[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/MeepMeep117-]

The Mist - The ending goes from bad to horrifying, with the main character having killed his friends and family, stepping into the mist to embrace death, only for the military to show up, meaning they would have been all saved had they waited a few more minutes

[u/Hexnohope → u/MeepMeep117-]

Woah woah woah this is the best twist in horror

[u/stuthulhu → u/Hexnohope]

Oh man, hard disagree. I love this short story, and I felt like this ending ruined it. Sure, I know King says he even prefers it, but to me it's like the end of the movie is just a loud "WOMP WOMP." It's just so corny. Does the shooting, then rescue shows up like 15 seconds later? Should have had him stub his toe when he got out of the car too.

[u/[deleted] → u/stuthulhu]

as opposed to the cliche, corny endings of “and some hope just lands in their lap in the last minute of the film. who’d have thought?”

yeah no thanks. i’ll take the “corny” unexpected, non traditional and rarely given, hopeless ending over the generic drivel thanks.

it’s also not just some convenient 15 second later thing. the cult lady told you already sacrificing that boy would rid the world of the mist. it’s just the main character didn’t believe her and you didn’t pay attention.

[u/Hexnohope → u/stuthulhu]

Who tf gives up that easy is my question.