10 Scariest Horror Movie Endings Of All Time
9. The Descent
As has been repeated many times before, The Descent is one of the finest offerings British horror cinema has in its vaults, combining classic genre turns with tightly wound tension to some seriously blood curdling effect. And considering how much of the human tomato juice is spilt between the group of women on their caving adventure gone wrong, I mean that quite literally too.
The true ending of the movie - the extended full cut that wasn't clippered for American audiences - is particularly resonant when it comes to horror film finales, showing protagonist Sarah escape the deadly cave system riddled with monsters to feel sunlight on her face once more.
There's not time for a tan though, as after finding a car and driving away, she's faced with an apparition of her dead friend - only to wake up from her hallucination to find herself still trapped under the earth, with the pasty creatures of the caves closing in from every angle. Oh. Oh No.
It's bleak, it's messy, and it's hauntingly effective, depicting Sarah's mind snapping like an old banjo string as the last of her torchlight flickers around her.