Movies with happy endings tend to offer their audiences warm, positive uplifting messages, but movies where the villains win reveal darker truths and somber messages.
Thrillers and horror films often have endings where the villains prevail, fitting thematically and providing cautionary tales.
Movies like “Midsommar” and “Hereditary” explore the power of malicious forces and the vulnerability of characters, leaving disturbing and lasting impressions.
Audiences are primed to enjoy movies where the good guys win, but some beloved films are ones where the villains prevail.
Thrillers and horror films can more often lend themselves to having endings where the villains win than other genres. In some cases, the villains in these types of films are metaphors for real-life challenges.
Having the villains win not only fits thematically with the genre of horror and suspense films, but it also enables films to tell cautionary tales designed to warn, and terrify, audiences and provoke discussions about these films’ manifest and latent meanings.
Film Theory: Movie Endings–Why They Are Significant?
Movies with happy endings tend to offer their audiences warm, positive uplifting messages, but movies where the villains win reveal darker truths and somber messages.
Thrillers and horror films often have endings where the villains prevail, fitting thematically and providing cautionary tales.
Audiences are primed to enjoy movies where the good guys win, but some beloved films are ones where the villains prevail.
Thrillers and horror films can more often lend themselves to having endings where the villains win than other genres. In some cases, the villains in these types of films are metaphors for real-life challenges.
Having the villains win not only fits thematically with the genre of horror and suspense films, but it also enables films to tell cautionary tales designed to warn, and terrify, audiences and provoke discussions about these films’ manifest and latent meanings.