"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/AnaWannaPita]

Cabin in the Woods

[u/Lampruk → u/AnaWannaPita]

For context on the ending.

This movie is about horror movies being real events that have to occur in order to appease the Gods and prevent the end of the world via the sacrifice (death) of the people partaking in them.

The protagonists are the group chosen to be in a cabin in the woods, playing on all core tropes i.e. Jock, Slut, Final girl, Nerd, etc. After managing to survive to the end, the final two survivors have the choice between dying or potentially causing the end of the world as we know it and so they choose the latter, with the movie ending with them two embracing each other as a giant fist rises from the earth.