Horror Movie Endings That Left Everyone Disappointed

When it comes to horror, a satisfying ending can be particularly challenging. Be it because of a cheap jump-scare, nonsensical finale, or even mediocre attempts at viral marketing, these horror flicks all left audiences feeling disappointed.

The Descent is an excellent horror film about a group of friends who get lost during a caving expedition. While the premise is relatively simple, the film stands out thanks to its claustrophobic and hopeless approach, mixed in with thoughtful character dynamics and exchanges. Additionally, as it goes on, the film turns into a suspenseful, action-packed experience when it becomes apparent that bloodthirsty cave crawlers are hunting the group.

While the characters, story, creepy atmosphere, and even lighting are all masterfully executed, the film suffers from a less than stellar conclusion, at least in the American release. You see, The Descent has two separate endings, with audiences in the U.K. seeing a whole different one, or at least, an extended one.

In the American cut, the main character, Sarah, seemingly escapes from the cave and drives off. She pulls over to vomit out the window, and as she leans back into her seat, there's a jump-scare involving Juno, one of the deceased women. This is where the version ends, but it isn't The Descent's true close.

In the U.K. cut, the jump scare wakes Sarah, who never actually escaped from the cave. As the cave crawlers presumably close in around her, she envisions a birthday scene with her deceased daughter. The film cuts to black, hinting at her death. Apparently, it was just too dark for American audiences.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening is a thriller about a group of survivors trying to make it through an apocalyptic disaster. However, like many of Shyamalan's films, it suffers from a strange twist that left viewers both confused and disappointed.

In Central Park, people begin to kill themselves en masse, causing a panic about a bio-terrorist attack. As the deaths spread across large swaths of the United States, Elliot Moore, a high school science teacher, travels with his wife and his best friend. Eventually, they figure out that the deaths are being caused by plants releasing a chemical into the air that targets humans.

Ultimately, though, the effects of the plants pass without killing everyone. At the end of the film, it is revealed that the plants only affected the northeastern United States and that another set of deaths has begun in Paris.

What makes The Happening less than stellar is the weird turn that the film takes after it is revealed that the plants are killing people. As it turns out, the plants randomly decide not to kill the protagonist. There isn't a specific reason why he is spared, which makes the story lack any real meaning or consequence. Keep watching the video to see all the horror movie endings that left everyone disappointed.

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The Descent (U.S. ending) | 0:15
The Happening | 1:22
The Devil Inside | 2:31
Sinister | 3:48
Unfriended | 4:41
Mama | 5:46
High Tension | 7:00
The Village | 7:54
Rings | 8:50

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