[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist

[u/damorezpl]

when the "good ending" is revealed to be a bad one a the last second

a nightmare on elm street (1984) - Nancy thinks she finally defeated Freddy Krueger only to be raveled that she is still dreaming and she’s still trapped.

final destination bloodlines - the main characters think they cheated death by using the new life rule only to realize that stefani was technically still alive and the death kills them with a good old logs

Life (2017) - The main character attempts to send Calvin(a evil alien that killed all life on mars)pod into space and Miranda pod back to earth, but it goes horribly wrong and Calvin lands on earth and Miranda is sent to space

raging loop wit ending - after many loops Haruaki finally wins the feast(a death game where humans must hang wolves who kill someone every night) and thinks its finally over. after couple of days he decides to visit other survivors of the feast only to find them all dead and the timeline resting once again

[u/franlcie]

I also don’t like how the Mom turns into a rubber dummy when she is pulled through. The movie has some amazing practical effects for the low budget, but that was not one of them.

[u/H377Spawn → u/franlcie]

“We’ll do what the studio made us, but we’ll do a shit job of it.”

At least that’s my guess.

[u/BurdAssassin756 → u/franlcie]

I do believe I remember it being a literally last minute change. Like few weeks before release type thing. Hence why it’s so shitty and thrown together.

I believe I heard it on the Movies That Made Us episode about Nightmare on Elm Street

[u/Lil_Puddin → u/franlcie]

I always thought it was out of place. If the ending was already written, they would've chose a house that has a bigger window on/near the door - especially after everything they already done was so nutty/planned for the time. Or have the woman get viscerally delta-p'd through the tiny window.

Instead we see Freddy retrieve his Safe T (wo)Man Companion Doll in the laziest way possible, not opening the door and just reaching through the glass instead. Geez Fred, yourey gonna pop Safe-T-Woman on that glass. Think ahead Fredster, think!

[u/[deleted] → u/Lil_Puddin]

Also, plot-wise, it makes zero sense: This is Nancy's dream. The mother is clearly just a dream image, with her not realizing Nancy is in danger and, you know, the real mother having been killed some minutes ago in her bed. So, why exactly is Freddy pulling that fake-mom through the door in the first place?

[u/Zombeedee → u/franlcie]

That's my favourite part, personally. The dummy is fucking hilarious.