10 Scariest Horror Movie Endings Of All Time

4. Friday The 13th

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In the same vein as A Nightmare On Elm Street's 'gotcha' moment of an ending, Friday the 13th is a horror classic that decides to go in for one last terrifying moment before sending you off gentle into that good night. After working through plenty of gnarly deaths until our final girl Alice can go, ahem, head to head with Pamela Voorhees, we watch as the murderous mother is decapitated, and Crystal Lake seemingly brought to peace with her death.

Exhausted, Alice decides to take a nap in a canoe that then drifts out over the water - as what's more relaxing than being out in the open on an isolated camp ground after killing someone where they stand? And just when Alice thinks everything is over, the rotting, pondweed covered corpse of Jason hops out from under the surface of the lake.

He pulls her down to a watery grave for one last scare before she then wakes up for real in hospital, so was thrown in just because we all really needed early onset heart problems and an ingrained fear of water from that point onwards.

Thanks, Jason, appreciate it.

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