Oh come on...."The Mist" should be on there. When asked if he was angry that they changed the ending of his story, Stephen King replied that the only thing he was angry about was that he didn't write it that way. If you can shake someone like Stephen King with an ending, you know it should be on that list.
@@alicevon-schott7872 I’ll agree every time I watch it that crazy religious lady gets more and more annoying, and she got way more screen time than she needed, but that ending increases it’s rating by so much, the music fits so perfectly, it’s just so messed up. Gives me chills every time I see it
This is a great list. I will never forget how I felt after the ending of Eden Lake. I never thought a movie could purposefully leave you feeling angered without losing its value...
Would you rather - after everything the main character goes through to save her brother, including getting shocked, almost drowning, watching others die and murdering another, she comes home to find her sick brother dead.
What's even worse is that the other guy who was with her at the end (I think he was a doctor???) could have lived too if she had just walked away. Of course she didn't know about her brother but it would have been better if she did. I'm glad you mentioned it though really is a great movie
The distance she always has between her and her daughter even in the last scene is so sad. Jessie's death isn't something she couldn't get over.. It was something she didn't want to get over. I think that trip was a subconscious suicide mission for her. She wants to be dead and be with Jessie again.
I personally think The Girl Next Door has one of the saddest ending. After everything Meg went through, David finally manages to put an end to her torment but she dies any. What's worse is its inspired on a true story
If it's any consolation, they actually made the movie NICER than the real events. In reality, there was no David. There was nobody who helped her and nobody with an ounce of a conscience. Her only supporter was her sister who could do nothing to help her for fear of being tortured too. Even some of the torture she endured irl wasn't involved in the film like the various objects they would insert in her you-know-what. When you actually have to go out of your way to make a movie less traumatising than the reality, that's how you know the real events were fucked up. I actually cried at the end of the movie once I researched it. I remember reading that the sister checked the obituaries religiously, waiting to see the name of Gertrude (the Aunt). When she finally saw her name come up, she clipped it and mailed it to her mum with the message "Some good news. Damn old Gertrude died. Ha ha ha! I am happy about that". Plus, the house where she was tortured is now a car park for a church. They wanted to turn it into a women's shelter or something like that based on the various charities made in Sylvia's (Meg) name but they didn't have enough funds so instead it's a car park. For some reason, that feels like an extra punch to the gut. ALSO, Gertrude (the Aunt) only served three years in prison of what was meant to be life imprisonment and got to live another 5 years essentially free before she passed away. Hope there's something worse than Hell that waited for that bitch :)
I Saw the Devil is without a doubt one of the best films ever made and will forever be in my top five. The plot, the acting and that gut-wrenching ending are just perfect. I Saw the Devil, The Wailing and Memoirs of a Murder are the paramount of Korean cinema.
Loved the Wailing and I Saw The Devil did not like Memories of Murder. Didn’t like that they didn’t catch the murder. The Wailikg is my favorite Asian movie of all time though
@DanniKris I know, right?! Me, too. More than that, it made me ANGRY. It seemed to be meant as social commentary, saying how some parents are willing to do anything and everything to cover up for their kids' bad behavior. (10/8/2021)
I seriously still get mad at eden lakes ending because it was so damn unfair I remember being so damn mad I walked out before the credits started rolling
I know. Poor lady got beat to death in a bath tub, thats a very slow and painful way to go. I hated when they also set that little boy on fire. His death scream shook me to my core.
@Luc Germain -Same, I'll never forget how the ending of Eden Lake affected me when I saw it, & it's still the most gutwrenching ending I've personally ever seen in a horror movie. That poor girls screams as they murder her off screen in the bathroom still haunt me & i've never been able to rewatch that movie since.
the movie left me such a bad taste afterward I had to put on cartoons or some silly shit before bed to get my mind off of it cause I watched it close to bed time.
I will never forget when I first watched Eden Lake, to this day I still sit and think about it. I have never felt so angry at a movie ending, it was a whole other feeling with that movie.
That ending should have been an alternate ending. The real ending should have been one of the kids turned on the crazy lead boy, called the police they turned up just as she about to get locked in the bathroom. It could have been like the ending to lord of the flies (remake) where the naval Office is like “What are you guys doing?”
@@elsahyrule6711 Yeah...but how often does life actually work that way? It's not like on Criminal Minds where they swoop in just in time to save the victim 10 seconds before they were about to die. Life ain't like that.
I seen this movie when it came out and I still think about it from time to time. Just brutal and im pretty sure its on a short list of movies I wish I hadn't watched.
It was shown that it wasn't all for nothing in the ending when the Lead Cultist woman kills herself after finally getting her answer about what was waiting on the other side. Obviously, whatever was waiting she wanted to get there quickly so in the end, the lead girl who's suffered all this time will also go there too. Whatever is there is obviously exactly what the cultist woman hoped for which is likely something good.
@@MihaelLawliet01 Interesting, I interpreted it as pretty ambiguous. I saw it as the leader seeing the torture as a necessary means to reach an end: the truth. The moment she learns the truth she either kills herself to achieve post-life or takes her own life because all she believed was a lie or that continuing the torture will lead to a complete opposite way. But it could also be that I'm just really bad at reading situations and assumed an open ending on something that seems kinda obvious with a different perspective.
So... how come the original "Night of the Living Dead" didn't make the cut? Hell, that is the ORIGINAL soul crushing ending! And hats off to George Romero for turning down Columbia Pictures offer to distribute the film if he re-shot a more upbeat climax...!
Agreed. Very soul crushing and Romero using a black actor as main prptagonist/hero totally made it more soul crushing for the late 60s time period. Devastating ending. 😩
Yep. I was a horror fan years before I saw Night of the Living Dead the first time but I had never witnessed such a bleak ending. Just stared at the screen with my mouth open and couldn't believe it can end like that.
Oh God yes. After watching poor Ben fight so hard throughout the film and becoming so invested in him only to have my heart torn from my chest and ruthlessly stomped on.
Teenage boys attack with the intent to kill a couple, the woman kills one of them, and the parents then try to killer her out of revenge but also cover up their evil kids, now that is just depressing.
I feel sorry for the two boys who tried to go against the herd. She killed one because she was scared, I mean, I don't blame her. The other they killed by setting him on fire. The ones that were left were evil little b*****ds, unfortunately for the woman they would never have believed her even with the proof which the kid deleted off of his phone.
that movie was soul crushing not because of the ending imo, its because its only a matter of time before we see something like that in the news. that was a hard watch for me. great movie but wow
The Vanishing ending has haunted me since I was a small boy. Woke up late one night on the sofa just in time for one of the scariest scenes in film history. Plus I had the flue. Being ill and scared at the same time is not a good combination.
I did not expect Eden lake to be on here but I’m soo glad it made the top spot. Also Woolfs creek has to be there the guy literally gets tortured and when he is finally free ends up being labelled a crazy person with the killer being free to continue.
I knew a guy years ago who was an Aussie. His uncle had a big farm. We were supposed to help with the harvest. We were gonna fly out. Suddenly his uncle stopped sending letters. A few months went by. He called his cousin to check on them. He drove two days to see them, and they were gone. Door open, crops overgrown, livestock wandering around. No trace, no evidence. 6 people, gone.
The most hits to top of my list for this category. The Fly kinda drops off this list for me, it’s quite clear early on what is going to happen to him. With the Mist there is a convincing level of hope, then to hopelessness, then the gut punch of tragedy.
Oh yeah, I kind of saw it coming though. I mean, I didn't think there would be a happy ending. I thought she was gonna have a car accident or something, and nobody would know that her brother could now afford the opperation.
Absolutely. It's absolutely the last thing I saw coming. I assumed everything would be OK for the girl and her brother, but that she would be scarred for life at what she'd seen and done at the mansion.
I Saw The Devil is a brilliant film,blurring the lines between who’s good and who’s worse. It is extremely violent. It makes the Saw franchise seem like children’s films it’s not torture porn though it’s got a true depth and meaning whilst breaking teeth with hammers
Saw itself is not torture porn and has way more depth than 99% of other horror/thriller sagas. If you focus on just one aspect, you miss out on the other...
@Jason Young you said it was Gods work🧐 I’m an atheist but know my New Testament well. On the sermon on the mount Christ vehemently disagrees with you. Is your view now higher than the supposed son of God? Every time you say an eye for eye meaning attack the the attacker you’re misquoting Christ thus blaspheming. I couldn’t give a damn as there’s no God or Devil Here’s what Christ said on the sermon on the mount You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him and offer your other cheek .And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. - Jesus Christ
Nice list! But for me..."The Mist" has the most heart breaking ending scene I've ever seen; because... it's totally unexpected! "Eden Lake" was a derailed rollercoaster of tragedies and hopelesness; like a slow cooking pot of unfortunated events. So that ending.., was just the cherry on top.
the mist is awful and has an awful ending, they all decide to kill themselves for no reason, they seem to have this belief that whatever will kill them is much worse but most of the other deaths were instant so I'm not sure where they got that from, then to top it off the not only does he not shoot himself the mist suddenly clears for no reason whatsoever to reveal tanks he couldn't hear somehow despite being seconds away after he gets out of the car, absolutely stupid.
This is the first time in any horror list that Eden Lake has been on it let alone been given the appreciation it deserves for that ending. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days, especially since it's not an outlandish outcome for this day and age.
I always come to this channel when I'm looking for a list of horror flicks to watch. Thanks for compiling all the hundreds of films you have, it's seriously quite epic.
I saw Dagon for the first time on late night cable TV YEARS ago and think it is one of the most underrated movies out there. The atmosphere it creates while you watch it actually made me feel scared! Not many movies can do that! It's great! A must see for any horror fan!
The Mist, Eden Lake, Kill List, Funny Games (original). I know it's not a horror film but it sort of is if you look at it in Taylor's eyes: Planet of the Apes (1968).
The Rental was a really great movie. I'll never forget it. It was so uncomfortable and stressful the whole time, I love movies about people being watched without their knowledge.
@Vanagandirwhat you see as "peaceful", I see as "catatonic" and "in shock"... I believe the madame committed suicide because Anna did NOT "achieve martyrdom," and the madame was realized that all of their torture was for nothing... seems a long way from Peace, if you ask me!
@Vanagandir while I saw it a totally different way, the way you saw it makes sense too! I really like movies that are kind of ambiguous and open to interpretation, and this one definitely fits that description!
He's been a gifted actor since day one. It takes a really good film and script to bring it out of him though. Not the cheesy action stuff but the gritty ones. Killing of a sacred deer, The Lobster, A Winters Tale. All really great films he was amazing in
The Lodge is another one with a fugged up ending. Oculus and The Mist as well even though those are featured in like 30 lists on this channel and hundreds of others.
Tristan Singleton-Finally watched The Lodge a few months back, great movie but seriously messed up. I'd heard The Lodge was supposed to be really disturbing but I was not prepared for how bleak & soul crushing the movie turned out to be, especially that ending.
and the thing about the lodge is that it's just slowly crushing your soul, like you're going insane alongside the main character. it was really unnerving. definitely something i couldn't watch alone and had to call someone over to finish it 🤣
@@cheeseca7529 -Exactly, plus when it comes to that ending you hear about horrific cases like that happening all the time in real life so you can't just brush it off as something that could only happen in the movies which makes it even more disturbing.
The Wicker Man, The Witch, and Rosemary's Baby all gave me chills like no movies before -- and while it's ending was at least positive, The Children of the Corn gave me haunted chills also
That film ruined me. I have never seen any other film in my life that traumatized me as much as the seasoning house 😂 I wish more people talked about it!
horrific movie, it disturbed me greatly and multiple times anyone who's tred to watch it with me had to leave within the first 10 minutes since it was so depressing
@@malikhermawan8239 Basically, the main character is a deaf mute girl who is sold to a “brothel” that trades in kidnapped girls. Military men frequent the brothel to r*pe girls who are handcuffed to beds and dosed with heroin. The main character, Angel, has a birthmark on her face, so she is recruited to work at the brothel instead of being one of the trafficked girls. The movie is about her time at the brothel and how she survives.
My favorite thing about Dagon was that Spanish actress that played the lead villain! With the painted skin and the costume, she was creepy beautiful, and those huge buggy eyes made her frightening! :) India Eisley on Curse of Sleeping Beauty bears a strong resemblance to this character as well!
See, these are the movies I love though. I hate trying to explain it with people but they just stick with you so much longer afterwards than a typical "everyone wins"/happy ending. Killing Ground (great Australian film, we do a lot of defeated endings), Kill List, Oldboy, The Mist, Funny Games, The Lodge, ect.
I absolutely LOVE movies, especially horror, with sad endings. The Mist's ending is SO good. Eden Lake's probably the one that stick to me the most in recent years. That feeling of hopelessness and existential horror that comes from the final confrontation is just amazing.
Totally agree with Eden lake, but I saw it many times!! The ones that smashed my cold heart and never want to see again: 1-The wicker man (1973) 2- Canoa (1976) 3- Rojo amanecer (1989) 2 and 3 based on true events.
@Margo Turney. No it didn’t, neither version was hopeless. The theatrical ending was about Mike realising his errors and not complying to the rooms tricks, so Mike ended up sacrificing himself rather than giving in the rooms tricks, that is a hopeful ending. The directors ending was Mike being saved after he realises the error of his ways, so that’s also a hopeful ending. If 1408 had a hopeless ending it would’ve ended with Mike giving in to the room and hanging himself.
@@nu-metalfan2654 Almost all of Stephen King's movies are different from the books. Most notably Trucks and Maximum Overdrive. You should read the story. It's really good. He is my favorite author, and his short story books are fantastic. I love his work.
We Need to Talk About Kevin. The ending to that movie is so depressing and sad, especially since it is very realistic and there’s so many cases I can think of now that remind me of it, the biggest one I will say below (but I am warning SPOILERS AHEAD just in case someone doesn’t want to know) The case that is similar to this movie is Paris Bennett. He brutally murdered his 4 year old little sister when he was 13 out of spite for his mother. There’s a 911 call he made explaining that he stabbed her for a bizarre reason (I think he said demons told him to) and then he is bawling his eyes out and performing CPR while on the phone with the 911 operator but it turns out that he was never doing CPR. He was just walking around pretending to do it and was fake crying as well. He will be eligible for parole in 2027. His mother still talks to him sometimes but she has said that she is terrified of him whenever he gets released and how she isn’t sure if she should tell him where she lives. So this movie I mentioned has similarities in this case but it also has a lot more stuff as well. In this movie, Kevin not only kills his little sister, but also his dad and his classmates at school. He did this to hurt his mother. Here’s a link to an interview with Paris m.th-cam.com/video/_ptbnHDrkKs/w-d-xo.html
The Mist and It are great endings, as you mentioned, but forgot Cabin in the Woods. The final moment of the flick is giant gods awakening to kill everyone on Earth.
If you are the parents of a troubled teen, I recommend inviting some of his friends over on a Saturday night, getting a keg of beer and a few pizzas and all watch EDEN LAKE. Maybe afterwards, show them your gun collection.
I've seen A LOT of horror movies, but nothing was as gut-wrenching as The Mist...to know if you just held out a bit longer, you wouldn"t be the last survivor...it reminded me so much of Lord of the Flies!!
I've seen others in this section list The Mist, Martyrs, and Drag Me to Hell and I feel all three belong on the list. Two that I haven't seen listed but should be are the original Wicker Man and A Serbian Film. The Wicker Man's ending is truly haunting. The juxtaposition of the pagans cheerily singing their harvest song while Sgt. Howie sings the 23rd Psalm, then prays, and finally starts screaming as he starts to burn is one of the most disturbing endings to any movie I've ever watched. When I first watched A Serbian Film, I thought the ending was the most depressing I'd ever seen. Then I saw the 2nd version with the scene added on just before the credits roll and realized they managed to find a way to make the ending even worse.
@@germanus2 The first cut ended after hearing three gunshots while the house was on screen, insinuating the main character killed his wife and son and then himself to save them all from the memories of what they had just endured. The picture goes black, then the credits roll. The second version is the same, but then after about 30 sec of credits, we go back into the main character's bedroom where we see that their deaths were filmed by the same people who put them through hell, presumably as the ending for the snuf-porno they were making.
I feel like one of the most horrific endings is on the movie Found. That movie is seriously effed up in every way. To this day I can't get the images out of my head.
Just watched ‘the Mist’ with my younger sister (11) and it was hilarious to watch her face as the tanks started to role out of the mist at the end. Told her the moral of the story was to always be patient.
I watched Eden Lake many tears ago. I can still feel the horrid atmosphere they expertly created for this movie. I absolutely hated it, but can well appreciate the work that went into it.
Definitely think the orginal Martyrs, Requiem For A Dream, Tusk & a Korean horror Dream Home are THE MOST Damn terrifying heartbreaking films I've seen. They STILL haunt me to this day
There are a lot of movies that could be on this list. I'm going to just throw out a few here: Rosemary's Baby, Jeepers Creepers, The Orphanage, Dr Sleep, The Descent, The Skeleton Key, Dawn of the Dead(remake)
Solid list here. There are plenty of movies that could also accompany them, but I'll throw out Martyrs and The Lodge. Martyrs in particular I was pretty disturbed by for a good bit afterwards.
Last Shift is one of the most underrated horror flicks I can think of right off hand. I couldn't believe how many times I jumped or had that freezy feeling in my chest watching that movie.
"I saw the devil perhaps the most difficult movie to watch on this list" Dude, you just mentioned a disturbing sequence from Inside! Nothing can compares to it.
I don't recall watching this, but TH-cam says I have. In any case, I recognized the picture that's the "thumbnail" for this video. I'd recognize that scene or any scene from that movie anywhere. I love Inside. It still remains my stock answer for the "what horror movie has scared you the most?" question. I'm pretty hardened to horror movies, and what is scary is subjective, but Inside and especially the ending, will never not eff my shit up no matter how many times I watch it. Martyrs and Green Room also continue to mess with me, but not like Inside does.
The Decent had a pretty good one. After she is shown escaping from the cave system she wakes up to find it was a dream and is still stuck down there. Although they did make a second one where she had escaped and had to go back but that writing seemed like an afterthought. The first one didn't really leave an opening for a sequel.
Eden Lake... the DVD is on my shelf for many years now but I have yet to watch it. Let’s say, I was intrigued by the premise when I bought it.. but subsequently repulsed by what I was informed about the sadistic ending, I kinda let it stay on the self until now. I have been hearing this title on so many lists I practically feel that I have seen the movie already. I probably will watch it one day, but I probably won’t. The same goes for I Saw the Devil. As much as I am concerned, OLD BOY is the furthest boundary I can go. Anything more than that will be pushing too far.
As heavy as I Saw The Devil is, I highly recommend watching it at least once. Not only is it excellently written, but the fight scenes are brilliantly choreographed and play out in a simultaneously visceral and awesome fashion.
Oh come on...."The Mist" should be on there. When asked if he was angry that they changed the ending of his story, Stephen King replied that the only thing he was angry about was that he didn't write it that way. If you can shake someone like Stephen King with an ending, you know it should be on that list.
Agreed!💯
The mist sucked.
@@alicevon-schott7872 I’ll agree every time I watch it that crazy religious lady gets more and more annoying, and she got way more screen time than she needed, but that ending increases it’s rating by so much, the music fits so perfectly, it’s just so messed up. Gives me chills every time I see it
Martyrs.
Literally everyone has watched the mists. Im trying to watch TH-cam videos about horror and they all have THE MISTS yall are so annoying
This is a great list. I will never forget how I felt after the ending of Eden Lake. I never thought a movie could purposefully leave you feeling angered without losing its value...
what was that movie where the man was running and yeeted the baby to save himself?
It's based on a true story the original is them (ILS) french.
@@patriousthefallenknight3185 Feast 2 I think. At least he tried to be a hero lol. Everybody else was just gonna wait for the kids to get ate 🤣😂
@@themojoverse that was it, thanks, Baby went yeet. XD
@@themojoverse also SHIIIIIET that was set for a Comedy in 2008
Would you rather - after everything the main character goes through to save her brother, including getting shocked, almost drowning, watching others die and murdering another, she comes home to find her sick brother dead.
What's even worse is that the other guy who was with her at the end (I think he was a doctor???) could have lived too if she had just walked away. Of course she didn't know about her brother but it would have been better if she did. I'm glad you mentioned it though really is a great movie
Yeah but she has all that money now to spend on years of counseling and therapy
Not only that but the brother took his own life (if I'm remembering correctly). Presumably to give her back hers. 😬
What movie are you talking about?
@@Harmthuria Would You Rather
The Descent..
The original ending will always break mu heart.
Relax. This isn't an Ash video. Lmao
Then they made a part 2 🥴
mind tooooo!!!!! forever
The distance she always has between her and her daughter even in the last scene is so sad. Jessie's death isn't something she couldn't get over.. It was something she didn't want to get over. I think that trip was a subconscious suicide mission for her. She wants to be dead and be with Jessie again.
why? ...at last one of the Team survived?
I personally think The Girl Next Door has one of the saddest ending. After everything Meg went through, David finally manages to put an end to her torment but she dies any. What's worse is its inspired on a true story
Not inspired. I’d say it based 70 of its content on the real story
Lol that's not movie I thought you were talking about, I thought you were talking about the one with Elisha Cuthbert
@@TheLike_Button ...That is the definition of inspired lol
@@anthonymaestas4777 LOL same I was like wtf... think the kids name is David in it too.
If it's any consolation, they actually made the movie NICER than the real events. In reality, there was no David. There was nobody who helped her and nobody with an ounce of a conscience. Her only supporter was her sister who could do nothing to help her for fear of being tortured too. Even some of the torture she endured irl wasn't involved in the film like the various objects they would insert in her you-know-what. When you actually have to go out of your way to make a movie less traumatising than the reality, that's how you know the real events were fucked up. I actually cried at the end of the movie once I researched it. I remember reading that the sister checked the obituaries religiously, waiting to see the name of Gertrude (the Aunt). When she finally saw her name come up, she clipped it and mailed it to her mum with the message "Some good news. Damn old Gertrude died. Ha ha ha! I am happy about that". Plus, the house where she was tortured is now a car park for a church. They wanted to turn it into a women's shelter or something like that based on the various charities made in Sylvia's (Meg) name but they didn't have enough funds so instead it's a car park. For some reason, that feels like an extra punch to the gut. ALSO, Gertrude (the Aunt) only served three years in prison of what was meant to be life imprisonment and got to live another 5 years essentially free before she passed away. Hope there's something worse than Hell that waited for that bitch :)
Great list. Not sure if this fits in there but how about _Tusk_ ? The guy has to live the rest of his life as a walrus.
Not to mention his girl got with his best friend😂😂
Tusk is ridculuos. I love it but can't see as a horror movie, too funny.
I’ll give that a ceremonious #11 (mostly because it’s a comedy as well).
Ikr! I would’ve begged for my death at that point
Like its not exactly a horror movie but the guy shouldn't even have to live like that, just let him die in peace
Tho it's funny they let him suffer
The Autopsy of Jane Doe? The ending just shows the whole cycle repeating over again.
I Saw the Devil is without a doubt one of the best films ever made and will forever be in my top five. The plot, the acting and that gut-wrenching ending are just perfect. I Saw the Devil, The Wailing and Memoirs of a Murder are the paramount of Korean cinema.
Loved the Wailing and I Saw The Devil did not like Memories of Murder. Didn’t like that they didn’t catch the murder. The Wailikg is my favorite Asian movie of all time though
I agree 100% with you, and I recommend I Saw the Devil for everybody who ask me about revenge movies. It’s my favorite by far.
And old boy.
I saw the devil is a masterpiece, and,so is "A tale of two sisters" and many others.
That and the Man from Nowhere are Korean masterpieces.
Eden Lake had me sitting in my room silent for a long time, thinking about how REAL it is. It scared tf out of me.
@DanniKris I know, right?! Me, too. More than that, it made me ANGRY. It seemed to be meant as social commentary, saying how some parents are willing to do anything and everything to cover up for their kids' bad behavior. (10/8/2021)
I seriously still get mad at eden lakes ending because it was so damn unfair I remember being so damn mad I walked out before the credits started rolling
I know. Poor lady got beat to death in a bath tub, thats a very slow and painful way to go. I hated when they also set that little boy on fire. His death scream shook me to my core.
@Luc Germain -Same, I'll never forget how the ending of Eden Lake affected me when I saw it, & it's still the most gutwrenching ending I've personally ever seen in a horror movie. That poor girls screams as they murder her off screen in the bathroom still haunt me & i've never been able to rewatch that movie since.
So was it implied that the parents are also psychos? Or were they just reacting violently to their children's deaths?
the movie left me such a bad taste afterward I had to put on cartoons or some silly shit before bed to get my mind off of it cause I watched it close to bed time.
Eden Lake has one of the best "YESSSS! Punch the sky!" moments when one of the chavvy shits is run over
I will never forget when I first watched Eden Lake, to this day I still sit and think about it. I have never felt so angry at a movie ending, it was a whole other feeling with that movie.
That ending should have been an alternate ending. The real ending should have been one of the kids turned on the crazy lead boy, called the police they turned up just as she about to get locked in the bathroom. It could have been like the ending to lord of the flies (remake) where the naval
Office is like “What are you guys doing?”
@@elsahyrule6711 Yeah...but how often does life actually work that way? It's not like on Criminal Minds where they swoop in just in time to save the victim 10 seconds before they were about to die. Life ain't like that.
Another good addition for me is Martyrs. The ending leaving you wondering if all the suffering was for nothing is really bleak.
I was thinking of that movie also lol
to me, Martyrs is much more horrifying if it wasn't for nothing.
I seen this movie when it came out and I still think about it from time to time. Just brutal and im pretty sure its on a short list of movies I wish I hadn't watched.
It was shown that it wasn't all for nothing in the ending when the Lead Cultist woman kills herself after finally getting her answer about what was waiting on the other side. Obviously, whatever was waiting she wanted to get there quickly so in the end, the lead girl who's suffered all this time will also go there too. Whatever is there is obviously exactly what the cultist woman hoped for which is likely something good.
@@MihaelLawliet01 Interesting, I interpreted it as pretty ambiguous. I saw it as the leader seeing the torture as a necessary means to reach an end: the truth. The moment she learns the truth she either kills herself to achieve post-life or takes her own life because all she believed was a lie or that continuing the torture will lead to a complete opposite way.
But it could also be that I'm just really bad at reading situations and assumed an open ending on something that seems kinda obvious with a different perspective.
So... how come the original "Night of the Living Dead" didn't make the cut? Hell, that is the ORIGINAL soul crushing ending!
And hats off to George Romero for turning down Columbia Pictures offer to distribute the film if he re-shot a more upbeat climax...!
Yes I agree. That was the OG slap in the face for the audience.
Agreed. Very soul crushing and Romero using a black actor as main prptagonist/hero totally made it more soul crushing for the late 60s time period. Devastating ending. 😩
Yep. I was a horror fan years before I saw Night of the Living Dead the first time but I had never witnessed such a bleak ending. Just stared at the screen with my mouth open and couldn't believe it can end like that.
Probably cuz they’ve included it in 80 other videos.
Oh God yes. After watching poor Ben fight so hard throughout the film and becoming so invested in him only to have my heart torn from my chest and ruthlessly stomped on.
Teenage boys attack with the intent to kill a couple, the woman kills one of them, and the parents then try to killer her out of revenge but also cover up their evil kids, now that is just depressing.
I feel sorry for the two boys who tried to go against the herd. She killed one because she was scared, I mean, I don't blame her. The other they killed by setting him on fire. The ones that were left were evil little b*****ds, unfortunately for the woman they would never have believed her even with the proof which the kid deleted off of his phone.
that movie was soul crushing not because of the ending imo, its because its only a matter of time before we see something like that in the news. that was a hard watch for me. great movie but wow
@@brianwebb9343 I'm surprised we haven't yet.
What movie is that?
@@brianwebb9343 honestly, I came here to comment that there are real life versions
How did the Descent not make this list. The end was brutal.
The Vanishing ending has haunted me since I was a small boy. Woke up late one night on the sofa just in time for one of the scariest scenes in film history. Plus I had the flue. Being ill and scared at the same time is not a good combination.
I did not expect Eden lake to be on here but I’m soo glad it made the top spot. Also Woolfs creek has to be there the guy literally gets tortured and when he is finally free ends up being labelled a crazy person with the killer being free to continue.
The ending of Wolf Creek really got to me. I've only ever watched it the one time...once is more than enough!
I knew a guy years ago who was an Aussie. His uncle had a big farm. We were supposed to help with the harvest. We were gonna fly out. Suddenly his uncle stopped sending letters. A few months went by. He called his cousin to check on them. He drove two days to see them, and they were gone. Door open, crops overgrown, livestock wandering around. No trace, no evidence. 6 people, gone.
Movies like "Wolf Creek" scare me the most because those movies could be completely real. And that is what is terrifying.
@@nealnc07 That's what I thought when I read The Stand, and here we are...
The Mist is still in my top 10 sci-fi horror movies with the Fly at number 1 obviously.
Same! What a wretched ending!
I like both of them. But I love The thing. It might be cause I grew up with that film
I know it's soul crushing endings etc. But I've always thought the ending of the thing is kinda crushing
The most hits to top of my list for this category.
The Fly kinda drops off this list for me, it’s quite clear early on what is going to happen to him.
With the Mist there is a convincing level of hope, then to hopelessness, then the gut punch of tragedy.
I the mist consat and horror but fuck the ending bro I still think great movie but fuck the ending
The 70s Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Sutherland was amazing and had chills going down my spine in the end. Totally awesome movie ending.
So happy Eden Lake has finally got the credit it deserves from someone! It has easily the most harrowing ending to a film I've ever seen.
It was 90% garbage with a really messed up ending.
@@MrMuttly55 no it wasnt garbage
Should've been the all is lost moment not the ending.
Such an unsatisfying flick if your not an edgelord teenage virgin.
@@diojiwoolf you okay?
@@chrisbroadhurst3039 Just peachy!
for me, it's "would you rather". that ending completely crushed me.
Yes! Completely forgot about that one!
Omg yes I agree! What a great but tragic ending
Agreed!
Oh yeah, I kind of saw it coming though. I mean, I didn't think there would be a happy ending. I thought she was gonna have a car accident or something, and nobody would know that her brother could now afford the opperation.
Absolutely. It's absolutely the last thing I saw coming. I assumed everything would be OK for the girl and her brother, but that she would be scarred for life at what she'd seen and done at the mansion.
I Saw The Devil is a brilliant film,blurring the lines between who’s good and who’s worse. It is extremely violent. It makes the Saw franchise seem like children’s films it’s not torture porn though it’s got a true depth and meaning whilst breaking teeth with hammers
Saw itself is not torture porn and has way more depth than 99% of other horror/thriller sagas. If you focus on just one aspect, you miss out on the other...
@Jason Young which one of the two is the villain,both of them 🧐
@Jason Young you said it was Gods work🧐
I’m an atheist but know my New Testament well. On the sermon on the mount Christ vehemently disagrees with you. Is your view now higher than the supposed son of God? Every time you say an eye for eye meaning attack the the attacker you’re misquoting Christ thus blaspheming. I couldn’t give a damn as there’s no God or Devil
Here’s what Christ said on the sermon on the mount
You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him and offer your other cheek .And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
- Jesus Christ
I was angry when I watched it because Sojun had the time to kill the villain
@Jason Young But because he didn't give him a quick death (which he had a number of opportunities) he lost other people that were close to him.
Eden Lake was the perfect choice for #1. That ending still haunts me to this day.
Nice list! But for me..."The Mist" has the most heart breaking ending scene I've ever seen; because... it's totally unexpected! "Eden Lake" was a derailed rollercoaster of tragedies and hopelesness; like a slow cooking pot of unfortunated events. So that ending.., was just the cherry on top.
why ? sure its a brutal ending but Eden lake is far far worse .. kids butchered a man and got their parents to kill the witness .. thats far far worse
💯 Agree 'The Mist' ending was brutal.
the mist is awful and has an awful ending, they all decide to kill themselves for no reason, they seem to have this belief that whatever will kill them is much worse but most of the other deaths were instant so I'm not sure where they got that from, then to top it off the not only does he not shoot himself the mist suddenly clears for no reason whatsoever to reveal tanks he couldn't hear somehow despite being seconds away after he gets out of the car, absolutely stupid.
Great list! This has a few underrated and lesser known movies, and a few classics!
This is the first time in any horror list that Eden Lake has been on it let alone been given the appreciation it deserves for that ending. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days, especially since it's not an outlandish outcome for this day and age.
I Saw the Devil was stunning in it's visual beauty. What an amazing, twisted film.
I always come to this channel when I'm looking for a list of horror flicks to watch. Thanks for compiling all the hundreds of films you have, it's seriously quite epic.
I saw Dagon for the first time on late night cable TV YEARS ago and think it is one of the most underrated movies out there. The atmosphere it creates while you watch it actually made me feel scared! Not many movies can do that! It's great! A must see for any horror fan!
The Mist, The Skeleton Key, and Would You Rather all destroyed my soul. I havent seen all on this list, so im excited to check them out!
The killing of a sacred deer
Dagon
The Rental
Kill List
Inside
I saw the Devil
The Battery
The Gift
Invasion of the body snatchers
Eden Lake
Thank you so much for listing it! I was blindly skipping through this vid hoping I get the title without getting spoiled
You are awesome! I wish they would do this in the description or pin a comment with a list like this on each video.
Thank you
Thank you! What gives with the all spoiler video when you are talking about lesser known horror movie.
Thank you 😊
The original Oldboy completely destroyed me.
One of the absolutely most twisted endings ever!
There's something about South Korean thrillers/horrors...
Have taken a shot at "No Mercy." Talk about the crushing of a soul, damn!
But Old Boy is not a horror
@@ramirezrem it depends what you conside horror. Old boy is horrifying, lol
The Mist, Eden Lake, Kill List, Funny Games (original). I know it's not a horror film but it sort of is if you look at it in Taylor's eyes: Planet of the Apes (1968).
I can't believe you brought up 'the Battery'! Amazing, I haven't thought about that in forever.
Sinister with Ethan hawk and james ransom the plot twist Carried well into sinister 2
One of the best recent(ish) horror movies along with The Descent.xx
Blue Ruin for me had such a tension building vibe with an explosive ending. Small budget indie but well crafted.
I'm shocked that Buried wasn't on this list. It's brutal
The Rental was a really great movie. I'll never forget it. It was so uncomfortable and stressful the whole time, I love movies about people being watched without their knowledge.
“Vacancy” was similar. Very creepy
One of the most soul crushing horror movies I've ever watched was called 'jug face'. I highly recommend it.
I kinda expected Martyrs to make this list
@Vanagandir being skinned alive is hardly a peaceful death. American remake is though.
@Vanagandirwhat you see as "peaceful", I see as "catatonic" and "in shock"... I believe the madame committed suicide because Anna did NOT "achieve martyrdom," and the madame was realized that all of their torture was for nothing... seems a long way from Peace, if you ask me!
I agree - love that movie, one of my absolute favourites ❤.
@Vanagandir while I saw it a totally different way, the way you saw it makes sense too! I really like movies that are kind of ambiguous and open to interpretation, and this one definitely fits that description!
The Ending of "In the Mouth of Madness" where Trent finally accepts he is a fictional character and the Earth goes insane.
Remember, you are just a thought.
Or event horizon!
@@mirallornestarchild3019 That one is also good!
Colin Ferrell is going through a subtle renaissance it seems like. He's legitimately a very gifted actor.
Have you seen 'In Bruges' ? Brilliant film
He's been a gifted actor since day one. It takes a really good film and script to bring it out of him though. Not the cheesy action stuff but the gritty ones. Killing of a sacred deer, The Lobster, A Winters Tale. All really great films he was amazing in
I would definitely recommend watching "The North Water", a miniseries. He is amazing in it and somewhat hard to recognize too.
The Lodge is another one with a fugged up ending. Oculus and The Mist as well even though those are featured in like 30 lists on this channel and hundreds of others.
Tristan Singleton-Finally watched The Lodge a few months back, great movie but seriously messed up. I'd heard The Lodge was supposed to be really disturbing but I was not prepared for how bleak & soul crushing the movie turned out to be, especially that ending.
and the thing about the lodge is that it's just slowly crushing your soul, like you're going insane alongside the main character. it was really unnerving. definitely something i couldn't watch alone and had to call someone over to finish it 🤣
@@cheeseca7529 -Exactly, plus when it comes to that ending you hear about horrific cases like that happening all the time in real life so you can't just brush it off as something that could only happen in the movies which makes it even more disturbing.
The Wicker Man, The Witch, and Rosemary's Baby all gave me chills like no movies before -- and while it's ending was at least positive, The Children of the Corn gave me haunted chills also
Collin Farrell was awesome in In Bruge. I remember being surprised with how good he was.
That was an incredible acting of him and a great movie
The ending of "The Descent" was pretty gut wrenching. I'm surprised it didn't make the list.
The ending of “The Seasoning House” really got me and I don’t often see it talked about.
I remember that one😱🤦🏽♀️
That film ruined me. I have never seen any other film in my life that traumatized me as much as the seasoning house 😂 I wish more people talked about it!
horrific movie, it disturbed me greatly and multiple times anyone who's tred to watch it with me had to leave within the first 10 minutes since it was so depressing
@@tamiddy what's the movie about?
@@malikhermawan8239 Basically, the main character is a deaf mute girl who is sold to a “brothel” that trades in kidnapped girls. Military men frequent the brothel to r*pe girls who are handcuffed to beds and dosed with heroin. The main character, Angel, has a birthmark on her face, so she is recruited to work at the brothel instead of being one of the trafficked girls. The movie is about her time at the brothel and how she survives.
I just watched "Speak No Evil" and holy hell it needs to be on your next list.
The scene where they cut that kid's tongue right before the eyes of her parents was just insane.
I feel like Frailty does not make enough lists as it should.
Frailty? With Bill Paxton? That didn’t have a bummer ending!
@@Katetanic Oh, but it DID! lol Evil prevailed in a weird way.
@@koshka2424 no it didn’t! What the hell are you talking about??!
@@koshka2424 I don’t think you understood what happened in the movie
Yes! Truly underrated
My favorite thing about Dagon was that Spanish actress that played the lead villain! With the painted skin and the costume, she was creepy beautiful, and those huge buggy eyes made her frightening! :) India Eisley on Curse of Sleeping Beauty bears a strong resemblance to this character as well!
I literally felt as though I needed grief counseling after watching "Eden Lake." I was deeply depressed for days.
I love these videos , but a list in the description would be awesome so I can actually watch them without the spoilers
The ending of the first Human Centipede.
That one got me thinking for days.
I think she would've survived until back-up came for the officers.
Oh you need to see both sequels 🤘
See, these are the movies I love though. I hate trying to explain it with people but they just stick with you so much longer afterwards than a typical "everyone wins"/happy ending. Killing Ground (great Australian film, we do a lot of defeated endings), Kill List, Oldboy, The Mist, Funny Games, The Lodge, ect.
I absolutely LOVE movies, especially horror, with sad endings. The Mist's ending is SO good. Eden Lake's probably the one that stick to me the most in recent years. That feeling of hopelessness and existential horror that comes from the final confrontation is just amazing.
I love a good tragedy
Totally agree with Eden lake, but I saw it many times!! The ones that smashed my cold heart and never want to see again:
1-The wicker man (1973)
2- Canoa (1976)
3- Rojo amanecer (1989)
2 and 3 based on true events.
Need another top 10 list of this topic.
"I saw the Devil" is one of my FAVORITE horror movies.
The beginning of Alien 3 is the worst ending to Aliens that ruined the whole movie.
I love/ hate that movie. I'm such a huge xenomorph fan, but god that begining sucks.
Great video!! And you were spot-on with Eden Lake, by the way!
there's always the end of "drag me to hell"
There was certainly some soul crushing there, but I don't think it was the same meaning this list gives hahhahahahaa
1408 had a hopeless ending. Underrated S.King story.
The book was great. The movie was really good, but different ending. Which did you mean?
@Margo Turney. No it didn’t, neither version was hopeless. The theatrical ending was about Mike realising his errors and not complying to the rooms tricks, so Mike ended up sacrificing himself rather than giving in the rooms tricks, that is a hopeful ending. The directors ending was Mike being saved after he realises the error of his ways, so that’s also a hopeful ending.
If 1408 had a hopeless ending it would’ve ended with Mike giving in to the room and hanging himself.
@@nu-metalfan2654 Have you read the story?
@@Ogrematic No I’ve only watched the movie.
@@nu-metalfan2654 Almost all of Stephen King's movies are different from the books. Most notably Trucks and Maximum Overdrive. You should read the story. It's really good. He is my favorite author, and his short story books are fantastic. I love his work.
We Need to Talk About Kevin. The ending to that movie is so depressing and sad, especially since it is very realistic and there’s so many cases I can think of now that remind me of it, the biggest one I will say below (but I am warning SPOILERS AHEAD just in case someone doesn’t want to know)
The case that is similar to this movie is Paris Bennett. He brutally murdered his 4 year old little sister when he was 13 out of spite for his mother. There’s a 911 call he made explaining that he stabbed her for a bizarre reason (I think he said demons told him to) and then he is bawling his eyes out and performing CPR while on the phone with the 911 operator but it turns out that he was never doing CPR. He was just walking around pretending to do it and was fake crying as well.
He will be eligible for parole in 2027. His mother still talks to him sometimes but she has said that she is terrified of him whenever he gets released and how she isn’t sure if she should tell him where she lives.
So this movie I mentioned has similarities in this case but it also has a lot more stuff as well. In this movie, Kevin not only kills his little sister, but also his dad and his classmates at school. He did this to hurt his mother.
Here’s a link to an interview with Paris
m.th-cam.com/video/_ptbnHDrkKs/w-d-xo.html
i’m surprised no one has mentioned “Would You Rather” that ending was so heartbreaking
the ending of cargo is particularly depressing. :(
Wow, Dagon. That’s a deep memory unlocked lol I was too young to be watching that!
The Mist and It are great endings, as you mentioned, but forgot Cabin in the Woods. The final moment of the flick is giant gods awakening to kill everyone on Earth.
If you are the parents of a troubled teen, I recommend inviting some of his friends over on a Saturday night, getting a keg of beer and a few pizzas and all watch EDEN LAKE. Maybe afterwards, show them your gun collection.
I've seen A LOT of horror movies, but nothing was as gut-wrenching as The Mist...to know if you just held out a bit longer, you wouldn"t be the last survivor...it reminded me so much of Lord of the Flies!!
Glad to see Dagon in a TH-cam Horror Movie compilation! Underrated film, actually a good adaptation of Lovecraft.
I've seen others in this section list The Mist, Martyrs, and Drag Me to Hell and I feel all three belong on the list. Two that I haven't seen listed but should be are the original Wicker Man and A Serbian Film. The Wicker Man's ending is truly haunting. The juxtaposition of the pagans cheerily singing their harvest song while Sgt. Howie sings the 23rd Psalm, then prays, and finally starts screaming as he starts to burn is one of the most disturbing endings to any movie I've ever watched. When I first watched A Serbian Film, I thought the ending was the most depressing I'd ever seen. Then I saw the 2nd version with the scene added on just before the credits roll and realized they managed to find a way to make the ending even worse.
Sorry, but what added scene are you talking about?
@@germanus2 The first cut ended after hearing three gunshots while the house was on screen, insinuating the main character killed his wife and son and then himself to save them all from the memories of what they had just endured. The picture goes black, then the credits roll. The second version is the same, but then after about 30 sec of credits, we go back into the main character's bedroom where we see that their deaths were filmed by the same people who put them through hell, presumably as the ending for the snuf-porno they were making.
I feel like one of the most horrific endings is on the movie Found. That movie is seriously effed up in every way. To this day I can't get the images out of my head.
I was hoping someone would mention The Skeleton Key. It is not a particularly popular movie but it definitely had a very bleak ending
Just watched ‘the Mist’ with my younger sister (11) and it was hilarious to watch her face as the tanks started to role out of the mist at the end. Told her the moral of the story was to always be patient.
I watched Eden Lake many tears ago. I can still feel the horrid atmosphere they expertly created for this movie. I absolutely hated it, but can well appreciate the work that went into it.
I have read many of the 963 comments on this list. It is only a few hours until 2022. I want to thank all of you for tremendous selections.
"I Saw The Devil", just brilliant. Like others mention "The Mist", great ending you don't see coming.
Excellent list. This one video alone earned my sub.
The true ending of The Descent definitely belonged on this list
The gifts ending is totally crazy,I’ve been thinking about it since the first time I seen the ending. Great movie!!!!
4:56 bruh I was howling when they guy chucked that baby, caught me so off guard XD
I legit had to rewind bc I was like did I see what I think I saw.
Interesting video. I’ll have to check some of these movies out
Definitely think the orginal Martyrs, Requiem For A Dream, Tusk & a Korean horror Dream Home are THE MOST Damn terrifying heartbreaking films I've seen. They STILL haunt me to this day
Martyrs is the only film to freak me out for days after seeing it. Really got under my skin (no pun intended) in a way that no ever film ever has.
Tusk was just too stupid to be "heartbreaking" or "terrifying". It was just stupid, and I was hoping everyone in it would die or be miserable.
Is Josh still employed, this is a kick-ass list with great writing and voice over.
There are a lot of movies that could be on this list. I'm going to just throw out a few here: Rosemary's Baby, Jeepers Creepers, The Orphanage, Dr Sleep, The Descent, The Skeleton Key, Dawn of the Dead(remake)
Solid list here. There are plenty of movies that could also accompany them, but I'll throw out Martyrs and The Lodge. Martyrs in particular I was pretty disturbed by for a good bit afterwards.
The Mist may have had a gut punch ending, but that impossibly huge creature was an awesome scene
You mentioned "The Mist" in the beginning. The ending of that movie had me pulling my hair out!
It's a short film, but the ending of 'Aftermath' (1994) will stay with you. Also, I'd recommend 'Last Shift' for this list, and 'Kairo (Pulse)'.
My best friend and I one day randomly chose Last Shift. We thought it was going to be bad but turned out pretty interesting
Last Shift is one of the most underrated horror flicks I can think of right off hand. I couldn't believe how many times I jumped or had that freezy feeling in my chest watching that movie.
"I saw the devil perhaps the most difficult movie to watch on this list"
Dude, you just mentioned a disturbing sequence from Inside! Nothing can compares to it.
I'm probably stretching by calling this horror, but Life (2017) destroyed me. Watching the wrong ship get sent to Earth was painful.
The ending of the rental was actually interesting to me. Following that character was the best part of the whole film.
Eden Lake is one I'll never forget, but A Serbian Films ending....
That movie was just F’d up all around
@@Lawrence_Talbot yeah especially the 100% uncut version. Made me feel sick in one scene and I had to leave the room.
Eden lake is bad
I still haven't found the nerve to try to watch that.... The scenes that I have seen from it are too much.
A Serbian film should be burned to the ground and its ashes should be locked up to the deepest dungeon
I don't recall watching this, but TH-cam says I have. In any case, I recognized the picture that's the "thumbnail" for this video. I'd recognize that scene or any scene from that movie anywhere. I love Inside. It still remains my stock answer for the "what horror movie has scared you the most?" question. I'm pretty hardened to horror movies, and what is scary is subjective, but Inside and especially the ending, will never not eff my shit up no matter how many times I watch it. Martyrs and Green Room also continue to mess with me, but not like Inside does.
The Decent had a pretty good one. After she is shown escaping from the cave system she wakes up to find it was a dream and is still stuck down there. Although they did make a second one where she had escaped and had to go back but that writing seemed like an afterthought. The first one didn't really leave an opening for a sequel.
The sequel was never really needed. The ending of her sitting inside that cave all hopeless was simply the most batshit crazy endings I've ever seen.
As a 40+ year horror fan....Inside & Eden Lake are always high on my list! I’m happy to see some others here I haven’t seen!
Eden Lake... the DVD is on my shelf for many years now but I have yet to watch it. Let’s say, I was intrigued by the premise when I bought it.. but subsequently repulsed by what I was informed about the sadistic ending, I kinda let it stay on the self until now. I have been hearing this title on so many lists I practically feel that I have seen the movie already. I probably will watch it one day, but I probably won’t. The same goes for I Saw the Devil. As much as I am concerned, OLD BOY is the furthest boundary I can go. Anything more than that will be pushing too far.
Eden Lake is a great movie; you should still watch it
@Luc Germain ok, I shall.:)
As heavy as I Saw The Devil is, I highly recommend watching it at least once. Not only is it excellently written, but the fight scenes are brilliantly choreographed and play out in a simultaneously visceral and awesome fashion.
Is "The Killing of A Sacred Deer" based on the myth of Iphigenia, because it certainly sounds like it is!
It is. The director said it in an interview
Our good WhatCulture narrator said that, just non-specifically. :-)
@@alm2187 I realized that once I heard the plot!
Yes, that's the one.