15 More Horror Movie Endings That Get Worse The More You Think About It
Calvin won and Earth is screwed.
As Martin Freeman accurately says in the series finale to the mockumentary masterpiece The Office "If you turn the camera off... I'm still here, my life's not over... life just goes on."
The same thought can be applied to any film story. We're no longer viewing the lives of these characters but their lives will continue on nonetheless. It's not unusual to wonder what happened next once a film ends, yet it's not always a pleasant thing to contemplate - especially if it's a horror movie.
In this genre that explores the dark, the grotesque, the Other, a lot of really effed-up things happen in pretty much every horror flick. As such, a horror movie's characters are going to be dealing with the grim aftermath of these events for years to come.
These following fifteen flicks are great examples of this, for the more you contemplate their endings the worse you'll feel. After these stories ended, there'll have been PTSD, miscarriages of justice, countless deaths and in certain cases, the world as we know it probably ended soon after the cameras were turned off.
Kicking off with a recent horror masterwork...
15. Weapons - Catatonia
In Zach Cregger's fantastic horror-mystery Weapons, a town faces a confounding mystery. Every member of a particular elementary school class, bar one boy, ran off in the middle of the night and vanished. Where did they go? By the end of the movie, that question has been answered but the townsfolk certainly aren't any better off.
As it turns out, the witch Gladys (Amy Madigan) used mind control to get the children to run into her basement and stay there. She's also subjected several others to her dark magic, including the parents of young Alex (Cary Christopher), the only member of the class who hasn't disappeared. During the movie's unforgettable climax, Alex resourcefully used Gladys' magic against her and the possessed children kill her, but everyone she's possessed then goes into a state of catatonia - a cruel fate if there ever was one.
Sure, it's mentioned that some of the children eventually started to speak again but they'll still have lost years of their lives. Meanwhile, it's implied that several of Gladys' other victims never recovered, including Alex's parents, and that's not even mentioning the numerous people killed by Gladys actions. The bottom line is this: the people of this town will never be the same again.
Then again, on an emotional level, this was a truthful conclusion. Mass-casualty events such as these always leave psychological scars on those affected and those don't go away just because the cause of the tragedy is dead.