Top 10 Horror Movie Endings

Horror movie endings create a thrilling movie experience. Many moviegoers watch horror movies because they enjoy terror, gore, fear, thrills, chills, and suspense. Recent horror movies continue to serve up rather boring movie endings. The top 10 horror movie endings differ among horror movie fans.

Horror fans prefer to watch horror movies with great stories, especially those which build suspense like an emotional roller coaster ride. Humans enjoy the fear of the unexpected. We keep seeing the same cliche movie endings that attempt to convey creativity through executing ineffective twist endings (i.e. The Devil Inside). However, past horror movie endings treat the moviegoer to suspenseful conclusions.

The top 10 horror movie endings create a thrilling experience. These movie endings are ingrained in our movie minds forever. We never forget the end of the movie. Many movie discussions about horror movies emerge on the web, in film schools, at film festivals, in film groups, and across movie networks. We love horror movies because the fear of terror produces a flight and fight experience.

Essentially, horror movies are just as entertaining as scary roller coasters. Horror movies open with a setup to establish the conflict and the characters. We remember The Exorcist movie quite well. The Exorcist ending is the best horror movie ending ever. A Nightmare on Elm Street made us fear sleep. Horror movies changed the way we view negative experiences. For the most part, moviegoers pay to watch gore. Saw movies are infamous for conveying torture porn to mass movie audiences.

The Top 10 Horror Movie Endings (may contain movie spoilers):

1. The Exorcist (1973) (we will never forget the young possessed Linda Blair playing a demon child. Her speaking in ancient tongue, yelling profanities, and vomiting projectile green slime, and murdering two exorcists are enough to stay clear of this exorcism movie that we enjoy the Hell out of)
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) (Freddie Krueger has a long-lasting impact on our dreams, with the Freddy Krueger nightmare continues on after peace is established)
3. The Ring (2002) (never watch mysterious video tapes with creepy images. Samara will come after your father to scare him to death. Please destroy a strange video tape as quickly as you can)
4. The Omen (1976) ( (an eerie Devil child causes his entire family to die, which his evil plot lives on with another family. Devil movies have a resounding evil that keeps us on edge) 
5. The Thing (1982) (You can't escape this Thing that mutates - the music with two last survivors waiting to the confront a savage Alien entity that mimics a human is chilling)
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) (The last remaining survivors escape to a distant island, only to find that zombies are there to welcome them. What a disaster that conveys the end of the world by a zombie apocalypse)
7. Hellraiser (1987) (Pinhead's evil stare is enough to make horror fans turn away at the movie ending)
8. Phantasm (1979) (Another classic horror movie ending that makes the moviegoer jump at flying metal balls)
9. The Blaire Witch Project (1999) (Michael facing the wall is a terrifying ending to a witch hunt!)
10. The Shining (1980) (One of Stephen Kings' best books ends with reincarnation. It makes for a perfect ending by a great visionary director, Stanley Kubrick) 

There is something spooky about classic horror movies. Classic horror films employ grainy film and vivid colors that add emotional depth to the viewing experience. We view bright red motifs as evil. Do you have a favorite horror movie ending? Share your horror movie endings below.