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  • sleeping is overrated anyway.

  • Welcome to watch Mojo.

  • And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10.

  • Scariest horror movie ending scenes for this list.

  • We're taking a look at the most frightening final scenes from horror films that scared the pants off of us just before the credits rolled.

  • And just to be clear, the film's mentioned don't necessarily have to be great from start to finish.

  • They just have to have worthy spine chilling endings.

  • No, and a huge spoiler alert.

  • Number 10 Mulholland Dr David Lynch movies have a tendency to send viewers on.

  • A psychological journey in Mulholland Drive is no exception.

  • At its heart, it's about a woman who suffers from amnesia after a car crash and tries to piece together her life.

  • Simple right.

  • But the journey, she goes on is anything but.

  • After an hour and 1/2 of being dragged through the emotional wringer with flashbacks, time shifts and confusing dream sequences, Naomi Watts character finds herself tortured by voices and hallucinations.

  • Ultimately, it becomes too much for her, and she shoots herself in the head fittingly chaotic and shocking end to a surreal movie.

  • The final moments pack a huge emotional punch.

  • Number nine.

  • The Lighthouse The most recent release on today's list, The Lighthouse shows us that Robert Eggers 2015 masterpiece The Witch was no fluke.

  • This director is a seriously talented storyteller.

  • Read the synopsis, and the lighthouse may sound a little thin on the ground.

  • It's about to lighthouse keepers and the agony of the isolated time they spent together.

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  • But the veiled meanings behind many of the scenes and the way in which suspense is built make the final scene all the more satisfying.

  • Climbing the winding steps of the lighthouse, Robert Pattinson's character experiences some sort of significant existential moment before tumbling down into oblivion.

  • Of course, there are many potential interpretations, but that final, gruesome shot alone deserves a tip of the hat.

  • Number eight.

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a classic case of the remake Being Justus good if not better than the original 1970 eight's Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a bona fide horror classic emotion feelings.

  • He's just not the same person with a bunch of alien pods duplicating human forms and invading earth.

  • Nobody is to be trusted and throughout the entire movie.

  • We are constantly analyzing a character's body language to see if they might be one of them.

  • Thankfully, we can trust our protagonists, Matthew and Nancy.

  • Or so it would seem.

  • And yeah, I get it Thes the movie comes to a close.

  • Nancy approaches Matthew on Lee to be greeted by the trademark point and shriek of a pod.

  • Turns out Matthews become one of them, letting out a noise that will live forever in the nightmare Bank.

  • Number seven Video Drome One of the most famous body horror movies of all time, from Jar master David Cronenberg videoed Rome, lures you in with it's intriguing imagery and then subsequently makes you feel sick.

  • The story follows the CEO of a TV channel who becomes obsessed with the mysterious and murderous broadcast called Video Drome.

  • Thanks, video alone.

  • Here's something for you to leave.

  • He's definitely not, for ultimately, this force of evil can only be defeated by quote leaving the old flesh.

  • And so James Woods is Max.

  • Renn is forced to shoot himself in the head.

  • The scene itself is pretty horrific, so we can't show it in its entirety here.

  • But the cult like sacrificial circumstances are what make it so iconically creepy.

  • Number six.

  • Don't look now.

  • We're not gonna pretend to completely understand this movie.

  • It is a Nicolas Roeg picture, after all, but there's no denying that its climactic death and the foreshadowing that leads to it.

  • We'll leave even the most seasoned moviegoer uneasy.

  • Quick, quickly the barker.

  • Quick.

  • No, no, no.

  • Let Barca Searching for a sense of acceptance after his daughter's death, John Baxter becomes haunted by strange imagery around Venice running through the winding streets.

  • His journey comes to an abrupt end after he corners a figure he believes is a child.

  • A friend.

  • It's not.

  • It's a dwarf with a meat cleaver.

  • Wait.

  • This hotly debated scene has been called everything from genius to stupid.

  • But one thing's for sure.

  • It is scary, memorable and unnervingly ambiguous.

  • Number five Friday the 13th This legendary slasher flick made summer camps grade a nightmare fuel, taking the classic formula of teenagers getting frisky with each other one minute and then running for their lives the next.

  • The movie helped spawn a massive franchise spearheaded by the hockey mask wearing killer Jason Vorhees, but in reality Jason doesn't appear until the end of the first film in this moment is all the more impactful for it.

  • The scene sees the movie's leading lady, Alice, peacefully floating on Crystal Lake before being pulled to the depths by the corpse of Jason Vorhees in one of cinema's most memorable jump scares theories.

  • Lee this movie straight up ruined lakes, camping and the name Jason in one fell swoop.

  • Number four.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street.

  • Ah, yes, Ah, horror villain.

  • Not even your dreams can protect you from the idea that a Claude psychopath could haunt your dreams and kill you is a pretty terrifying one.

  • But the notion that said Psycho can never really be killed is what will really haunt you in your dreams.

  • They're thieves, Similar to the after mentioned Friday the 13th.

  • A nightmare on Elm Street lulls us into a false sense of security with a happy ending before the tide shifts and were forced to lean forward and pay attention for one final scare.

  • Oh, I feel like a 1,000,000 bucks, they say.

  • You've bottomed out when you can't remember the night believing the horrifying Freddy Krueger is gone.

  • Nancy waves good bye to her mom before her car, now sporting Freddie's iconic colors, locks her in and her mother is violently dragged through the window.

  • Wow!

  • Number three.

  • Hereditary.

  • As with other occult based movies, hereditary features enough subtle symbols, references and secrets to make your head spin.

  • Even after multiple viewings centering on a family who's targeted by hellish cult, this Ari Astor flick sees death and mystery begin to surround them.

  • The cult's ultimate goal is to use the 16 year old Peter as a vessel for their demon leader payment.

  • Pretty heavy stuff.

  • After a series of freakishly strange deaths, the cult eventually gets their wish.

  • As Peter ascends to the tree house and is greeted by headless worshipping disciples.

  • He is crowned as payment, and the cult rejoices right.

  • That's enough on hereditary for now.

  • You our payment, one of the H Kings off Hell number to carry a movie about loneliness, adolescents, religion and friendship or lack thereof.

  • Carrie will be relatable.

  • To many, though it's ending is anything but Sure, maybe you've fantasized about getting even with a high school bully using newly developed telekinetic powers, but this gets really ugly real fast.

  • After discovering her abilities, the bullied Carrie unleashes hell on her fellow students and ultimately burns herself and her mother alive.

  • Following the chaos, Sue, the only survivor of Carrie's high school onslaught, visits her decimated home on Lee to be visited once again.

  • Bythe, don't worry, it was only a dream.

  • By today's standards, it may be a predictable jump scare, but it still remains one of the most satisfying question for you guys.

  • What's scarier way to finish a horror movie with, Like a definitive ending or with an unknown for boating unsolved mystery.

  • Our number one falls into the latter camp, so let's see some honorable mentions.

  • And then we'll find out what we've chosen as the scariest horror movie ending scene.

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  • Number one.

  • The Blair Witch Project.

  • It's easy to turn your nose up at it now.

  • What was movies like paranormal activity being commonplace these days?

  • But back in 1999 found footage, horror movies weren't really a thing, and The Blair Witch Project is credited with popularizing the format.

  • I think the time of its release, people didn't know whether the film was a work of fiction or genuine found footage, and that made the ending all the more heart stopping in true found footage.

  • FASHION The conclusion isn't polished far from it.

  • Scared to close my eyes, the students enter a house while they're in the woods and are swiftly picked off one by one by something or someone.

  • All we get is shaky footage and screaming.

  • We fear what we do not know, and that's why this takes the top spot.

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