Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a supernatural horror thriller set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, delivers unexpected twists and turns, especially for those who stay through the credits [1].

The Story Unfolds: From Juke Joint to Vampire Nightmare

Michael B. Jordan stars as twin hustlers Smoke and Stack, who return to their hometown after honing their criminal skills in Chicago. They open a juke joint, which quickly becomes a success. Stack reconnects with his former flame, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), and their cousin Sammie (Miles Caton), a young musician, gets a chance to perform. However, their night is disrupted by the arrival of Remmick (Jack O’Connell), a charismatic vampire.

Remmick transforms Mary into a vampire, and she, in turn, transforms Stack. The vampires eventually kill everyone except Smoke and Sammie, the latter being Remmick’s primary target.

The Climactic Showdown and Its immediate Aftermath

The film culminates in a final showdown where Smoke seemingly kills Stack and then stabs Remmick, preventing him from turning Sammie into a vampire. Smoke instructs Sammie to Go home. Bury that fucking guitar—the same guitar Sammie used to strike Remmick [1].

Sammie becomes the sole survivor of the night. Smoke stays behind to confront the Klu Klux Klan members who sold the club to the twins, intending to kill them. Fatally wounded, Smoke envisions his partner Annie (The mossak), a spiritual healer, and their deceased child.

The Return to the Beginning and a Glimpse of the Future

Sinners revisits its opening scene,showing a bloodied Sammie interrupting a Sunday service at his father’s church,still holding the guitar handle. Jedidiah (Saul williams) orders, Drop the guitar, Samuel. The scene transitions to Sammie leaving in Smoke and Stack’s car, guitar in hand, ready to start anew.

The mid-Credits Scene: A Reunion Decades Later

A mid-credits scene jumps forward 60 years to 1992 Chicago. Sammie, now an old man and a famous musician (played by Buddy Guy), owns his own club. A bouncer informs Sammie that a couple is willing to pay to enter the closed club. Sammie agrees,only to be shocked by the arrival of Stack and Mary,who appear as if they just walked off the set of a Salt-N-Pepa video, sporting ’90s hip-hop attire and seemingly untouched by time.

Sammie, astonished, asks, How? Stack reveals that Smoke spared him and Mary, and they fled before sunrise. I guess I was the one person he just couldn’t kill, stack says. He made me promise to stay away from you, let you live out your life. Stack then leans in and smells Sammie, adding, Won’t be long before you’re gone. I can make it so you can stick around. Keep touring, keep living, no pain. Sammie declines the offer, stating, I think I’ve seen enough of this place.

Stack mentions that he and Mary own all of Sammie’s records but prefer his earlier work: I don’t like that electric shit as much as the real. I miss the real. Sammie, you still got the real in you? Sammie plays for them on a guitar resembling the one from that fateful night, evoking memories for Stack. As Stack and mary depart, Sammie reflects, You know something? Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed reliving that night. But before the sun went down,I think that was the best day of my life. Was it like that for you?

Stack responds, There’s no doubt whatsoever about it. The last time I’ve seen my brother. Last time I’ve seen the sun. For a few hours, we was free.

Final Moments: Light in the Darkness

After the credits, Sinners concludes with a scene in Jedidiah’s church, where young Sammie performs a blues rendition of This Little Light of Mine before the night’s horrific events unfold.

In a film filled with darkness, Coogler chooses to end with a glimmer of hope.