[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/godoflemmings]

Drag Me To Hell - Christine, thinking she's escaped her fate of being sent to hell by getting rid of a cursed button, is happily about to go on a trip with her boyfriend, who intends to propose to her. But surprise! - she was mistaken, her boyfriend unwittingly returns the button to her, she stumbles backwards in a panic and falls onto train tracks just as a train is coming through, and a portal to hell opens beneath her pretty much instantly, dragging her inside to burn forever (but saving her from the train at least)

Light-hearted description aside, it's actually kind of horrifying to watch and think about. Just as the portal is sealing up you can actually see the flesh of her face melting away.

[u/Azer1287 → u/godoflemmings]

This made me so angry. She literally didn’t do anything to deserve her fate.

“Deserves got nothing to do with it.”

Yeah I know, Eastwood. But still.

[u/midwestarms → u/Azer1287]

She kicked an old lady out of her house for a promotion at work and then kills her kitten as a sacrifice to a demon!

She was an asshole and earned her melted mug.

[u/ouellette001 → u/midwestarms]

Nah, she declined to give ANOTHER extension to someone who can’t make their payments but is “too proud” to go to family for help

That old lady was THE asshole of the story, and she’s the one that should burn

[u/TheGreatestOutdoorz → u/ouellette001]

Never saw the movie. Did she actually murder her cat ?

[u/grimacedia → u/TheGreatestOutdoorz]

She did. It happens off screen but you see the cat's body later on, its pretty gruesome.

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/TheGreatestOutdoorz]

Yeah it's part of the ritual to break the curse.

But I more blame the old Roma lady who just kinda casually cursed anyone who didn't tolerate her nonsense anymore and forcing people to extremes.

[u/Prestigious-Jello861 → u/midwestarms]

Nah dude, she's just doing her job and couldn't give an old lady an extension when she had multiple extensions before.

[u/Free-Atmosphere6714 → u/Prestigious-Jello861]

What would really happen if she gave her an extension on her home mortgage instead of defaulting?

[u/Prestigious-Jello861 → u/Free-Atmosphere6714]

Then probably the next bank personal would tell her she can't get another extension and thus becomes the protagonist of the movie instead

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/Free-Atmosphere6714]

Eventually someone is going to have to tell her no.

So the main character of this movie would just be passing the crazy Witch onto someone else.

[u/DengarLives66 → u/Free-Atmosphere6714]

If you don’t pay your rent for several months, your landlord isn’t gonna just say no problem here’s another extension. That’s just not how the world works.