"According to director Jessica M. Thompson, there were two alternate endings for the film, one that was filmed and one that wasn't. The unfilmed ending would have had Evie keep her vampiric powers, despite killing Walter/Dracula, and going out into the world to hunt other vampires; the filmed ending would have had Dracula survive the fire at New Carfax and return by ship to Romania, killing the crew and passengers on the way, in order to survive. Thompson was not a fan of that ending, as she felt it took away from Evie's triumph to have the vampire live, and also because she felt it would suggest there would be sequels. Test audiences also hated that ending."
Horror Character Appreciation - Nathalie Emmanuel as Evie in The Invitation (2022) dir. Jessica M. Thompson
Black Christmas (1974)
Hausu (1977)
The Sentinel (1977)
Alien (1979)
Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Pet Cemetery (1989)
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
"I'll get the shuttle ready. I'll give you about - about seven minutes. Come back up here. I'll shut the switches off and we'll blow this fucker off into space."
Horror Character Appreciation - Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott