10 Scariest Final Shots In Horror Movie History

9. The Thing

John Carpenter's The Thing hasn't only gone down in history for being home to some of the best practical effects ever seen in the horror genre, but for raising an ever-raging question in its final scene: have either Childs or MacReady become The Thing?

As their camp burns down in the middle of Alaska, the two heroes share a swig from a bottle in the full knowledge that if one of them isn't who they say they are, then the other soon wouldn't be either. It probably doesn't matter in the long run though, as by the time the flames die down the two would almost certainly freeze to death, alien or not.

It's that uncertainty that makes the final shot of the burning camp so effective though, knowing the embers of the flames will eventually be extinguished and the two characters will be forced to face the harshness of the cold night next to someone who could theoretically eat their face off at a moment's notice.