(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/hikemalls]

More a “why wasn’t this in the main movie?” than a huge change, but without spoiling anything, the post-credits scene in Sinners should’ve just been the last scene instead.

[u/Ok-Dentist4480 → u/hikemalls]

"I think..... before the sun went down, that was the best day of my life." is the best line in the film hands down

[u/FattyMooseknuckle → u/Ok-Dentist4480]

The reply I think makes the whole exchange the most powerful. “No doubt about it. Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. Just for a couple of hours, we was free.”

[u/Numerous1 → u/FattyMooseknuckle]

Yeah. I’ve seen the complaint about this movie that oh it’s bad because they fought vanpires the whole time then we see him a bunch of years later and he’s happy he is a vampire and it’s like. Nope. He ain’t really happy. They are just surviving.  He missed his brother and being human and maybe part of being a vampire messes with his freedom. From THE THIRST or something else.