House at the End of the Street ending explained

House at the End of the Street is a psychological horror movie screening in theaters now. Jennifer Lawrence plays a 17-year-old high school girl who gets involved with a victim of a double murder. House at the End of the Street ending is so fast paced that moviegoers need time to digest the information.

Movie endings with psychological themes create confusion. Thus, the movie ending begins many discussions on how to understand various events that shape the plot. House at the End of the Street is one of those movies that require further explanation to elaborate on the ending. If you haven't watched the movie yet, beware we will reveal the ending spoilers.

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House at the End of the Street ending is intense. Ryan is revealed as the murderer. He kills his parents to repay them for punishing him. Ryan's sister Carrie Anne died on a swing set.  

Ryan's parents punished him, forcing the young boy to replace his deceased sister Carrie Anne. The mother dressed up Ryan in Carrie Anne's clothing. She made him grow his hair out like a girl.  

The mental abuse influenced Ryan to murder his parents. He refused to accept his parents psychological tricks. Besides, the mother was obviously a drug user. She appeared high after shooting up heroin. Ryan accidentally pushed Carrie Anne too high. She fell backwards, smashing her head against the ground. 

Ryan never forgave himself. He believed his actions caused Carrie Anne's death. In the basement, Ryan tells Elissa that he wants her, but needs Carrie Anne more. Essentially, Ryan is kidnapping various women to dress up like his sister Carrie Anne. It appears he is suffering from PTSD and some Axis II mental disorders. 

Ryan puts blue contacts in the girl's eyes to make them appear as Carrie Anne. His parents attempted gender reversal to raise Ryan as Carrie Anne. We realize the reason Ryan butchers his parents. He had enough of their dress up games, mental torture and regrets. 

Ryan survived the gunshot wounds and the head trauma. Elissa discovers the tree is just a tree. There is no smiley face or secrets ingrained in the tree. Ryan used his charm to deceive women. He lured them into his underground dungeon. They tried to escape his psychotic actions. 

Ryan sits inside a dark room at a mental institution. He imagines his childhood. In the flashback scene, Ryan is sitting at a table dressed up as a girl. His mother serves him a cake. She refers to him as Carrie Anne. Ryan rebells to say that I'm Ryan. The mother grows angry, yelling at Ryan and slapping him. She says shut up, you're Carrie Anne. Of course, the slap reinforces that he is Carrie Anne. 

Ryan knows his real identity. He murders his parents to end their sick game. The damage is done, as Ryan developed psychological issues that make him believe he must have Carrie Anne with him at al times. He kidnaps local girls to act as Carrie Anne. He gets all emotional if the girl somehow dies. 

Ryan replaces the deceased girl with a Penn State college student. He murders the girl, and then stuffs her in the car trunk. Ryan uses blue contact lenses on the girls who don't have blue eyes. The blue eyes help him to connect with Carrie Anne. Carrie Anne is dead. She died on the swing set. Ryan's parents buried the young Carrie Anne in a shallow grave.  

In the years to follow, the town probably assumed Carrie Anne was alive while Ryan went off to stay with a relative. Meanwhile, Carrie Anne murders her parents for no apparent reason. We learn that Ryan is psychologically broken. His psychological trauma is indefinite. 

If Elissa didn't shoot Ryan, she would've been taken into the basement to replace the deceased Penn State girl. Elissa discovers dead the Penn State college student in the car trunk. House at the End of the Street ending resembles the Sleepaway Camp ending. Do a Google search for Sleepaway Camp ending.

House at the End of the Street is a psychological horror thriller with a twist. The last flashback conveys the twist that Ryan assumed Carrie Anne's role. His mother smacked and yelled at home. Ryan suffered as a child, a victim to his parents mental and physical torture. He had enough with living as Carrie Anne. Therefore, Ryan butchered his parents to escape their reverse gender games. 

It is too late for Ryan. The initial trauma of losing his sister and enduring his punishment influenced his mind. Ryan chooses to find a Carrie Anne stand-in to connect back to his childhood. Before Carrie Anne died, Ryan lived a normal life.

The mother was obviously a heroin addict that blamed Ryan for his sister's death. Moreover, the father buried Carrie Anne is a dirt grave. Ryan will remain in the mental institute as long as he lives because his psychological trauma is too severe. He is just like the psychotic girl in Orphan. 

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