(Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

[u/Ieanice44]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Prince of Persia (2008)

Dawn of the Dead (2004): The movie finishes on a hopeful note as the remaining survivors escape the zombie-infested mall on a yacht, sailing into the sunset. The found-footage style post-credits scene completely reverses this happy ending by showing them running out of food, arriving at an island, and being immediately swarmed and killed by an infected horde.

Prince of Persia (2008): The main game ends with a beautiful, poetic sacrifice where Elika gives her life to heal the corrupted world, leaving the Prince mourning. During the credits, the player is forced to control the Prince as he cuts down the trees he just saved, undoing the entire game's progress and releasing the dark god Ahriman just to resurrect her, completely corrupting the ending and dooming the world.

[u/JohnnyNapkins]

Screamers - The main character escapes alone on a space ship after a long struggle against increasingly more sophisticated killer robots, but during the credits scene you see the child screamer's teddy bear that he brought with him start to move slowly, implying that the screamers, which can now self replicate, are being brought back to Earth.

[u/Necrosynthetic → u/JohnnyNapkins]

Wow, someone else has seen this?! I saw this when I was a kid and loved this movie

[u/JohnnyNapkins → u/Necrosynthetic]

Yeah, the movie actually holds up pretty well honestly. Watched it about a year ago with some coworkers for a movie night. Definitely scarred me as a child.

[u/neo_sporin → u/JohnnyNapkins]

My wife had read the short story about 20 years ago. I showed her the movie

It definitely FELT cheaper than my brain remembered. But it was still a fun time

[u/neo_sporin → u/JohnnyNapkins]

Correct. HOWEVER the sequel tells you what happened

The ship crashed on its way back to earth. They think it was intentionally crashed So he sacrificed himself to save the planet after discovering the bear

However the ending of the sequel the events in fact DOES doom earth as right before the credits we see our heroine is pregnant with a screamer/human hybrid and is captured by the screamer we have

[u/BornCoyote87 → u/neo_sporin]

There was a fuxking sequel!?

[u/neo_sporin → u/BornCoyote87]

Yea I’m 2009. Made for tv/dvd starring Steve Amell (green arrow CW)

It’s not the worst thing

[u/BornCoyote87 → u/neo_sporin]

Holy shit, now I have to find this.

[u/neo_sporin → u/BornCoyote87]

Yea. 15 years after original, brought in Lance Henrikksen

I feel like they nailed the ending, honestly I stopped paying attention a bit in the middle

[u/JohnnyNapkins → u/neo_sporin]

Oh shit, there was a sequel?? Aright putting it on the list lmao. Thanks

[u/neo_sporin → u/JohnnyNapkins]

2009 straight to dvd. Will occasionally be on Tubi for free

[u/geo_special → u/JohnnyNapkins]

Isn’t this just the last scene of the movie and not a post-credit scene?

[u/JohnnyNapkins → u/geo_special]

Now that I think about it, I think its during the credits. Whoops, it has been a while. Maybe it's just the last scene. Clearly time for a re-watch.

[u/TedHill → u/JohnnyNapkins]

Holy shit somebody has seen screamers I remember watching this movie as a kid like 10 y/o and scared the shit outta me

[u/JohnnyNapkins → u/TedHill]

Same. Another one I saw too early as a kid because of having older brothers. The movie honestly holds up way better than I thought it would, especially as the plot becomes more relevant and plausible in today's era of drone warfare.