Top 10 Best Horror Movie Post Credit Scenes

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Follow the lead of MCU fans... stick around! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the horror movies that gave us one last scare, a bit of fan service, or a plot twist after we thought we were safe. Since we’re talking about endings and sequel hooks, consider this your spoiler warning!

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00:00 "No, don't get me anything. Do me a favour, Ma, no surprises."

00:04 "Hey, Kirby! Remove the Kirby!"

00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the horror movies that gave

00:09 us one last scare, a bit of fan service, or a plot twist after we thought we were safe.

00:16 Since we're talking about endings and sequel hooks, consider this your spoiler warning.

00:21 "I think I have the perfect recruit."

00:29 Number 10. Saw X.

00:31 "Thank you, detective, for locating my fellow cancer patient."

00:36 Taking place about three weeks after the first movie, the tenth installment of the Saw franchise

00:43 is full of twists and turns as well as the gore fans have come to expect and love.

00:48 After following a convoluted plot, the film ends on jigsaw mastermind John Kramer escaping from his

00:54 own trap. But audiences get one more twist after the credits start rolling. "Where's your skull?"

01:01 "Henry." "No, no!"

01:04 Henry, who lured John into the trap, is now locked in the bathroom from the first movie,

01:10 and completely at John's mercy. Oh, how the tables have turned.

01:15 "John, please. Please don't kill me." "That's the last thing that you should be worried about."

01:23 Number 9. Slither.

01:25 Although not a box office success, this sci-fi horror-comedy has become a cult hit since its

01:30 release. "What is it?" "Oh."

01:32 Taking inspiration from B-movies and reveling in gross-outs, Slither is a great time for those

01:41 who have the stomach for it. The movie focuses on the town of Wilsey, South Carolina, as it

01:47 fights against an invasion of alien parasites. As the credits roll after a gory final battle,

01:52 you might think it's safe to open your eyes. "Oh yeah. Bill saved me from a deer."

01:58 "Oh yeah?" But the filmmakers have one more scene to show. In the aftermath of the fight,

02:06 a cat finds the remains of the first infected person and begins to eat them. Unfortunately,

02:12 this sequel hook ends up going nowhere, as a second movie has yet to be made.

02:17 "Time to turn in, ladies." "Just a couple more pages, Mom."

02:20 "No." Number 8. Evil Dead.

02:23 Ash Williams, the iconic hero of the original trilogy, was not featured in the reboot,

02:28 much to the disappointment of fans. "Groovy."

02:32 However, Bruce Campbell, the actor who played Ash, was a producer on the 2013 film,

02:38 and he did make an appearance in the after-credits scene. If you have the guts to stay for the

02:42 credits, you'll hear Professor Nobis' tape recording from the first movie play at the end.

02:48 "It is entitled 'Naturandimanto,' roughly translated 'Book of the Dead.'"

02:54 Then you'll see a profile of Bruce Campbell's face. What better way to wrap up an Evil Dead

02:59 movie than to hear the King say his famous catchphrase? "Groovy."

03:05 Number 7. Urban Legends Final Cut. "Don't you just love that movie?"

03:12 This college slasher did not perform as well as its predecessor, but it was still considered a

03:17 box office success. However, it was also universally panned by critics for being completely unoriginal.

03:24 Interestingly enough, the post-credits scene proves to be the best part of the movie. At the

03:28 end of the film, the murderer is revealed to be Professor Solomon, who appears to immediately get

03:33 killed off. "Amy!" "Oh my God, Amy."

03:42 After the credits, we see that he's actually in a wheelchair in a hospital. The killer still

03:47 being alive is not a new trope, but we get one more twist to try to rope the viewer in.

03:52 "I think we have a lot in common."

03:55 Solomon's attending nurse is actually Brenda Bates, the killer from the first movie.

04:03 Number 6. Constantine. "You did good, Ken."

04:06 Before DC got the extended universe treatment, Keanu Reeves led this comic adaptation about

04:12 John Constantine, demon hunter extraordinaire. "Hi, my name's John."

04:19 Though the movie went to some bleak and bloody places, its post-credits scene provided a

04:23 bittersweet epilogue that's rarely uplifting for a horror flick. We get one last look at

04:28 Constantine's sidekick, Chas Kramer, who tragically gave his life during the final

04:33 battle against the evil Gabriel. "It's not like the books." "No, it isn't."

04:41 Chas's efforts in this last fight prove to the audience, and to his mentor, that the young man

04:48 was indeed a strong and valuable prodigy. As Constantine reassures Chas's headstone that he

04:53 "did good," the fallen comrade rises from the grave and ascends. A final smile from John

04:59 implies that the former "kid" has finally reached a rightful place of honour.

05:04 Number 5. Happy Death Day 2U. "Ryan Tan?" "Uh, maybe?"

05:10 "I'm Dr. Isaac Parker, up here on behalf of DARPA. We'd appreciate it if you'd come with

05:14 us to answer some questions. All of you." In this sequel, we follow several college

05:20 students fighting for their lives over and over again. Tree, the protagonist from the first movie,

05:25 comes back to help her friends figure out how to stop their time loops. She appears to be a good

05:30 character, at least until the after-credits scene. "Are we in trouble?" "Please, right this way."

05:37 Taking place in a laboratory, the group of surviving friends talks to a group of government

05:43 agents about a time-looping experiment. The hold-up is that they need a test subject. Tree

05:49 pulls Carter's cheating girlfriend Danielle into the fray, suggesting her as the perfect candidate.

05:55 Danielle wakes up screaming, and the screen cuts to black.

05:58 Number 4. Dawn of the Dead. "Where did you get that?" "I found Steve's camera."

06:09 Often held as one of the best horror remakes, this gory zombie flick seems to end on a note

06:15 of potential hope. The group we've followed throughout the movie is down to five members

06:18 who escape on a yacht. The credits roll, and we think they're safe. But after the credits,

06:23 we see found footage of them running out of supplies just before they reach an island.

06:28 The island isn't safe either, and the camcorder falls as the group is attacked

06:36 by a swarm of zombies. There really is no escape in an apocalypse.

06:51 Number 3. Curse of Chucky. The sixth child play film doesn't feature Chucky's original

06:56 victim Andy, at least until after the credits roll. "Must be my lucky day." While the target

07:01 of this movie, Nika, is eventually convicted of murder and sent to a psychiatric ward,

07:06 Chucky lives on. With the help of his girlfriend Tiffany, he's delivered to Andy's house in the

07:11 post-credits scene. But Andy is prepared this time, and he shoots the doll in the head.

07:19 In 2017's Cult of Chucky, another character from past movies is reintroduced,

07:24 continuing the series and providing some great fan service. Andy's foster sister Kyle shows up

07:30 in a post-credits scene to torture Chucky's severed head. "Andy sent me. We're gonna have some fun."

07:36 Number 2. Insidious. The first movie of this series opens with a creepy panning shot of the

07:43 Lambert home. Before the title card, we see the unexplained Bride in Black holding a candle.

07:49 Though she's not prominently featured in the rest of the film, she does show her face again

07:54 after the credits. The ending of the movie is ominous enough, with protagonist Josh being

07:59 possessed. "Renee, I'm right here." But the post-credits scene gives us one more scare.

08:08 The Bride in Black comes back, candle in hand, and blows it out. The screen is doused in darkness,

08:15 and the audience is filled with terror. "It scared the hell out of me." Before we continue,

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08:35 Number 1. Night of the Living Dead. "I know you're afraid. I'm afraid too.

08:42 But we have to try to board the house up together. Now, I'm going to board up the

08:46 windows and the doors. Do you understand?" This low-budget flick revolutionized zombie movies,

08:52 even though the word "zombie" is never actually used. Night of the Living Dead has been praised

08:56 for tackling issues ranging from the Vietnam War to racism in the United States through the use

09:02 of metaphor. Even more surprising is the ending. Ben, the sole survivor of the group we've been

09:07 following, emerges from the safe house he's been hiding in, only to be mistaken for a ghoul

09:12 and shot on sight. "OK, he's dead. Let's go get him. That's another one for the fire."

09:18 But the horror doesn't end there. As the credits roll, we see Ben's body being added to a pyre of

09:24 other corpses and ultimately set aflame. "Hey, Randy, light these torches over here."

09:30 Every heroic action he took was for nothing. What's your favourite scary post-credits scene?

09:36 Let us know in the comments. "I don't know why, but I thought this would end it."

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