I don't understand the complaints

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2003)

!!! SPOILERS AHEAD !!!
A lot has been written and interpreted about this movie, in user comments, external reviews and board posts. Many users have complained about the plot twist in this film. Not about the first plot twist which introduces the last third of the movie but about the final twist. Obviously, these people didn't like the ending because it was not happy!!! The moment they relaxed and believed that things had turned out well they were forced to see that the "killer personality" hadn't been defeated and that more murders would happen - also in reality.
Oh dear, what an awful ending in a horror thriller!?!?
I am utterly unable to understand how anyone could have a problem with this kind of ending. First of all, an evil-eyed kid attacking a woman in a beautiful landscape with a rake is clearly meant ironically, which means that a too-serious approach to this ending reveals a lack of humour in the critic. Irony is, in my opinion, an excellent answer to the recent inflation of "mental-plot-twist" movies.
Second, what the **** do people expect of a horror film where people are stabbed with baseball bats and where audiences are supposed to be screaming out loud at the revelation of a dead body? People who do not like to see dark or evil things in movies should have left to see Bambi ten minutes after the film began, shouldn't they?
So, for me this is a fantastic conceptual thriller, very well acted, moody, scary, suspenseful - and highly intelligent.