his grand revenge plan. After disappearing off the face of the Earth for months while Simon got back to normal with his wife Robyn, now heavily-pregnant, he sends his former tormentor one final gift.
This is a video tape of Gordo approaching an unconscious Robyn, with the implication being that he could have sexually assaulted her around the time the baby was conceived. While Simon is busy watching this, Gordo also tells Robyn about Simon's past.
The lives of the pair are destroyed, and the audience and Simon are left wondering who the baby's father really is. Grim.