Compared to the original end, the alternative end of the "descent" feels cowardly and is afraid to end up on a really dark note. However, for some, the American version is superior Because Not as dark and hopeless as /Film is written BJ Colangelo.

However, Marshall thinks there was no happy ending for Sarah. She may escape cave monsters in the American region, but her personal demons will still haunt her. She Whether Leave the Jununo behind to be killed, so it's no coincidence that she sees Jununo haunting her. Sarah wasn't healed from her trauma, she got a lot more From that, and that is even worse because now he has lost his friends.

Marshall told Vulture in 2021 That the American region "reminded him of the end of the Texas chainsaw massacre." "That film ends with blood soaked last girlfriend Sally (Marilyn Burns) escaping a cannibalist killer Letterface (Gunnar Hansen) in the back of Pikap-Camion. Leatherface turns around with a chainsaw while Sali watches. Whether It resembles halls by the end of "descent". Marshall continued:

"(Sarah) survives, but she is clearly out of her mind with fear and madness. So, I don't see him as a happy ending when she comes out of the cave."

In contrast, Marshall believes that his preferred original end is the one that gives Sarah a happier conclusion. As she explained in an interview with Empire: "In my opinion, there is no luck for Sarah outside that cave. Her family is dead, her friends are gone, she's completely crazy. The best version of it was Sarah for me, in her head, however with her daughter."

In any version of the "descent", Sarah that escapes the cave plays as a fantasy: a sharp return of daylight, the musical result becomes a triumphant, etc. Something is something off about what is paid when it comes out is Dream. Sarah's imagination gives her that fantasy, and rejects her, talking about what Marshall said about her bow. Sarah accepted that even if she escaped, she would not find peace. Only her daughter could bring it, so she imagined her daughter being alive again.

Since it is as dark as the original end of the "descent", Marshall prefers it because she thinks she is more merciful for Sarah.