Lockhart discovers Dr. Volmer's dark secrets, involving immortality and sinister experiments, at the Swiss Alps wellness spa. The eels in A Cure for Wellness are more than creatures - they play a key role in extending life and the dark practices at the spa. The film's ending reveals a deeper message about modern society's obsession with wealth, power, and self-destructive behaviors.

A Cure for Wellness' ending explained how an evil scientist manipulated his town and own family for years before finally being brought down. Directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ring), A Cure for Wellness is a story about a Wall Street upstart named Lockhart (Dane DeHaan) who is sent to retrieve his missing boss from an isolated health spa (The Volmer Institute) in the Swiss Alps, only to find himself injured and confined to the increasingly-sinister "wellness center" himself as a patient.

It quickly unfolds into a psychological thriller, a dreamlike "gaslighting" melodrama,...