Hypnotic Ending Explained: Does Jenn Die? 10 Curiosities and Question About the Netflix Thriller

The narrative cue of mind control and manipulation of the psyche has fed many films in the history of cinema: the latest thriller to use it is Hypnotic and was released in streaming on Netflix on October 27th. The protagonist Jennifer (Kate Siegel the wife and fetish actress of Mike Flanagan star of Hill House, The Terror of Silence and Midnight Mass) is a depressed and jobless woman. On the advice of a friend, she relies on the care of a famous (and ambiguous) hypnotherapist to heal and get out of the tunnel. The sessions, however, soon turn into a chain of terrifying and increasingly lethal events.

Immediately jumped to the top of Netflix’s Top 10, Hypnotic is the second film by the couple Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote (their debut is the horror The Open House also on Netflix) and offers numerous dark sides and unpublished curiosities to be discovered. 

Hypnotic Ending Explained: Does Jenn Die?

Detective Rollins and Jenn know that Dr. Meade is responsible for the deaths of Gina and Andrea. But they have no way of proving it. Dr. Meade breaks into Jenn’s house, hypnotizes her and forces her to attack Detective Rollins. Rollins lands in the hospital, and Jenn decides to try counter-hypnosis with a non-evil therapist in an attempt to remember any information that might help them corner Dr. Meade.

During her counter-hypnosis, Jenn remembers the name “Xavier Sullivan”, an address and a bracelet that Dr. Meade gave her that has the date “March 6” engraved on it. Hey, it’s today! Jenn decides to go to the address on her own, because people in horror movies are stupid like that. But first, the gentle therapist places a “counter-trigger” in an attempt to offer her some protection from Dr. Meade.

Jenn goes to the address in her head, expecting to meet Xavier Sullivan. According to an exhibition dialogue, Xavier Sullivan is a hypnotist who worked on a CIA project in the 1960s to implant false memories in people’s brains. Surprised, when Jenn arrives at the address, she finds out it’s a trap. This is Dr. Meade’s house, and Xavier was his father. Dr. Meaded has targeted Jenn because she bears a striking resemblance to his deceased wife. During the hypnosis sessions, Meade would give Jenn the memories of his late wife, in hopes of replacing her. March 6 is Meade’s wedding anniversary. It’s certain!

Detective Rollins goes to save Jenn, but sends reinforcements to the wrong place. The three have a showdown in the house. Jenn, dizzy and still under hypnosis, points a gun at Meade and Rollins and pulls the trigger. When she wakes up, she is in the arms of Rollins, who tells her that she shot Meade and that it’s all over. “I promise you, my love,” he said.

The phrase “my love” was the trigger for Jenn’s counter-hypnosis by the other kind therapist. Jenn wakes up to realize that she is actually in Meade’s arms, and that she accidentally shot Rollins. Jenn manages to get the upper hand on Meade, shoot him down and take Rollins to the hospital. Eventually, Dr. Meade is shot several times by Jenna and falls into her chair.

He is almost certain to be dead, and in the event that he survives, there is now enough evidence to keep the Doctor in jail for many years. Sadly, Detective Rollins was also shot and was seen passing out on the floor of Dr Meade’s house. The film’s final scene, which takes place a month later, reveals that the detective is alive and has been promoted, apparently for his insidious hypnotherapist apprehension work. The rest of the film shows Jenn going back to her normal life. At the end of Hypnotic, Rollins gives Jenn a farewell gift: a self-hypnosis CD. What a joker! This is how the film ends.