Sinners post-credits scene explained

This article contains spoilers for Sinners.

Ryan Coogler's Sinners has seen a stunning entry to theaters as it continues to garner praise and positive reviews for its thrilling premise and captivating performances by Michael B. Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld. The film has already made $4.7 million after Thursday previews and is looking forward to an impressive opening weekend.

Spanning two hours, Sinners explores a vampire attack on a quiet town, as the leader of the clan is set on making one certain villager with musical prowess join his group. However, the film goes on to continue the story even after the credits roll, as it includes two scenes once the film ends. There's one mid-credits scene that shows the audience what fate awaits three of the main characters and another post-credits scene that shows another character choosing a new fate as he embarks on his own journey.

What is Sinners about?

The film focuses on twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Jordan) and their cousin Sammie (played by newcomer Miles Caton) as they prepare to make their own juke club in the town. Sammie is musically gifted and a blues prodigy. Coincidentally, it's his music that invites a group of vampires to the town. The group is led by Remmick, a vicious white vampire. Smoke and Stack are joined by Mary (played by Hailee Steinfeld), who is Stack's girlfriend.

Mary is the first one to transform into a vampire as she tries to interrogate the vampires and later gets used as a ploy to get through to the rest of the villagers by Remmick. This is followed by Stack and a small group of villagers who also join Remmick.

The vampires then try and lure the villagers to join them, but Remmick's primary motive is to get Sammie to join his group to use his musical gifts at his own disposal. When Sammie knows of his intentions, he battles it out with him. Remmick is soon killed by Smoke as he pierces his body with a stake. Stack and Mary are not seen anymore, and the rest of the vampire group also face their ends.

The film ends with Sammie going back home and Smoke dying at the hands of a white club owner, Hogwood, who originally owned the bar where Smoke and Stack made their club. The film ends with Smoke's death, but the mid-credits and post-credits scenes explain Sammie, Stack, and Mary's lives in the aftermath.

What does the mid-credits scene of Sinners mean?

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The film's mid-credits scene shows us Sammie, after six decades, as he has grown into a fine old man, now played by Buddy Guy. It is shown that he went on to become a famous and successful musician who owns a club.

More surprisingly, we get to see Mary and Stack, who visit Sammie's club and offer him a life of immortality as he is closing in on death. It is then revealed that Smoke let Stack and Mary leave the village under just one condition: that they leave Sammie be. They continued to live their new lives in their immortal glory after that and paid Sammie a visit to entice him to join them.

Sammie declines, and they all sit down to talk about the night when their lives transformed for better and for worse, as Stack talks about how it was the last time he saw the sun and his brother, Smoke.

The post-credits scene shows a young Sammie as he sings This Little Light of Mine, hinting at his life as a musician. The film has a positive note, aiming to portray the resilience of quiet joy, the endurance of community, and the healing power of music. It’s a subtle, powerful reminder that even in the aftermath of grief, light persists.

Sinners is available in theaters now.