10 Scariest Horror Movie Endings Of All Time
6. The Witch
There seems to be some divide on whether A24's slow burn, 17th century story of the clash between paranoia and the supernatural is an effective horror movie or not - but arguably, by slapping this bone-rattler of an ending on, there's no doubt that the permeating sense of unease and dread pays off in excellent fashion.
After watching young Thomasin continuously face off against her family as she's accused of being a witch, her black goat comes to life in the garden - and asks her if she wouldst like to deliciously. Oh good sir, she doth.
Thomasin takes his offer and walks into the woods, strips naked, and joins a cohort of other naked women as they float around a fire in celebration of their newfound freedom in the name of the devil.
It's beautifully shot, and comes entirely left field from the uncertainty of what we had witnessed previously - where the whole movie was a question of whether coincidence, hallucination, or real life phenomenon were at play, the ending damns it all by going fully balls out with its witchy bits. It's fantastic.