Sinister does not have an "illogical" ending. It is shown very clearly in the movie that the demon films the children attacking their family, and those who view the film activate the curse. The demon then haunts the family and takes control of a child, and makes them believe that if they move out everything will be over, while in fact that's exactly what it wants: the family to move out and spread the curse. He always waits until the family has moved out before killing them so that the new house hosts the cursed tapes. The big twist of the movie was that the father realized that he doomed his family by moving out. What was so good about sinister is that it's not a single house that is haunted, but multiple houses getting cursed the more the victims try to run away.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty obvious, too. It’s a logical ending but they almost ruined the movie by showing Bagul at the end because he looked like what he was-some dude wearing a costume. I love the movie, but I always stop it before that part lol.
Yeah, the fact he was drinking the spiked drink just as he got the call from the police officer was SOOOO freaking good! You get the "Oh shit!" moment the exact same time as the main character as he realise he has doomed his family, and the police officer was just moments too late to give him the necessary information he needed to connect the remaining puzzle pieces. The fact he did what any sane person would do, and actually try to run away from the obviously dangerous being, only for it to turn out to be the plan all along is honestly so cool! I remember thinking "Why doesn't the ghoul just kill them right now?!" a few times in the movie, but it is explained by the ending.
I think the "illogical" part is that a 7 year old girl could tie up and murder an entire family with an axe, unless the curse also gives her superhuman strength.
@@mxx720 Right lol?? I still like the movie but I pretty much stop at the tainted coffee part. I think it’s a good movie, but if they had stuck the landing, it could’ve been great.
Baguul also seduces/brainwashes the children into madness and murderous servitude through multiple subtle interactions. Pretty much screwed the second you unknowingly move into a cursed house. Didn't care for the sequel as much.
How exactly is the ending of Sinister "illogical and unbelievably silly" because the kid kills her family and the walls end up bloody? The entire plot of the film is that the kids murder their families in the most gory and gruesome ways possible. Dunno about you but I'm pretty sure murdering people with an axe isn't going to be the cleanest of activities.
Just about to reply the same thing! I went in expecting not to care about Dr. Sleep, and it was way better then expected. Actually I thought it had pretty good reviews if not a great box office.
Personally, I think it ruined the idea of mystery. You get to see the monsters, and the ending is changed. It also outright tells you where the monsters came from. Not saying it's a bad movie by any means, I would say it's pretty good, I just think the book was better.
I thought it was one of the dumbest endings of all time. I was good with the "first ending" -- in the car. As a fan of Jack Ketchum, I'm fine with bleak endings (and have written a few myself) I thought the "second ending" -- where the military showed up -- was silly, but I could deal with it. It should have been done more than 45 seconds after the first ending -- but... whatever. I thought the "third ending" -- with the mother and her kids -- was the stupidest ending of all time and ruined the movie for me -- a person who ADORES the novella, and though it was great until the ending mess. A great movie with a stupid "theater school" ending that I would have thought was good when I was 15.
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0:59 - Sinister 2:15 - Oculus 3:15 - The Midnight Meat Train 4:21 - Hereditary 5:30 - The Mist 6:35 - The Skeleton Key 7:45 - Night of the Living Dead 8:55 - Eli 10:02 - Fallen 11:10 - Funny Games
@@sharonmack8966 Yep. As soon as I see a movie is directed by Michael Haneke, I think “Pass”. I don’t care if he is a good director; nihilism is never entertaining to me.
Been a while since I saw it, but I’m pretty sure there’s a brief mention that the demon can hop into small animals, but it can’t live in them for more than a few hours.
"...see...? I told you this was the story about how I ALMOST died..." What an amazing flick. I also have never ever mangled the spelling of Apocalypse ever after. haha
At 10:09 he also turned down Neo in the matrix because he played in a similar movie with Russell Crowe years prior , and he felt at the time he couldn't do sci-fi or action lead roles Thou he was the Wachowski sisters second choice after Will Smith turned it down
The Skeleton Key was a good movie! I don't think it got the marketing it deserved, and didn't connect with critics, but that's not because it's bad. I thought the acting was good, there was a whole southern Gothic vibe going on, the story was compelling, and I truly didn't see the twist coming. It's not life-changing, but it's a solid spooky watch.
I introduced several people to Skeleton Key that were surprised how much they liked it. I rewatch it every Halloween season as part of my Sometimes the Bad Guys Win movie marathon.
Doctor Sleep was an awesome film in my opinion. The director had a near impossible task to try and stay loyal to fans of the motion picture while also keeping the author happy. The fact that he successfully walked that tightrope is astonishing.
There’s definitely a list writer for this channel with some… odd opinions on Horror movies. To call the ending to Sinister “silly” is one thing but to actually believe the sequel is better? That’s definitely an unpopular opinion. The movie has 14% on Rotten Tomatoes for goodness sake.
The writer also uses I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream as a parallel to the ending of Skeleton Key when there is nothing even remotely similar. Not sure how they get their writing assignments, or their jobs in general, at this point.
Tbh i’m literally searching through these comments just because i’m so surprised there aren’t many people calling out the list writer. Calling Sinister silly, downplaying the arguably valid criticism of the horror community that Funny Games presents, shitting on Skeleton Key, ignoring Romero’s own comments about race being irrelevant to NotLD? This list drove me crazy. The last comment about A Serbian Film was just the cherry on top and made me livid lol like, no, it’s not not taken seriously because it’s “bleak”, it’s not taken seriously because it’s literally just ped0philia and necr0philia thinly veiled as shock value horror. Sorry to rant, you’re just the first person i’ve seen in the comments actually bring up how weird this writer’s opinions are lol
a good portion of the writers for these videos are the kind of horror fans who unironically use the term "elevated horror" and only really enjoy ari astor films.
George A Romero is on record saying that he wasn’t trying to make a racial message in Night of the Living Dead, stating he was simply very impressed with Duane Jones and felt he best fit the role. He said that while he hadn’t intended it to be a commentary, he took that idea and ran with it in the sequel
And George A Romero faced a lot of critism bc of having him as the lead role in the film, and goes on record saying he doesn't see color. What an amazing man.
@@maxx115 All three of his first zombie films have a black male lead and white female lead Even land of the dead had a black male lead and white female lead they were just zombies I always loved that
THE SKELETON KEY was a kick ass movie. Most people did not see that twist coming at the end. You knew the pair were evil, but you didn't realize just what was totally happening until the absolute climax. It's one of the better horror movies filmed in my state in the last 20 years ( the other being THE MIST, which I've said a million times was filmed in my hometown and I got to be in,blah blah, etc. ). And the atmosphere of THE SKELETON KEY and Gena Rowlands performance was excellent. She pulled off a great southerner, for someone from NY.
Skeleton Key was among the first horror movies I ever watched, and it was the absolute first I had ever seen that had a truly bleak ending. It really stuck with me, child me was shocked that movies could have "bad" endings! It also had a few parts that were filmed near where I live, so it makes it extra special to me!
Not Ellie's opinion. It's Cathal Gunning's. Numerous times that Ellie does her videos, she makes it clear it's not her articles and says "the person that wrote this article".
6:47 hoodoo rituals, not Vodoun rituals, and it's rich to call "Skeleton key" forgettable. It's atmospheric, well acted, detailed and rewards you for paying attention - it has an awesomely written story.
Skeleton Key really stuck with me and is on my list of fave horror movies. I feel like the film really nailed that Louisiana feel, like Eve’s Bayou. And thank you for the Hoodoo distinction. Gotta respect other religions and their history.
I nearly puked when I realized who they really burned from that tree. (I just had a grandchild right around the time I saw it.) Absolutely epic flick, and the vibe...my Honeymoon was in NOLA, I have a special place in my heart.
Look, Skeleton Key is one of those films that is never scary because I'm not going to do what the idiot main character does. It's like The Descent: I'm never going to crawl around in stupidly, insanely dangerous caves systems, so nothing that happened was scary. Same with Skeleton Key: when Kate Hudson won't just leave in the face of dozens of red flags, it stopped being scary. I remember all of my family in a room watching the film like, "That girl is stupid. She deserves whatever is coming!"
Barbara, they're coming to get you Barbara. That's line always creeps me out because they're totally oblivious and it's still daylight while still very scary. And they draw that scene out until the dead get too close.
I just watched Midnight Meat Train for the first time last week...went on a binge of Clive Barker books, then started rounding up adaptations to see how they did.
Dude, I only watched it twice, but I still get scared just thinking about Midnight Meat Train... I've often been on the subway after midnight and the thought of those monsters is so disturbing.
I've always liked the ones where the last victim escapes and they get rescued, but the rescuer is actually one of the bad guys and takes them right back.
@@megatronjenkins2473 Scream is their favourite no doubt, even a clip of it is here, when no Scream movie is present. There are so many amazing horror movies they never include here.
That ending still disturbs me. I didn't realize how much until I watched Train to Busan and it dawned on me how I was hoping that the pregnant lady and the little girl didn't end up like Ben.
One thing that is never mentioned anywhere about the film is that the character Ben was never explicitly described in the script as a black guy. The end scene was also in the original script.
Yeah, that one stuck with me. Should replace Hereditary on....every list, actually. I loved lending Kill List out to people and not telling them a damn thing about it going in. Me: "what did you think of the ending?" Them: "what the FUCK, man!"
I’m obsessed with Kill List, but the first time I watched it, I absolutely hated it…because of the ending. Not sure I can think of a horror movie that gutted me as much as Kill List…Oculus pissed me off at first, too lol
Funny Games actually reminds me of the recent murders by Kusai Al-Jundi and Mohamed El-Aboud, where Kusai brutally killed an elderly woman then posted cringey TikTok videos of him giggling and dancing in her house saying it was his now. I am actually surprised we have not gotten a cringe TikTok murder thriller.
I think there is at least one that exists..I think. Maybe not TT specific, but Spree (2020) is pretty close in my opinion. That being said, I feel like we're getting eerily close to Funny Games being the meta with "prank" for clout channels gettting more rampant.
Pretty sure there was a scene early in Fallen where a cat on the street rubbed against one of the people Azazel possessed, plus the blink & miss it first cabin scene where the same cat from the end darts underneath into the basement.
This being a horror movie channel I'm surprised by the disrespect for Doctor Sleep. It's a very solid film and easily a formidable sequel to one of the best horror films of all time.
Flanagan did not "turned his attention" to the mirror. He made into a film one of his earlier shorts, also called oculus and portraying that same mirror.
I absolutely love Sinister, but thought Sinister 2 was borderline unwatchable. Risk you take having child actors carry most of the film and having them be incredibly annoying/not seasoned enough on screen.
Yeah, I don't know what's more daft...saying that the ending of the first was 'nonsensical and silly' or saying that 2 was 'better than the original' or even good.
@@KaminoNekoEllie’s terrible. She started out so great but recently all her reviews have been intentionally bad to induce angry comments (of which I’m clearly guilty this video).
Describing Ari Asters ‘There’s something about the Johnson’s’ as darkly comic, was a strange comment, she’s clearly not viewed it, I certainly never found the comedy element in dad rape
According to Romero, there was no intended race commentary in original Night of the LD. This gentleman was the best actor who auditioned. The ensuing social commentary was coincidental. Great movie, and easy to read this into it, tho.
I am missing the most disturbed horror ending of any horror movie out there: Dead Silence. Great film, very disturbing plot twist at the end of the movie that gives you chills all over😬
That one scared the bejesus out of me when I was younger, I definitely agree with you. Haven't watched it since then, but maybe I should with new eyes.
@@k9qtea Which ending did you get?-spoiler- I got the ending that the guy became the doll and his new stepmother was the ventrilliquist? If I spell that word right.
This is my guilty love film 😅 I love that movie creepy, simple, easy watch, effective. I usually hate movies like Dead Silence and lump them in with generic Blumhouse horror but I've rewatched it about 7 times and it's a fun, creepy ass horror movie. And yes the ending is kick ass. And that corpse puppet reveal... EW 😂
I LOVE WHATCULTURE SOOOOO MUCH! And I don’t feel worthy of correcting you guys but I’m sorry but I have to. And the 11:00 mark she said that we are never told the demon can possess the body of an animal. That’s incorrect. I’m 46 and have seen this movie a lot and recently showed my girlfriend who is 27 and had never even heard of the film. And I noticed (for the first time) that in the middle of the film there is a scene where the demon is watching Denzel from a window sill via what, you ask… yep… a cat. ❤️ Whatculture I’m not British but this is my wheelhouse! You should hire me 😂😉 keep up the amazing work though!!!!
Why do they wedge Hereditary into EVERY list? I feel like the writers of these lists need to broaden their viewing selection. The original Black Christmas had an absolutely chilling ending. There are many other films that would fit better on this list than half the ones that were chosen.
Do you even horror? Some of these takes are ludicrous and I'm only 2 movies in! if this is your own script, re-evaluate your ability to, y'know, watch movies. If it's someone else's, pass it along and refuse to read their work. Where's tilly? Edit: I'm sorry, did you just say "Better than the original; Sinister 2"? Imma a head out
I'm surprised Cabin In The Woods didn't make the list. I definitely wasn't expecting that ending, and to say it disturbed me is doing an injustice to the word "disturbed."
Can we just STOP talking about “The Mist”. It’s included in sooo many lists and there’s never any new information presented. It is a good movie, but it’s way too over discussed and at this point adding it to a list is a waste of time.
who ever wrote this knows very little about horror there was never a poltical message in Night of the Living dead and Ben was white in the scrip that whole race thing was added by the fans and not something George ever intended to be in the film
My all-time favorite horror movie So glad to see and hear multiple fellow fans of the film that haven't been brainwashed by this racial ridiculousness.
I'd say the ending of "Insidious" was pretty damn disturbing (or at least it is for the first few viewings.) Also, S7VEN and Fallen are AWESOME. I loved the ending of both, just... Soul shattering goodness ❤
Do NOT refer to Doctor Sleep as flop. That movie will be appreciated by future generations of cinema aficionados. Doctor Sleep as a film is a masterpiece.
Bens death in night of the living dead was nothing to do with race it was the case that neither side did anything to alert the other and the posses mentality of shoot first ask questions later that caused bens death
I don’t remember Ethan Hawkes character in Sinister being an alcoholic tho. The ending of Insidious was pretty great, too bad it was left off the list. Poor Elise…I would also add the ending of Brightburn to this list.
He wasn't an alcoholic, the snuffs were taking a massive toll on him. The increasing alcoholic consumption was a plot device to show that. I'd put down good money that she's never seen most of these flicks.
8:31 "It's no coincidence" It actually was a coincidence. He was casted purely for his talent, regardless of his appearance. The extra meaning was a complete accident.
your lists about the ending of "the mist" always neglect the extra gut punch of the military arriving and the camera focusing on the woman in the back of the truck with her 2 kids - the same woman who left the store early in the movie, against the advice of everyone else including the protagonist, because she was determined to try and rescue her kids. the whole story is basically about courage in the face of the unknown, and how if he had shown the same courage she did to actually try and survive instead of giving up, his son would still be alive.
There is absolutely no similarity between anything in Skeleton Key, much less the ending twist, and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. Literally nothing in common. Not even close. It's clear that whoever wrote this list only knows Harlan Ellison's work in name and has never read it. Furthermore, you have to be a complete chucklehead to even hint at Sinister 2 being better than the first. The sequel was absolute trash and that is a very commonly held opinion. I'm guessing the presenter doesn't know any better, because anyone with sense would throw this script back and say "Fix this because there is no way I'm putting out a video of me reading this shite".
Martyrs 2008 is the scariest movie ever with the most disturbing ending of any movie. Try to watch it if you can(it is in Frech but there are English dubs)
Can’t believe they missed an opportunity to jam the original ending of The Descent into yet another vid. Off topic, but how come nobody talks about how blatantly Jordan Peele ripped off The Skeleton Key with Get Out?
Why are we saying sinister 2 was better than the original? Sinister 2 was a paint by numbers movie and so underwhelming but she brings it up twice as better than the original. I can’t get on that train.
Sinister does not have an "illogical" ending. It is shown very clearly in the movie that the demon films the children attacking their family, and those who view the film activate the curse. The demon then haunts the family and takes control of a child, and makes them believe that if they move out everything will be over, while in fact that's exactly what it wants: the family to move out and spread the curse. He always waits until the family has moved out before killing them so that the new house hosts the cursed tapes. The big twist of the movie was that the father realized that he doomed his family by moving out. What was so good about sinister is that it's not a single house that is haunted, but multiple houses getting cursed the more the victims try to run away.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty obvious, too. It’s a logical ending but they almost ruined the movie by showing Bagul at the end because he looked like what he was-some dude wearing a costume. I love the movie, but I always stop it before that part lol.
Yeah, the fact he was drinking the spiked drink just as he got the call from the police officer was SOOOO freaking good!
You get the "Oh shit!" moment the exact same time as the main character as he realise he has doomed his family, and the police officer was just moments too late to give him the necessary information he needed to connect the remaining puzzle pieces.
The fact he did what any sane person would do, and actually try to run away from the obviously dangerous being, only for it to turn out to be the plan all along is honestly so cool! I remember thinking "Why doesn't the ghoul just kill them right now?!" a few times in the movie, but it is explained by the ending.
I think the "illogical" part is that a 7 year old girl could tie up and murder an entire family with an axe, unless the curse also gives her superhuman strength.
@@mxx720 Right lol?? I still like the movie but I pretty much stop at the tainted coffee part. I think it’s a good movie, but if they had stuck the landing, it could’ve been great.
Baguul also seduces/brainwashes the children into madness and murderous servitude through multiple subtle interactions.
Pretty much screwed the second you unknowingly move into a cursed house.
Didn't care for the sequel as much.
How exactly is the ending of Sinister "illogical and unbelievably silly" because the kid kills her family and the walls end up bloody? The entire plot of the film is that the kids murder their families in the most gory and gruesome ways possible. Dunno about you but I'm pretty sure murdering people with an axe isn't going to be the cleanest of activities.
Dr. Sleep did not deserve that ribbing. It was a box office flop, but a good film nonetheless.
Yeah yeah…
Also “flop” is a stupid term that usually indicates a bad film and Dr Sleep is not that
@@mightybitchy What is that, sarcasm.
No kidding. It was a solid movie.
Just about to reply the same thing! I went in expecting not to care about Dr. Sleep, and it was way better then expected. Actually I thought it had pretty good reviews if not a great box office.
The Mist was sooooo well done. No glitz. Minimal budget. Superb acting, directing, and storytelling. A gem.
Personally, I think it ruined the idea of mystery. You get to see the monsters, and the ending is changed. It also outright tells you where the monsters came from. Not saying it's a bad movie by any means, I would say it's pretty good, I just think the book was better.
I thought it was one of the dumbest endings of all time.
I was good with the "first ending" -- in the car. As a fan of Jack Ketchum, I'm fine with bleak endings (and have written a few myself)
I thought the "second ending" -- where the military showed up -- was silly, but I could deal with it. It should have been done more than 45 seconds after the first ending -- but... whatever.
I thought the "third ending" -- with the mother and her kids -- was the stupidest ending of all time and ruined the movie for me -- a person who ADORES the novella, and though it was great until the ending mess.
A great movie with a stupid "theater school" ending that I would have thought was good when I was 15.
0:59 - Sinister
2:15 - Oculus
3:15 - The Midnight Meat Train
4:21 - Hereditary
5:30 - The Mist
6:35 - The Skeleton Key
7:45 - Night of the Living Dead
8:55 - Eli
10:02 - Fallen
11:10 - Funny Games
Thank you. Saves me from having to watch the video.
They should of put jeepers creepers on there
Funny Games was truly disturbing
@@sharonmack8966 Yep. As soon as I see a movie is directed by Michael Haneke, I think “Pass”. I don’t care if he is a good director; nihilism is never entertaining to me.
@@fiofiofioletta1898does horror have to be entertaining?
"his love interest" on the Mist... clearly someone hasnt watched the movies they are talking about
You beat me to it, the protagonist is happily married and wants to get back to his wife.
RIGHT?
Actually, you do see Azazel body hop into a cat earlier in the movie. That's what makes the ending even better as it was foreshadowed.
Been a while since I saw it, but I’m pretty sure there’s a brief mention that the demon can hop into small animals, but it can’t live in them for more than a few hours.
"...see...? I told you this was the story about how I ALMOST died..." What an amazing flick.
I also have never ever mangled the spelling of Apocalypse ever after. haha
At 10:09 he also turned down Neo in the matrix because he played in a similar movie with Russell Crowe years prior , and he felt at the time he couldn't do sci-fi or action lead roles
Thou he was the Wachowski sisters second choice after Will Smith turned it down
The end of that movie was brilliant.
Ti-i-ime is on my side, yes it is...
WhatCulture loves putting The Mist and Hereditary in their videos.
They love them Soooo much!!
The Skeleton Key was a good movie! I don't think it got the marketing it deserved, and didn't connect with critics, but that's not because it's bad. I thought the acting was good, there was a whole southern Gothic vibe going on, the story was compelling, and I truly didn't see the twist coming. It's not life-changing, but it's a solid spooky watch.
I enjoyed it.
I love it! I've been trying to find it streaming somewhere for free for several years now, but it never makes the rotations...
It was kind of like Get Out.
As someone that knows the elders that practice Voodoo. Hearing them murmur incantations and stuff while watching that film was terrifying
I introduced several people to Skeleton Key that were surprised how much they liked it. I rewatch it every Halloween season as part of my Sometimes the Bad Guys Win movie marathon.
Doctor Sleep is a good film. Vastly underrated. Also in Fallen they DO show Azazel briefly possess a cat.
Doctor Sleep was an awesome film in my opinion. The director had a near impossible task to try and stay loyal to fans of the motion picture while also keeping the author happy.
The fact that he successfully walked that tightrope is astonishing.
There’s definitely a list writer for this channel with some… odd opinions on Horror movies. To call the ending to Sinister “silly” is one thing but to actually believe the sequel is better? That’s definitely an unpopular opinion. The movie has 14% on Rotten Tomatoes for goodness sake.
The writer also uses I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream as a parallel to the ending of Skeleton Key when there is nothing even remotely similar. Not sure how they get their writing assignments, or their jobs in general, at this point.
@@paulcarr5918I thought they just said the nightmare sequence was reminiscent of I have no mouth, not the ending.
Tbh i’m literally searching through these comments just because i’m so surprised there aren’t many people calling out the list writer. Calling Sinister silly, downplaying the arguably valid criticism of the horror community that Funny Games presents, shitting on Skeleton Key, ignoring Romero’s own comments about race being irrelevant to NotLD? This list drove me crazy. The last comment about A Serbian Film was just the cherry on top and made me livid lol like, no, it’s not not taken seriously because it’s “bleak”, it’s not taken seriously because it’s literally just ped0philia and necr0philia thinly veiled as shock value horror.
Sorry to rant, you’re just the first person i’ve seen in the comments actually bring up how weird this writer’s opinions are lol
@annarobbins213 i agree too if it makes you feel better.
This list felt so mean spirited and unfun.
a good portion of the writers for these videos are the kind of horror fans who unironically use the term "elevated horror" and only really enjoy ari astor films.
The Mist ending is brutal…
It's idiotic
@constantine7862 Why do you think so? Just curious.
@@constantine7862no it isn’t
The Mist must take the award for most included movie on these lists
@@constantine7862You’re so edgy and counter culture.
George A Romero is on record saying that he wasn’t trying to make a racial message in Night of the Living Dead, stating he was simply very impressed with Duane Jones and felt he best fit the role. He said that while he hadn’t intended it to be a commentary, he took that idea and ran with it in the sequel
And George A Romero faced a lot of critism bc of having him as the lead role in the film, and goes on record saying he doesn't see color. What an amazing man.
@@maxx115
All three of his first zombie films have a black male lead and white female lead
Even land of the dead had a black male lead and white female lead they were just zombies
I always loved that
@@CharlesChristinaWH absolutely. he's the pioneer of the zombie genre and an loving person. love to see it
@apsesna I have never heard of a color blind film director before, didn't know Romero was! That makes his films even more remarkable!
THE SKELETON KEY was a kick ass movie. Most people did not see that twist coming at the end. You knew the pair were evil, but you didn't realize just what was totally happening until the absolute climax. It's one of the better horror movies filmed in my state in the last 20 years ( the other being THE MIST, which I've said a million times was filmed in my hometown and I got to be in,blah blah, etc. ). And the atmosphere of THE SKELETON KEY and Gena Rowlands performance was excellent. She pulled off a great southerner, for someone from NY.
I thought I was the only one who liked it…
It th-cam.com/video/enRqzudDcuk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lCOZ1NnSgiO1ou1K was a great movie.
Skeleton Key was among the first horror movies I ever watched, and it was the absolute first I had ever seen that had a truly bleak ending. It really stuck with me, child me was shocked that movies could have "bad" endings! It also had a few parts that were filmed near where I live, so it makes it extra special to me!
Yeah, WhatCulture haven’t a clue
@@pateris You were~
Wait… did you say Doctor Sleep was “so-so”? You’re kidding, right?
Ikr. I like doctor sleep better then oculus
Flanagan is a fantastic writer. The monologues in Midnight Mass are absolutely beautiful.
Hell, the scene with Rosie the Hat flying through the air alone was cinematic perfection.
Not Ellie's opinion. It's Cathal Gunning's.
Numerous times that Ellie does her videos, she makes it clear it's not her articles and says "the person that wrote this article".
6:47 hoodoo rituals, not Vodoun rituals, and it's rich to call "Skeleton key" forgettable. It's atmospheric, well acted, detailed and rewards you for paying attention - it has an awesomely written story.
I feel like Skeleton Key never gets any credit. It scared the crap out of me as a teen and had an amazing twist.
Well she did also say Doctor Sleep is so-so, so…
Skeleton Key really stuck with me and is on my list of fave horror movies. I feel like the film really nailed that Louisiana feel, like Eve’s Bayou. And thank you for the Hoodoo distinction. Gotta respect other religions and their history.
I nearly puked when I realized who they really burned from that tree. (I just had a grandchild right around the time I saw it.)
Absolutely epic flick, and the vibe...my Honeymoon was in NOLA, I have a special place in my heart.
Look, Skeleton Key is one of those films that is never scary because I'm not going to do what the idiot main character does. It's like The Descent: I'm never going to crawl around in stupidly, insanely dangerous caves systems, so nothing that happened was scary.
Same with Skeleton Key: when Kate Hudson won't just leave in the face of dozens of red flags, it stopped being scary. I remember all of my family in a room watching the film like, "That girl is stupid. She deserves whatever is coming!"
Barbara, they're coming to get you Barbara.
That's line always creeps me out because they're totally oblivious and it's still daylight while still very scary. And they draw that scene out until the dead get too close.
If Speak No Evil isn’t on this list, then someone did it wrong. Most disturbing ending, and most painful to watch.
Doctor sleep was a “so-so flop” too, apparently.
Thought the same thing, amazed it isn’t on this list
Fallen is one that you might not fully appreciate until the last few frames. Good pick. Thanks for only 1 Astor pick this time around
I just watched Midnight Meat Train for the first time last week...went on a binge of Clive Barker books, then started rounding up adaptations to see how they did.
Candyman (1992) is the oddest adaptation of one of his books, and also deserves to be on one of these lists for it's ending.
Dude, I only watched it twice, but I still get scared just thinking about Midnight Meat Train... I've often been on the subway after midnight and the thought of those monsters is so disturbing.
That was not his love interest in The Mist
In the original story they do have sex, but yeah, the movie made it very clear he was all about his wife in their interpretation.
@@CorporalGrievous93 well I guess they must’ve mixed it the movie adaptation with the book idk
How did Eden Lake, and Martyrs not make this list?
Mentioned too many times already ?
I've always liked the ones where the last victim escapes and they get rescued, but the rescuer is actually one of the bad guys and takes them right back.
According to WotCulcha, there are only 50 horror movies & 6 of them are Hereditree.
And they keep flip-flopping their opinions.
@@megatronjenkins2473 Scream is their favourite no doubt, even a clip of it is here, when no Scream movie is present. There are so many amazing horror movies they never include here.
@@megatronjenkins2473well yeah...dozens of people work there & a half dozen write these...there's bound to be differing opinions.
Holy crap I love this comment.
5 of them are The Mist, and 7 of them are Midsommar
So I mean the director said Ben just happened to be Black in NotLD. It wasn't a social commentary, good lord.
So much THIS!
So glad Night of the Living Dead made the list. That ending absolutely haunts me.
That ending still disturbs me. I didn't realize how much until I watched Train to Busan and it dawned on me how I was hoping that the pregnant lady and the little girl didn't end up like Ben.
One thing that is never mentioned anywhere about the film is that the character Ben was never explicitly described in the script as a black guy. The end scene was also in the original script.
@@mikitz This^
Trying to make it about race when it was never meant to be.
I think Kill List should make the list…
For sure, that's a huge gut punch. moreso than Occulus
Yeah, that one stuck with me. Should replace Hereditary on....every list, actually.
I loved lending Kill List out to people and not telling them a damn thing about it going in. Me: "what did you think of the ending?" Them: "what the FUCK, man!"
I’m obsessed with Kill List, but the first time I watched it, I absolutely hated it…because of the ending. Not sure I can think of a horror movie that gutted me as much as Kill List…Oculus pissed me off at first, too lol
Was scrolling so long for this comment. Would’ve been #1 for me without a doubt.
If you do a sequel video, might I suggest Martyrs (2008) that ending is truly horrifying.
Great list, all fantastic films - looks much like my "rainy weekend" watch list!
Funny Games actually reminds me of the recent murders by Kusai Al-Jundi and Mohamed El-Aboud, where Kusai brutally killed an elderly woman then posted cringey TikTok videos of him giggling and dancing in her house saying it was his now. I am actually surprised we have not gotten a cringe TikTok murder thriller.
I think there is at least one that exists..I think. Maybe not TT specific, but Spree (2020) is pretty close in my opinion.
That being said, I feel like we're getting eerily close to Funny Games being the meta with "prank" for clout channels gettting more rampant.
Pretty sure there was a scene early in Fallen where a cat on the street rubbed against one of the people Azazel possessed, plus the blink & miss it first cabin scene where the same cat from the end darts underneath into the basement.
Yep. That scene is absolutely there. The cat thing did not come from nowhere. They really should fact check before they shit on something
Love Occulus, that ending never ceases to chill one's blood.
Every time I watch it I remember how much I love it, and the ending is so depressing.
This being a horror movie channel I'm surprised by the disrespect for Doctor Sleep. It's a very solid film and easily a formidable sequel to one of the best horror films of all time.
A Serbian Film? It does not get any worse than that
That isnt horror. That film is straight fucked and Im pretty sure it got banned in most countries so that cant ever be shown on youtube
Flanagan did not "turned his attention" to the mirror. He made into a film one of his earlier shorts, also called oculus and portraying that same mirror.
The Beyond where they all get sucked into hell through the painting and everyone is damned for eternity
I absolutely love Sinister, but thought Sinister 2 was borderline unwatchable. Risk you take having child actors carry most of the film and having them be incredibly annoying/not seasoned enough on screen.
The only watchable parts were the snuff films. Everything else was awful
Yeah, I don't know what's more daft...saying that the ending of the first was 'nonsensical and silly' or saying that 2 was 'better than the original' or even good.
@@KaminoNekoEllie’s terrible. She started out so great but recently all her reviews have been intentionally bad to induce angry comments (of which I’m clearly guilty this video).
I couldn’t even finish it.
Most indeedy !
Wow, you crack hard on these movies, all of which I love. Ellie, wtf horror movies do you actually like?
Describing Ari Asters ‘There’s something about the Johnson’s’ as darkly comic, was a strange comment, she’s clearly not viewed it, I certainly never found the comedy element in dad rape
Thank you. What’s darkly COMIC in “The Strange About The Johnsons”(2011)? 😬
Whoa whoa whoa...There will be no bad mouthing Dr Sleep while I'm around. That's a great movie!
Oh look The Mist and Funny Games are on a What Culture list yet again .I'm surprised The Decent isn't on here as well.
Don't forget Scream too.
I seriously thought you would at least give Goodnight Mommy (2014) an honorable mention.
Fallen is one of my favorite movies of all time, wholly underrated, love the inclusion.
Watched it again recently & it still holds up well for being 25 years old
According to Romero, there was no intended race commentary in original Night of the LD. This gentleman was the best actor who auditioned. The ensuing social commentary was coincidental. Great movie, and easy to read this into it, tho.
This channels host have tested positive for severe white guilt. It's quite disgusting.
Fallen is such a great movie. The fact that Azazel says “remember I said this was about the time I almost died”. Such a good line.
I am missing the most disturbed horror ending of any horror movie out there: Dead Silence. Great film, very disturbing plot twist at the end of the movie that gives you chills all over😬
That one scared the bejesus out of me when I was younger, I definitely agree with you. Haven't watched it since then, but maybe I should with new eyes.
@@k9qtea It is the only movie so far I also have trouble with re-watching😅
@DJWezzyK apparently there's an alternate ending that people like more than the theatrical one.
@@k9qtea Which ending did you get?-spoiler- I got the ending that the guy became the doll and his new stepmother was the ventrilliquist? If I spell that word right.
This is my guilty love film 😅 I love that movie creepy, simple, easy watch, effective. I usually hate movies like Dead Silence and lump them in with generic Blumhouse horror but I've rewatched it about 7 times and it's a fun, creepy ass horror movie. And yes the ending is kick ass. And that corpse puppet reveal... EW 😂
I LOVE WHATCULTURE SOOOOO MUCH! And I don’t feel worthy of correcting you guys but I’m sorry but I have to. And the 11:00 mark she said that we are never told the demon can possess the body of an animal. That’s incorrect. I’m 46 and have seen this movie a lot and recently showed my girlfriend who is 27 and had never even heard of the film. And I noticed (for the first time) that in the middle of the film there is a scene where the demon is watching Denzel from a window sill via what, you ask… yep… a cat. ❤️ Whatculture I’m not British but this is my wheelhouse! You should hire me 😂😉 keep up the amazing work though!!!!
In Hereditary, Paimon already entered Peter after he got up from falling through the window.
This is the first place I’ve ever heard sinister 2 being referred to as “better than the original”
Dr sleep was a BOMBASS MOVIE!!! And Skeleton Key SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME!
It terrified me as well
Why do they wedge Hereditary into EVERY list? I feel like the writers of these lists need to broaden their viewing selection. The original Black Christmas had an absolutely chilling ending. There are many other films that would fit better on this list than half the ones that were chosen.
How is Fallen’s ending unpredictable? The scene where the demon hops from person to person on the sidewalk started with a cat!
Do you even horror? Some of these takes are ludicrous and I'm only 2 movies in! if this is your own script, re-evaluate your ability to, y'know, watch movies. If it's someone else's, pass it along and refuse to read their work. Where's tilly?
Edit: I'm sorry, did you just say "Better than the original; Sinister 2"? Imma a head out
I'm surprised Cabin In The Woods didn't make the list. I definitely wasn't expecting that ending, and to say it disturbed me is doing an injustice to the word "disturbed."
honestly surprised that "Eden Lake" wasn't included here....
Nah, Eden Lake has been on a hundred list's before.
I actually prefer when a horror movie has a “bad” ending rather than a happy ending, it seems more realistic Yknow?
I watched Eli thinking it was the book of Eli, my friend was very confused when I was telling her about it.
Can we just STOP talking about “The Mist”. It’s included in sooo many lists and there’s never any new information presented. It is a good movie, but it’s way too over discussed and at this point adding it to a list is a waste of time.
“Not a lot to recommend about the Skeleton Key” - it’s a great film
Yes the end of the movie Life was quite disturbing as well as the end of the Cloverfield Paradox.
Whenever the inevitable "10 more" list is done, add "Speak No Evil".
Also: Martyrs
Inside
The Ring
Buried
The Babadook
Ms. 45
Return of the Living Dead
I would love a sequel for The Skeleton Key.
Oh shit. An ongoing series of movies with new actors rotating
A continuing story of the souls, not the faces
@@PapaBPoppin Yes.
Get Out was the sequel to it
@@jackchop1576 HAHAHA!!!
who ever wrote this knows very little about horror there was never a poltical message in Night of the Living dead and Ben was white in the scrip that whole race thing was added by the fans and not something George ever intended to be in the film
My all-time favorite horror movie
So glad to see and hear multiple fellow fans of the film that haven't been brainwashed by this racial ridiculousness.
White guilt is a helluva drug.
I'd say the ending of "Insidious" was pretty damn disturbing (or at least it is for the first few viewings.) Also, S7VEN and Fallen are AWESOME. I loved the ending of both, just... Soul shattering goodness ❤
Do NOT refer to Doctor Sleep as flop. That movie will be appreciated by future generations of cinema aficionados. Doctor Sleep as a film is a masterpiece.
from around the same time as night of the living dead - i always thought rosemary's baby had a very disturbing ending
This a fantastic list great job as always 👏
The final line in this video -- the line about A Serbian Film -- was genius. Nice going.
Finally!!! A list they managed to squeeze _Hereditary_ onto!
Fallen was surprisingly good. I remember catching it on a saturday afternoon as a kid by accident. Was pretty gripping the whole way thru!
What drugs are you taking to claim that Sinister 2 was better than the original? It is just bearly watchable where as the first is outstanding.
Bens death in night of the living dead was nothing to do with race it was the case that neither side did anything to alert the other and the posses mentality of shoot first ask questions later that caused bens death
Thank you! Glad I'm not the only one tired of this ridiculous theory.
@@istillfunction8691 im fed up hearing about racism was the reason ben was treated the way he was at the end
I don’t remember Ethan Hawkes character in Sinister being an alcoholic tho. The ending of Insidious was pretty great, too bad it was left off the list. Poor Elise…I would also add the ending of Brightburn to this list.
He wasn't an alcoholic, the snuffs were taking a massive toll on him. The increasing alcoholic consumption was a plot device to show that. I'd put down good money that she's never seen most of these flicks.
Eden Lake had a very nasty ending as well.
"I told you this was the story about how I ALMOST died." Loved Fallen!
Dr Sleep was woefully unappreciated. Shame on you for perpetuating it’s dismissal.
Comparing funny games to a serbian film is WILD
You do you sis but thats delusional lmao
Alien : Covenant is another crazy ending. It deserves mention
You hit the topic on the head right from the beginning. Sticking the landing for horror IS tough.
You lost me the second you said that Sinister 2 was better than the original. The sequel doesn't exist in my mind, the original was excellent.
Sinister 2 sucks and doesn’t come close to Sinister in story atmosphere or it’s ending.
8:31 "It's no coincidence" It actually was a coincidence. He was casted purely for his talent, regardless of his appearance. The extra meaning was a complete accident.
Would You Rather should have gotten an honorary mention. The ending was very depressing.
your lists about the ending of "the mist" always neglect the extra gut punch of the military arriving and the camera focusing on the woman in the back of the truck with her 2 kids - the same woman who left the store early in the movie, against the advice of everyone else including the protagonist, because she was determined to try and rescue her kids. the whole story is basically about courage in the face of the unknown, and how if he had shown the same courage she did to actually try and survive instead of giving up, his son would still be alive.
There is absolutely no similarity between anything in Skeleton Key, much less the ending twist, and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. Literally nothing in common. Not even close. It's clear that whoever wrote this list only knows Harlan Ellison's work in name and has never read it. Furthermore, you have to be a complete chucklehead to even hint at Sinister 2 being better than the first. The sequel was absolute trash and that is a very commonly held opinion. I'm guessing the presenter doesn't know any better, because anyone with sense would throw this script back and say "Fix this because there is no way I'm putting out a video of me reading this shite".
I thought they just said the nightmare sequence in Skeleton Key was reminiscent of I have no mouth, not the ending or plot...
Dr. Sleep is far from "so so", it's a great flick!
Martyrs 2008 is the scariest movie ever with the most disturbing ending of any movie. Try to watch it if you can(it is in Frech but there are English dubs)
The instant they said “Praise the sequel’s ending” when talking about Sinister, I knew this wouldn’t work, the sequel is so garbage
Can’t believe they missed an opportunity to jam the original ending of The Descent into yet another vid.
Off topic, but how come nobody talks about how blatantly Jordan Peele ripped off The Skeleton Key with Get Out?
Because Get Out was very well done and Skeleton Key is a snore fest
How is it a blatant rip-off? It’s not even remotely the same
Sinister 2 doesn't even compete with part 1, what are on about Ellie?😂
I watched Funny Games with the wife. Not a good ‘date night’ movie.
I loved Skeleton Key. I went in completely blind and was utterly mind fvcked ❤
I won't allow doctor sleep slander
The mist should just waited man hate that ending after going through all that 💩 in the store.
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I loved Dr Sleep. It was very true to the novel.
Dr Sleep is so-so? Sinister II is better than the first? Is this video set in opposite land?
Can you pick different movies for your videos? Less known movies maybe
For Fallen, the audience was shown that Azazel could in fact body hop into animals. It clearly shows you this earlier in the movie.
Why are we saying sinister 2 was better than the original? Sinister 2 was a paint by numbers movie and so underwhelming but she brings it up twice as better than the original. I can’t get on that train.