10 Most WTF Horror Movie Endings
6. Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar, the second feature film from Ari Aster following the terrifying familial drama Hereditary, sees a group of college students' trip to the Swedish countryside descend into terror when they find themselves at the hands of a cult.
Although the group of friends is initially greeted with friendly faces and day-long sunshine, it's not long until they realise the severity of their situation after witnessing human sacrifice and discovering that members of their group are starting to disappear.
At the centre of the ensuing horror is Dani (Florence Pugh) and her dysfunctional relationship with her emotionally distant boyfriend Christian (Jack Reyner). However, as she spends time with the cultists, she finally finds the sense of acceptance she was unable to get with Christian, with this personal journey coming to a satisfying head within the final scene.
The finale sees Dani given the choice of who to sacrifice in a grand ritual: a cultist volunteer, or a now-paralysed Christian stuffed into the corpse of a bear. She chooses her soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend, and the film closes on Dani's smiling face as she watches him go up in flames.
As cathartic as it is bizarre, Midsommar's shocking climax is one of the most memorable endings in recent years.