Horror movies live and die by the conclusion . A horror movie could be heavy all the way to the end , but then a spoiled ending stimulate audiences to leave the movie tempestuous , often dismissing everything good that came before . There are also cases where an middling repugnance movie could have such a great ending that it elevates the movie to fabled status .

In the ' XC , repugnance movies change . The slasher movies had died out , and shortly self - aware horror movies became the most successful of the decade . However , along the mode was some low - key , slow - burn horror movies that terrorize audience and either became instant classics due to the destruction or remain detest due to a poor climax .

Best - The Sixth Sense (1999)

In 1999 , M. Night Shyamalan became the hottest name in Hollywood thanks to his movieThe Sixth Sense . What really impressed audiences was the end , which was a Brobdingnagian plait that changed everything people saw throughout the movie .

The plait end became a source of mockery for Shyamalan ’s careerover time , but inThe Sixth Sense , it was execute masterfully . The present moment viewers realized the   protagonist died at the start of the movie made everyone want to watch the entire picture again to find clues .

Worst - The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Projectcame out in 1999 and terminate up as one of the most successful main horror movies of that era . Fans were spooked out by the find - footage horror film in an epoch where that was still a novelty that had n’t worn out its welcome .

However , with all found - footage movies , there has to be a reason the footage was lose , and there has to be that last scene where the protagonists ca n’t film anymore . InThe Blair Witch Project , it ended with the nipper run low into the cellar of a house , they saw something , and then the flick finish when something attacked them , but uncover nothing .

Best - The People Under The Stairs (1991)

No one talks aboutThe citizenry Under the Stairs , when talking aboutWes Craven picture show . That rest unsatisfying since it might be one of the director ’s good motion picture . release in 1991 , the plastic film is about two malefactor who check into a sign of the zodiac with a young son helping them .

However , what they detect is overzealous cannibalistic children caged in a room in the cellar and a couple who has tortured these kids . The culmination was terrific , with the kids struggle back and finally blowing the full house up .

Worst - Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

A Nightmare on Elm Streetis a picture series full of fantastic thought , and that is thanks to the fact that the slasher sea wolf operates in the world of people ’s dreams . That also means thatthe only manner to beat Freddy is to either do something in the real worldto weaken his power or pull him into the real world .

The endings were never great , but the worst of them all came in 1991 withFreddy ’s beat : The Final Nightmare . In this closing , Freddy has a daughter who combat her dad in the real world . The last fighting has a friend throw her artillery , from knife and throwing whiz to a stick of lit dynamite . It was ridiculous in the worst elbow room , and when Freddy say " youngster " before he blew up , it was time to terminate the franchise .

Best - Army Of Darkness (1992)

The best matter about the thirdEvil Deadmovie , Army of Darkness , is thatit has two grotesque endings . One is the theatrical ending , and the other is the directors - cut ending , and both are awing . The theatrical baseball swing had the studio wanting a crowd - pleasing end , and it had Ash in a supermarket battling the evil once again . The director ’s cut was even respectable , with Ash oversleeping and end up in an revelatory hereafter . Both have their merit , and both are great .

Worst - Stephen King’s It (1990)

Stephen King’sIthas its fans , mostly due to Tim Curry and his public presentation as Pennywise the Clown . However , the playacting is only decent , with that geological era ’s television stars taking on the main roles . The particular effects and directing are subpar , due to this being a meshing television miniseries . The ending ofIt , though , was terrible , as Pennywise turns into a comically poor look spider brute for the adults to beat .

Best - Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

In 1990 , Tim Robbins star in the horrifically intenseJacob ’s Ladder . In the flick , Robbins is Jacob , a soldier who experienced horrors in the Vietnam War and now suffers from what seems to be PTSD . He starts to work out as a postal clerk and begins to see monstrosity attempt to get him .

However , what multitude remember most aboutJacob ’s Ladderis the ending . While some movies with the " its only a dream " end leave viewers angry , it work here . Jacob never revert from the state of war and died in Vietnam , and this pic was his final hallucinations and visions as he oppose for his life until he at long last died .

Worst - An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

An American Werewolf in Londonis one of the best lycanthrope movies of all - time . The film has great visuals , fantastic hard-nosed effects , and some shake up gore effects . However , there are many reasons the sequel , An American Werewolf in Paris , was a critical unsuccessful person . Those hard-nosed effects were replaced by terrible CGI . Furthermore , the ending was dreadful , with the multitude realize that   adrenaline - fueled activities stop the shift , make no sense .

Best - Se7en (1995)

In 1995 , David Fincher directed the darkly horrific movieSe7en . This is a nonparallel cause of death movie where a human being is murdering masses and establish all the kills on the Seven Deadly Sins . The police detectives on the case are play by a immature Brad Pitt and his veteran partner , played by Morgan Freeman .

WhenSe7enended , theaters across the nationsaw viewers walking out in stunned muteness . The end saw the last dupe is the killer himself , as he pushed one of the investigator to pull the initiation when he campaign him too far .

Worst - The Haunting (1999)

Many horror rooter consider the 1963 reading ofThe Hauntingas one of the greatest frequent house ghost picture of all - time . The film was all mood , fix a sensation of despair , and doing one thing different . It never showed the ghost . More recently , Netflix released one of its good supernatural series withThe Haunting of Hill House .

However , in between , there was a1999 rendering ofThe Hauntingthat leave most fan disappointed . What hurt it worse was that the ending brought out a giant orgasm with the ghost that failed in every way . The film was put up for five Razzies and has a 15 - percent shitty rating on Rotten Tomatoes .

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