Another echoed with: "Rather than an ending that wraps things up nicely in a pretty little bow, it's an ending that unties the bow, and opens the box, and leaves you with the RAW reality of it all.

Carved Changed A Key Detail Of The Short Films Ending Both the 2018 short film and the 2024 Carved movie have the premise of a killer pumpkin, but the details around the pumpkin, the time setting ...

Instead, the cliffhanger ending of the film sets up the plot for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It will be the fourth installment in the franchise and was filmed back-to-back with 28 Years Later.

Which is, I am sad to say, clever. It sends a message, as any story about a papal election would be destined to do. It is not an ungenerous conclusion, by any means.