TOP FIVE MOST SHOCKING ENDS TO A HORROR FILM! (List The Movies) - Sleepaway Camp (1983) Discussion

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[–] germite 16 years ago

You've seen a lot of horror movies, boyo - doesn't give you a Jerk License. If you don't have anything constructive to add and you're just here to swing your big movie list around, do us a favor and take it elsewhere.

While I can think of numerous shocking horror movies, I can't think of too many shocking endings, but I'll give this a go:

1. Sleepaway Camp (good pick)
2. Carnival of Souls
3. The Descent (unrated cut)
4. Christmas Evil
5. Saw

Some classic shocker endings:

-Friday the 13th part 5: A New Beginning
-A Nightmare on Elm Street
-Night of the Living Dead
-Evil Dead II
-Psycho
-Jacob's Ladder
-The Wicker Man

"Great, just jump all over me, why don't you?
What about the nine kids I DIDN'T lose this week?"

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[–] forecastfortoday 16 years ago

These are only slasher films

1. Sleepaway Camp (of couse :-P)
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
3. Prom Night (1980)
4. The Evil Dead
5. Tenebre

Why are you reading my signature?

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[–] paulyvincent 16 years ago

1. The wicker man
2. Don't look now
3. The dron

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[–] fortuneteller18 16 years ago

*SPOILER'S ON SOME* But you are all mostly horror fans so I'm sure you've seen these. :)

1. Sleepaway Camp (my friend had me rewind the end shot several times because she couldn't believe it, lol.)

2. Black Christmas (the original)

3. Halloween (1978)

4. Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers (the ending was shocking and original and should have been used more fully in the sequel)

5. Wait Until Dark (Audrey Hepburn's and Alan Arkin's performances are perfect and the ending is very intense)

Runner Ups

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (you think you're safe and then killer comes for one last scare)

2. Saw (terrible acting but a damn good story and ending)

3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Beginning (not the best movie but shocking ending because we've finally come to a point where we no longer want to see anyone survive which is really creepy in itself)

3.5 Carrie The end of Friday the 13th would not have been possible without the Carrie's grave sequence

4. Friday the 13th (Alice in the boat at the end. Nuff said)

5. Pyscho (1960) (convincing the audience to care for the person who turns out to be the killer, pure genius)

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[–] WerewolfNightmare101 11 years ago

@forecastfortoday

Prom Night wasn't a good ending for me, but for the rest you are right! :)

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[–] ForTheNonce 8 years ago

There's no way anyone saw the ending to Christmas Evil coming. 

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[–] BlelbPhrobb04 16 years ago

Spoorloos

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[–] Mr_Nyar 16 years ago

Is so sad to be me... no movie ever surprised me, I saw the ending of Sleepaway camp comming from the time the aunt send them to the camp...

Just call me Nyar
I´m not English speaker... Be pacient.

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[–] FPPeht 16 years ago

sleepaway camp
shinning
friday the 13th

thats all i can think of..
the shinning is debatable...but if you study the last picture of the movie, a lot of numbers throughout the whole fil add up pretty well to make a decent trivia tid bit

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[–] Stein-e 16 years ago

how does this end??

Tu Madre Tiene Un Bigote

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[–] DeadAddiction 16 years ago

Society
Evil Dead
Sleepaway Camp
House of 1000 corpses
Night of the living dead

What Brings You Around?
Did You Lose Something The Last Time You Were Here?

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[–] cattyfinns 16 years ago

1. the vanishing
2. the mist
3. sleepaway camp
4. don't look now
5. identity

hons -
carrie
jacobs ladder
friday the 13th
saw

I'm not really like that... except when I am.

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[–] john_murdoch2002 16 years ago

Yeah, even though his opinion may not be as "refined" as yours is, it's still his and at least he's not being militant about it. If those are his choices, then let them be.

1. Psycho - So subtle, so psychological and so unsettling. And if you slo mo the cutaway before the final frame, you'll see something subliminal and shocking in front of Anthony Perkins' face.

2. Rosemary's Baby - The final scene alone is so shocking in how it chooses to end it's story, so is Mia Farrow's final reactions in the end. It definantly classifies as one nihilistic ending that actually becomes disturbing.

3. Carrie - And from here on out, it would be twenty years before the "killer coming back for one last scare" cliche was finally pointed out in Scream. This time, it was fresh, unexpected, disturbing and unrivaled.

4. Night of the Living Dead - Sure, it may not be as gory as fans of this genre like to induldge in, but for what the ending represents and the message it conveyed at the time it was released, yeah, this was one ending that would be hard to shake.

5. The Ring - For anyone who grew up watching all of their scary movies on TV, this one breaks the fourth wall to bring all of your true fears to life when you're telling yourself it's only a movie. Yeah, tell that to Lilo when she's jump cutting her way towards you.

But after finished Sleepaway camp today, I've got to give it some kudos. While the movie in and of itself was lame, that final shot of Angela is quite unsettling, especially the sound she's making.

"Oh my God, someone remembered this movie and made a sketch about it."

"I'm going to make this pencil disappear."

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[–] IFeedPigeons 15 years ago

1) Les Diaboliques....I didn't sleep for nights after seeing this. One of the best films of all time IMHO.

2) Halloween ('78)....Where'd he go?

3) The Fog....Just when you think it's all over, well, think again.

4) Dressed to Kill....The ending is the best part of the movie, which I am not crazy about. Scary, but unoriginal.

5) Maniac....Those clueless cops! I shall say no more.

<<I had a couple more, but then forgot them. Hopefully I'll be able to add them when I remember.>>

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[–] JasonIK75 14 years ago

Originally posted by john_murdoch2002:
4. Night of the Living Dead - Sure, it may not be as gory as fans of this genre like to induldge in, but for what the ending represents and the message it conveyed at the time it was released, yeah, this was one ending that would be hard to shake.

It's not a horror film, but I'd definitely put the original Planet of the Apes on that same level. Of course, Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, contributed to that movie's script, and I'm sure the endings of many old TZ episodes shocked a lot of people at the time.

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[–] bloodconfetti 15 years ago

Sleepaway Camp
Carrie
Friday the 13th
Identity

I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins!

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[–] tiani23-1 15 years ago

1. Pieces
2. Maniac
3. Friday the 13th
4. The Hitcher
5. Carrie

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[–] xMartyMcFlyx 15 years ago

I agree with the dude that mentioned the Mist, the ending to that movie blew me away.

This movie's ending though, I rewound like three times when I first saw it, cause I was just like.... "Wait, wtf!?"

Her facial expression, her singing.... ugh, chilling stuff.

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[–] zombiesushi 14 years ago

I would add Alice Sweet Alice. Also known as Communion, to the list. The film stars a very young Brook Shields in her first big screen picture. The end is great, and towards the beginning there is a fairly clever (although obvious) nod to Hitchcocks' Psycho.

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[–] dorisblake 14 years ago

i'm gonna kinda ditch the horror movie bit

1. the ring
2. seven
3. memento
4. fight club
5. primal fear

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[–] See-Saw99 13 years ago

1. Sleepaway Camp
2. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
3. Black Christmas
4. The Devils Rejects
5. Saw

The Doctor is in Saw VII
blah blah vampire emergency blah

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