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Okay, Sinister's ending was NOT illogical and silly. Everything that happened was all deliberate. Baghuul has, for all intents and purposes, developed an elaborate summoning ritual that can be completed by accident. That is the whole point of the snuff reels. He knows people are morbid and will watch those things over and over again, which they don't notice until several viewings contain his likeness and allow him to begin to manifest. He also knows that people are easily panicked and will eventually flee, which is why the final step of his "ritual" is when they move to a new house. Like I said: It's a summoning ritual you can perform by accident. And that's precisely what Baghuul designed it to be.
Also, did she say Sinister 2 was better than the first one? (During the Eli part.) Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for giving James Ransone as many starring vehicles as possible, but it was so much dumber and less atmospheric than the first one.
Iain Meldrum I don’t think it was bad, it was just extremely disjointed. It felt like the first and second acts were a completely different movie from the third.
I don't think it was a bad film either, but I do think it was quite rushed. As a result you didn't get the same sinister feel from Rose and her "family" as you get in the book. Also the box where Danny puts all the Hotel ghosts isn't referred to enough for the defeat of Rose to be natural. My sister who hasn't read the book felt that that story beat came out of nowhere and was an easy fix.
Doctor Sleep was an excellent sequel for The Shining, well written, well performed and gave closure to a story going full circle after providing much needed lore to the world it takes place in
Sinister 2 was not a better movie than the first one, I felt it lacked the spooky atmosphere or tension but I did like the Deputy So and So character and enjoy the actor,.
Sinister 2 was fine, but no where have i heard anyone call it “impressive” and act like thats the general consensus lol idk what they re smokin sometimes.
Normally I like What Culture’s videos but what the f was this? It’s almost as if the writers didn’t full watch or pay attention to some of these movies. What they completely FAIL to mention in Sinister’s ending is that the dad rushed to move his family out of the house once he figured out what was going on. He thought he was only investigating one family murder but stumbled upon an entire curse and he was putting his family at risk. Once he found that out, of course he packed up and left and we thought it would be a happy ending. Turns out (what the cop finds out) the curse doesn’t go into effect until the family moves houses and THEN they are murdered. Hence why the murders weren’t connected before bc they happened at different locations. So by moving out to protect his family, the father inadvertently triggers the curse and gets them all killed. It’s not a “silly” ending that doesn’t make sense, it was heartbreaking and a finally gut punch twist that made viewers feel helpless to just sit and watch as they figured it out too late. Was there any effort at all put into these reviews?
Yeah, the ending of Sinister 2 was bullshit, compared to the first, which was genuinely shocking and presented interesting dilemmas for the protagonists.
uhhh, did you watch the vid? she said the father moved the family out and the murders still occurred nonetheless. yes, Kristen didnt mention the curse specifically but she summarized it well enough
@@Mariewolf_94 uhhhh not really, saying they moved out isn’t the same as explaining that the father genuinely was shocked and terrified and his first move was to protect his family and move out. They made it sound like the father couldn’t care less about his family then called it “silly” when they didn’t explain the motives behind his actions in the first place. Understanding character motives really clears up the plot you know
I'm almost 60 and the ending of Skeleton Key haunts me to this day. I'm sorry this vid disses the rest of the film because the whole thing serves as a build up for the horrible conclusion. If you have a phobia against being trapped, do not watch this.
Andrew Andrew Get Out is FAR from a remake of Skeleton Key but I can see where you’d draw that conclusion. But both are great movies. I remember being the only kid (or person around) who thought Skeleton Key was a good movie when it first came out. That ending still fucks me up to this day
Plus Funny Games was good too. I love seeing the defenders of A Serbian Film these days, acting as if it's some unappreciated classic in waiting..... When anyone with sense realises it was ham-fisted nonsense.
A Serbian film is one of the most vile movies I've watched for sure. I couldn't believe the reference she made as well I was like wtf are you taking about.
In a very, very, very poor defense of "A Serbian Film", it *does* show that there are people out there who are into some really disturbing things, and the people who provide said things are just as bad, if not worse. But yeah, that movie is fucking awful and has literally no redeeming qualities other than being just a really disgusting shock film.
I love Skeleton Key, I think it's underrated; watching it a second time is like watching a different movie when you think about the characters in a new way, the dialogue and looks between the characters take on new meanings.
To add to the bleakness of The Mist's ending, the main survivor the camera focuses on is Melissa McBride (Carol from TWD), who spoke with David at the start and who David declined to go with. Has he done so, he would have avoided all of the horror.
The real bleakness is the implication that Mrs Carmody was right and killing the son DID end everything and the army showing up is just a coincidence to hammer further angst in.
@@grimmandtonics No, the lesson is if David had done the sensible thing and shot the insane fundamentalist Mrs Carmody right away, his son and the elderly couple would not have had to die, because then the people at the mall would not have gone into raving religious mania, with Carmody calling for the human sacrifice of the kid, and David and the others could have stayed at the mall until rescue.
10. Sinister 9. Oculus 8. The Midnight Meat train 7. Hereditary 6. The Mist 5. The Skeleton key 4. Night of the living dead 3. Eli 2. Fallen 1. Funny Games
Fallen is still one of my all time favorites. Maybe I watched it at a time when my knowledge of movie twists was lacking, so it had a greater effect. It still holds up amazingly, though. Denzel and John Goodman absolutely killed their performances.
appreciated, but i play Kirsten-Ria Bingo now. to make them almost watchable. i got my flat delivery and misplaced emphasis in the first 2 sentences i think i will have a whole row in no time. If Jack Pooley is the writer thats a free corner, and if its a fun and easy to watch video then i took to many narcotics
I totally agree. I actually prefer Kubrick's film over novel The Shining and was pleasantly surprised at how well the movie Dr Sleep merged both the book and movie into this sequel.
The Skeleton Key was a 'by the numbers horror movie'. Wut? You can dislike it but I can't think of too many movies that had a similar plot line unlike a lot of other horror movies.
I worked at a haunted house on year and the scene I was in had that same record playing. I spent so much time alone in a freaky cabin in the dark with that record on. Needless to say I do not like it either. Lol
The Skeleton Key was awesome. Even my stepmom liked it and she hates everything that's not pre-1970. Fallen is my favorites from Denzel "oh, you forgot, I was going to tell you about the time I ALMOST died"...classic stuff.
@@Pixie4Gizmo I was just going to say "don't they sneak away while the kid is sleeping or something to have sex in the store" i had read the book and seen the movie and they both mixed together over time.
The ending is the gentlest. The falling action where the woman gets fed poop or something, beaten up consecutively, tied in the dark, tortured, and peeled off is THAT part you'll ever regret watching.
Irreversible is one with a double or even triple bleak ending. Being told backwards, the story opens with a grisly murder, which we discover was revenge for the lead characters girlfriend being raped. In the middle of the story we discover that he killed the wrong man. The story ends with the girlfriend reading a mind blowing passage from a book, stating that time is fixed, the future has already happened and our consciousness has to catch up. We, the audience already know the horrible evening ahead of her, so the notion that horrific acts of violence are predestined is depressing and terrifying all at once.
I Hate Unicorns true. It’s depressingly accurate in it’s depiction of how men often make a woman’s rape about themselves. The leading man uses her trauma as an excuse to murder someone for no good reason, because “his woman” was violated, which he views as an attack on his status as a protector. It’s most bleakly spot on look at where toxic masculinity can go in extreme cases.
The END of Skeleton Key? After watching the film, find some retrospection and realize that two innocent children were lynched in the backstory! Such an underrated story. I get that the film itself is pretty low-key. But that plot is pure gold.
Yeah I was waiting for that mention too. When you realise what happened and think back on the lynching scene it's so heartbreaking especially when you hear the two shouting and screaming
So few seem to remember the surprisingly brilliant "May" starting Angela Bettis, Anna Faris, and Jeremy Sisto. It's conclusion is one of the most disturbing in history...
- Eden Lake. Disturbing, unfair ending - Sleep Tight (original Spanish 'Mientras Duermes'). I always recommend this one because the movie is creepy but awesome, but the end is like wtf!? - The Descent. The original finale. I'm surprised it wasn't included in the list because the original ending makes you feel pretty bad
It's funny, I was in Europe when The Descent came out and I saw it. So it always boggled my mind when a sequel with the same character came out, leaving me like "How???"
Eden Lake was such a kick in the nuts ending. It truly was one that left me feeling hopeless. I think it was compounded by the fact that she was almost safely away...
Fallen is so damn underrated. I remember, after watching that scene of body hopping, me and my old roommates would bump into each other singing 'time is on our side'. Picking up where the other left off. It was just a fun and interesting movie. And the demon being able to jump into cats was established earlier on. We see a cat watching Denzel's character and then cut to the yellow tint of the demon's viewpoint. So we know that the demon can go into animals. Or at least cats. It's what makes the payoff at the end work. It wasn't out of nowhere.
Diana Brutus absolutely. For those whove read the book i think theyll be mind blown how they handled it. If you havent tho you still be entertained for sure. Its not like scary but its pretty engaging
"We may praise the this flicks impressive sequel" and "Better than the original", Did ya'll watch the same sinister 2 that I did!? That movie was so boring and filled with linear characters that didn't make you care about them in the slightest, and a dull story with no scares. The only good part was the snuff films . The rest of the movie was a cliche snorefest that deserved every bit of that 16 % on rotton tomatoes . Such a disappointment compared to the original which was unique , interesting, and genuinely terrifying.
Agreed. The additional "rules" felt shoe-horned in. The child ghosts being in league with the Demon that is draining their essences made no sense in the context of their portrayal in the first film. The broken family added nothing new. The best idea they introduced was the deputy backtracking the demon's path in an effort to stop it, which then felt squandered by the ending. I LIKED the idea of the star-struck, awkward cop being smarter than his first impression gave, and that arc was built up enough in the first film for it to ring true. Aw, well.
Hello...yes I couldn't agree with you more...though I maybe need to rewatch this video as I didn't think she gave Sinister 2 the best review. Bare in mind I am having a really hard time staying present due to fighting my way out of trauma bonding (I think). Anyway, I um decided to watch horror reviews and I have to say I have seen the majority on this video and i am impressed with the selection. However, i could not agree more with you on the Sinister 2 review. I looked so forward to it cuz it had such a well thought out trailer and the beginning i thought was going strong by end of it, I just thought there was no added value. The first one was completely Sinister. The second one was...hmmm...
I actually thought Creep and Creep 2 were brilliant horror movies made on low scale budget that came out on Netflix...and seeing I love horror...here are a few of my suggestions...Darkness Falls...only one thing of minimal gore but the theme of horror in my opinion reversed...in that the character is disbelieved from the getgo. Also, Gothica...which some say is a rip off of The Last House on The Left...but I have never seen the Last House. I did think Eli from this list was brilliant. Harsh but brilliant. Hang on thinking of some more
I've watched a few of these and the ending to the first Saw never makes it on the list. I remembered every detail of the moment I saw that scene at the theater all those years ago. One of the scariest moments of my life.
That is the one movie advised not to watch that any person must not watch. I love horror and nasty creepy films but that should really be banned everywhere. Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.
Fallen was amazing, this scene when Azazel was jumping orm one cop to another singin song - great. Funny Games was really interesting, especially when at beginning they show knife in that boat, that in "every other movie" would help victim. :P
@@MACarcano I was thinking the same thing. I was pretty certain that the audience was told before the end that Azazel could jump into an animal. Then I saw your comment and I knew I wasn't mis-remembering it.
I still think the movie never got the credit it deserved. That reveal was awesome, and I loved the last shot that kept playing behind the credits. Nobody seems to remember it these days. It's on the short list of films I think actually improved on it's source material. The book was ok, but I'm glad for the changes that were made. Rourke and Deniro were both great. Too many people have forgotten that this movie exists.
@@moniquevandeplas5210 I swear I'm not trying to be "that guy" or to one up anybody, but I guessed it when I first saw the trailer. Too much Twilight Zone as a kid, I guess.
@@napoleonsolo5929 Honestly I dont care if you are being that guy. The funny thing about Skeleton Key is I liked it way better the second time. I know you are not being that guy. I know you are sincere. I figured The Others before the end. I figured out Sixth sense halfway through. Hell, I figured out Fight Club halfway through. People have said...oh you are one of those to me. There are so few movies with twist endings that I dont predict. Surprisingly Gothica was one of them. I want to write my own horror movie
Most of these are effective because they end with a feeling of despair and hopelessness, where the good guys lose because they were being played or tricked the whole time and we only find that out at the end when the bad guy/object/entity gets to walk away and continue terrorizing people. Those movies are always the most disturbing, when the good guys die and the bad guys live. Also, The Skeleton Key and Sinister both gave me the heebie jeebies when in TSK you realise what happened to the 2 kids and in Sinister you see the demon in the swimming pool. Ugh I can feel the goosebumps xD
Mmmmhhhmmm...I think if they did it right it would be fantastic...but I think they would have to change genres...like go from horror to fantasy sort of....like maybe Eli even though he is son of devil did horrible things but for right reasons so we find out parents and nurses were actually terrible all along...except then it would take away from the original film. I dont know. What are your thoughts
Skeleton Key is probably my favourite horror film. So underrated IMO. That Papa Justify conjure thing on the record player scared the shit out of me... 😨
In fallen we are already aware the demon can enter a cat. There is a point where they show a view from the demon and then a cat hissing on a ledge looking in the window.
I would have included the ending to the first Saw movie. The whole thing of everyone being fucked at the end has become their staple, but when Jigsaw slammed the bathroom door on Adam in that first movie... that stayed with me for weeks.
I thought I was the only one who noticed this, they have a third common word “banger”! I’m sure they have a competition and have a Titular score card, she’s now said it twice and I’m only half way through. Once noticed you can’t stop hearing it, it’s a non-sensical word and hardly one that’s in everyday parlance. Please just stop it, not funny anymore!
I love the way they did the ghost in sinister like he never really saw the kids but they were alway behind him and it makes for the feeling of uneasy.. oculus was so good bummer ending for sure. I was like damn
I recall seeing that when it came out, but I don't remember... Was she a demon, a witch or something, in which to do such things, or did they just leave that ambiguous?
Skeleton Key is way more disturbing when you realize in the original body switch the two kids were murdered by their own parents who didn't realize it was them.
I liked hereditary up until the ending. Liked the build up then it went with a cult ending which for me ruined the psychological and spooky elements of the film
You got the ending of Night of the Living Dead wrong- they didn’t shoot him because they thought he was a zombie (he was pointing a gun at them ffs!), but purely because he was black (I know you said that part but you made it sound like they just assumed he was a zombie).
the ending of the mist is what makes that movie so good. dare to be different. I love the mist, the road and other depressing movies with sad endings. I don't get depressed watching them, I get energized by the quality film story telling.
Actually, we were informed in Fallen that Azazel could body transfer into a cat. In the middle of the movie, he was spying on Detective Hobbes from a window outside the precinct. That's how Azazel was able to get inside the precinct and finally showed his ability to the Detective.
Too bad you didn't enjoy it, but everyone had their own taste. And pretty much every film has already done the same plot before. It's just that director's vision of how the story plays out.
Summer of 84 had the most bleak, disturbing ending of a movie I've seen in a long time. Such a slow burn throughout but the ending and the psychological trauma, paranoia, and implied hopelessness is brutal.
For me it was The Human Centipede, I didn’t find the movie scary, but the sheer hopelessness of the ending scene made me so uncomfortable and stayed with me since. I was also like 11 when I watched it, which was probably a mistake in itself
I'd just like to say that I fast forwarded through the ending of meat train because I knew it sounded like something I wanted to watch. So glad I did. I'm 30 minutes in and I'm loving it. Thanks for the recommendation guys
