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'The Descent' (2005) -

The movie revolves around a group of female spelunkers trapped in a cave as they're hunted down by bloodthirsty creatures. It ends with just one of the women managing to escape the perilous situation.

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The original ending, which was included in the international version, featured the final survivor waking up within the cave, under the impression that she had successfully survived. However, as the camera pans out, it reveals that she is actually surrounded by the creatures, offering a more ominous conclusion.

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The famous heroine, Ellen Ripley, was not supposed to survive the first movie in the saga.

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She was originally meant to die after getting torn apart by the alien.

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'Leatherface' (2017) -

In the prequel to 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' the movie ends with Leatherface catching a woman and killing her.

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An alternate ending involves a much more gruesome scene, in which he hangs the woman on a hook and cuts off her jaw while she is still alive.

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'The Blair Witch Project' (1999) -

The actual ending is already pretty depressing: everyone dies. Audiences are left wondering what exactly happened and whether or not they were killed by the witch.

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Alternative endings didn't stray too far from the actual one used, but just involved more details and alternative ways in which the characters die.

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'World War Z' (2013) -

In the ending most audiences are familiar with, Gerry Lane (played by Brad Pitt) reaches the World Health Organization and creates a substance that renders humans undetectable to zombies. This version concludes with him reuniting with his family.

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The alternate ending sees him discovering that zombies can be killed by the cold. He subsequently finds out that his wife has survived by selling her body to a soldier in Florida in exchange for protection.

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'1408' (2007) -

In this movie, John Cusack portrays Mike Enslin, a character who grapples with the loss of his daughter and deals with his sorrow by embarking on journeys to supposedly haunted hotel rooms to debunk their paranormal claims. At one point, he comes face to face with a terrifying spirit and sets the hotel room on fire to escape. He ends up surviving.

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In the original ending, he was supposed to die in the fire and come back as a ghost himself. 

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'Get Out' (2017) -

The highly intense film of the year and a nominee for the Oscar Award for Best Picture, 'Get Out', culminates with Chris managing to escape the house where he is being held captive. In a desperate bid for freedom, he strangles his girlfriend just as his friend arrives in a police car.

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In the original ending, a real police officer was supposed to arrive, apprehend Chris, and detain him in jail, where he would fail to convince anyone with his version of events. 

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'Paranormal Activity' saga -

The movies apparently had dozens of alternative endings. 

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Numerous alternate endings featured a possessed Katie either taking her own life or being slain by another character. However, writers decided that killing her would prevent them from being able to make sequels.

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'Godsend' (2004) -

In this film where a couple experiences the loss of their eight-year-old son, a scientist suggests cloning him. The cloned version begins to experience night terrors related to the original version of himself, which eventually become reality. The movie ends with the cloned son becoming possessed. 

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'Godsend' (2004) -

There were seven potential endings under consideration for the movie. Among these alternatives, one included the protagonist murdering both his parents and the scientists.

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'Hostel' (2005) -

A group of friends are kidnapped and imprisoned in a room where many men take turns torturing them. Eventually, one of the friends (named Paxton) manages to escape, hunts down his captor, and kills him

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In the original ending, Paxton would find the kidnapper with his young daughter. Instead of killing him, he kidnaps his daughter and tortures her to take revenge. 

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'You're Next' (2011) -

Recognized as the horror version of 'Home Alone,' this film concludes with the protagonist, Erin, killing a gang of masked assassins.

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The original ending was supposed to involve a police officer showing up, barging into the house, and shooting Erin in the head before she could say anything.

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'Evil Dead' (2013) -

In this gory horror movie, the protagonist must literally kill the demonic version of herself to survive.

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The alternate ending involves her being rescued by a man, only to wake up in the back of his truck still possessed.

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'The Butterfly Effect' (2004) -

The movie follows Evan, played by Ashton Kutcher, as he rewrites his own life story over and over.

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There were four endings in total, the darkest of which involved Evan returning to the womb and strangling himself.

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'Happy Death Day' (2017) -

In this movie, a woman is trapped in a loop, repeatedly experiencing the day of her murder until she can unravel the mystery and evade death.

The initial ending had her successfully solving the murder, believing she had broken free from the cycle—only for her to be unexpectedly killed one last time just before the credits roll.

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See also: The most famous Salem witch trial descendants and relatives

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