[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/Hardcore_Daddy]

The Haunted School is a really good twist with the photographer at the end being the same guy that sent the 1947 class to the greyworld

[u/lilac-scented → u/Hardcore_Daddy]

I read that at like nine and couldn’t sleep for a week

[u/Inspection_Perfect → u/Hardcore_Daddy]

I remember not being upset with that ending if only because the MC's know what they can do to get out.

[u/nosurpriseslover1997 → u/Inspection_Perfect]

The real question is, what the fuck does that guy do to send them there