10 Strangest Film Endings That We Can't Believe Exist

2. The Wicker Man (2006)

Yes, the remake. Why? Because although the original still has a strange ending, it's awesome. The new one however...not so much. But it sure is jam packed with tons of awesome dialogue like, "Step away from the bike!", "Killing me won't bring back your God damned honey!" or "No, no, not the bees! Not the bees! Ah! They're in my eyes...my eyes!" and then some of Nic Cage punching a lady in the face, kicking another one in the chest, and clobbering a third whilst wearing a bear suit. It's difficult not to at least laugh your ass off throughout. In fact, when you look at it that way, it's quite possibly one of the best movies of all time. The ending works in the original because, you know, it's a good movie. And strange endings work in good movies. This is a prime case for a sucky movie being made even worse (or better depending on how you look at it) by a stupidly weird ending for the sake of what? Scary? Shock value? Just show me more of the bear punching the lady in the face. So the people have to sacrifice him to help grow their crops, simple enough. That ending has been done a lot in books, short stories, and television alone so it isn't entirely original. But it can be cool, it can ever be scary and exciting. Or in Nic Cage's case, it can just be strange as fuck.
 
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