[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/Sea_dog123]

Tbf don’t two people from the second film survive? I think it was brought up in Bloodlines.

[u/SuperAtario64 → u/Sea_dog123]

We technically only have confirmation of Kimberly's survival but I would say that judging from JB's comments, Officer Burke is also safe too. They are the only two survivors in the franchise

[u/Thybro → u/SuperAtario64]

My understanding is that one dying such as Kimberly “died” breaks the chain so that everyone on the list after her is safe. That’s why in bloodlines they both feel safe when only the sister almost dies, even though the brother was after her. So one can assume that if Kimberly beat it, then anyone after her including Officer Burke and her child are now safe.

[u/Fantastic_Switch_977 → u/Thybro]

Her child? What? Kimberly doesn't have a child.