Crispin Glover discusses horror movie endings and the multiple levels they can have

Crisp glove is best known for his role as George McFly in Back to the Futurebut it also reads in Guillermo del ToroNetflix’s new horror anthology series, Cabinet of Curiosities. During a recent interview with CB, Glover talked about what makes horror stories so great and explains why they need dark endings and how those dark or bittersweet endings can be just as good or better than a happy ending. He said:

“I tend to prefer psychological terror if you want to put it in that genre. I’ve always thought Repulsion by Polanski was truly a fantastic psychological terror film. But then I also like the metaphors that sometimes happen. I’ve always thought, of course, about some of the metaphors that have emerged in both of them Night of the Living Dead And Dawn of the dead fall into that genre. But then back to the old classic horror like Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster, he jumps around what I appreciate, but the portrayal of him in that is a beautiful interpretation. And there is a pathos. When there is pathos within the outcast, I find it quite compelling and it can be rendered beautifully in the horror genre. So it depends what my favorite things are in terms of the ending, some of which I just mentioned. There is a pathos in the ending of Night of the Living Dead, and it had that kind of civil rights metaphor that was really realized through casting, and I thought that was very telling. And then strangely Dawn of the dead it was a really great comment on shopping. “

Glover then continued to argue Frankenstein And Repulsion a little more to take home his point by saying:

“Well, there was a pathos. You feel bad about the character played by Boris Karloff. E Repulsion, it is difficult to analyze. Go through this kind of extreme delusional state where you are essentially experiencing the illusion of the character. And then it changes, not from her point of view, but essentially from the point of view of her sister and her sister’s boyfriend. And it’s hard to determine: is it a happy ending? Is it a terrible ending? It’s hard to say. When the castle gives way to the character played by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, is it a happy ending? Is this the correct ending? Or is it a sad ending? If this is a tortured character, maybe it’s the bittersweet bliss of not having to be tortured. So I like things that have multiple levels in terms of endings, whether they’re happy or sad. Bittersweet is often a nice way to end something. “

There are some great horror movie insights to consider, and those comments might give you something to think about. What are some of your favorite horror movie endings of all time?