The Ending Of At The End Of Eight Explained

Darian (Corban Gililland), Allison (Alex Nichols), and Will (Jeremiah Taylor) are three strangers who volunteer to play «At The End Of Eight.» An illegal game, it requires a trio of people to break into someone’s house and hide inside for eight hours. Go undetected for the duration of this time, and you get a cash prize. 

At first, all seems to be going to plan. There appears to be at least two male occupants in the house, as well as a possible female (later revealed to be an alter ego of one of the men). After settling down to hide for the night, Darian, the only one in the game who has played before, fixes himself a peanut butter sandwich and a whiskey. It turns out to be his last meal; he is subsequently stabbed to death by the house’s resident psychopath, Brian «Macbeth» Michaels (Andrew Gililland).

After witnessing Darian butchered, Allison and Will frantically attempt to leave the house — but all locks have been bolted tight. The other two occupants turn the tables, as Allison and Will realize they are trapped by a psychotic murderer and vengeful cop, Pete (Rankin Dean), who has arranged with the game’s organizers for the contestants to break into the house of a known killer, all so he can get revenge for the death of his four-year-old son, accidentally killed in a previous game. 

In a moment of clarity, Pete sees the wrong in what he is doing, and Brian shoots him. Brian is then knocked out by Will, who flees alongside Allison.