Top 10: WTF endings #1

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

Written By Serena Whitney:

One of my biggest pet
peeves with movies these days are weird and confusing endings. (It seems to be a
trend now with the newer films.)  I don’t care if the ending is good or if it’s
bad, I just want a proper ENDING.  I think that’s the least the filmmakers could
do for the audience members who have taken two hours out of their lives to watch
their movies.

I, myself have never walked out
of a movie playing in the theatres. (Not even Fear Dot Com, people) The reason
for that is because I always want to know how the story will finish.  So, when I
finish watching a movie with a really confusing ending that gives me more
thoughts than a schizophrenic, my whole day is ruined.  Why is it ruined you may
ask?  Well, I don’t enjoy my dinner after the movie because the meal consists of
talking endlessly about the screwed up ending, and/or if I’m lucky to get a
post-nooky session after a date, that’s usually wasted on me as well. 

(I’m
usually secretly hoping he will be quicker than usual, so I can get him out and
jump on the computer to go on IMDB, and read the many theories of the ending
from the fanboys on the message boards.)   After that, I usually give
myself a good kick in the ass for not enjoying a night of great food and sex.
(Well…great food anyways) over a mind-boggling ending. Geez…if I were a
man, I think I would go nuts!)

"Lucky" for
me, I’m in love with a genre that is notorious for giving the audience the "keep
you guessing" or "leave room for a sequel" endings.  So, here’s the list of
movies (both good and bad) that have left me
with quite a few of those wasted
food and almost note-worthy sex nights.

WARNING – DEAD SERIOUS
SPOILERS AHEAD!

10.
Valentine

This one is
the last one on the list, because after watching the ending again, I got it. 
The audience is left thinking that Dorothy, (a.k.a. "Spielberg’s stepdaughter)
is the killer. Yet at the end, we see David Boreanaz’s nose dripping blood
indicating that he was the little boy that the girls had tormented as a child,
and he in fact must be the killer. So were there two killers? Well, because of
the "brilliant" ads for this movie pointing out that David Boreanaz was the
killer, (and watching the film, you’re clearly not supposed to know that until
the ending).

 I just
figured it was him that did it all along, and he must have knocked that girl
out, put her in the costume, and shoved her down the stairs, making it appear
that she was chasing Kate. (Marley Shelton)  Hmm…I don’t know why that was so
hard to figure out the first time, but believe me the rest of the audience was
just as confused as I was while watching it in theatres.

9.
Dawn of the Dead (2004)

For the few
of you that left the theatres or turned off your DVD player as soon the credits
rolled, then you my friends got the optimistic ending of this film. The rest of
you who watched past the credits, saw the "Blair Witch" like ending that
probably made you think about the outcome of the survivors. 

So did they
all die? (minus for the dog of course) I basically assumed they did, but if Ving
Rhames’ character is back in the upcoming Day of the Dead remake, then
what really happened when the survivors got on that zombie infested island? I
guess we’re all going to have wait until Day of the Dead comes out to
find out. Argh.

8.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

The ending
of this sequel was much like it’s predecessor.  Basically, Julie James meeting
her "demise" at the hands of the killer fisherman, Ben Willis.  Since the last
scene in the first film was a dream, I just assumed that it would have been a
dream in this one too. 

But, since
the actors had enough sense not to come back for a third installment, that
screws up my theory.  Did she really get pulled under the bed, or was it a not
so clever dream sequence ending? Hmm….

7.
Hotel

Wow, I
thought David Lynch’s films were hard to follow.  You can believe me that the
words, "What the f*ck?" escaped my mouth quite a few times during my viewing of
this film.  The ending was not really surprising.  I was expecting a messed up
ending, because the whole movie made little to no sense whatsoever. 

Cannibals or
vampires popping out of nowhere and eating Salma Hayek and David Schwimmer? Can
someone explain that? The director (in the film) waking up from a coma and
telling Lucy Liu that his mind was able to watch everybody everywhere during his
comatose state?  Huh?  Can someone explain that to me as well?  Anyone who can
make me understand this entire movie deserves a f*cking medal.

6.
The Blair Witch Project

It’s pretty
clear as to what happened to Mike and Heather at the end of this movie, but the
horror fiend in me wants to know how.  How did they die?  Was it really the
Blair Witch who killed them, or was it that other kook they were talking about? 
I think it’s pretty obvious that my morbid curiosity and overly wild imagination
got the best of me when watching this mysterious and creepy ending.

LOOK OUT FOR PART 2 OF THIS LIST SOON!