10 So-Called Happy Endings That Absolutely Aren't

Eli Roth's The Green Inferno, which serves as a homage to cannibal horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust, is one of those horror movies that's arguably a bit too cruel for its own good. Though well-made and well-acted up to a point, it often feels overly sadistic, and the way it treats its ending as happy really leaves a bad taste behind. 

In the end, protagonist Justine (Lorenza Izzo) does manage to escape the murderous tribe of cannibals who kill almost all of the other eco-activists she was travelling with, but, instead of warning other people about how dangerous the tribe is, she lies and says they were peaceful and benevolent. What?! 

It seems she was doing this to protect the tribe from outsider aggressors... the same tribe who killed her companions and tried to mutilate her. Like, they weren't the good guys, you know! Thanks to her stupidity, someone else might've approached them and lost their life as a result. 

Furthermore, a post-credits scene reveals that lead activist Alejandro (Ariel Levy), who is by far the most loathsome of the main group, has survived and is now a member of the tribe. Roth brutally killed off all the other characters but deprived viewers of any catharsis by denying them the one death they actually wanted to see. 

Basically, this one is a downer sequel-bait ending in disguise. A follow-up was planned but never materialized. Oh well, The Green Inferno isn't particularly good anyhow.