Post-credits scenes have become a cinematic device de rigueur for superhero movies, with few films outside of this genre make use of an after-credit scene.
But there are some movies which have used it to great success like the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, whose after credits scene showed the monkey coming back to life – a big teaser there would be a sequel.
The new Halloween movie is a sequel in and of itself, picking up 40 years after the events of the 1978 original movie.
In their final face-off, Laurie Strode and Michael Myers are back with a vengeance… but is their final face-off really final?
Is there a post-credits scene?
Yes, so plan to stick around in the cinema for a little while once the credits begin to roll.
The movie is a quick one hour and 16 minutes.
For films with longer runtimes, waiting around through an endless list of names for a minute-long scene may not be worth it.
But for the Halloween movie, it certainly is.
What does the post-credits scene mean?
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the new Halloween movie.
As the last credits fade out, the movie comes back for one final scene.
The audience can hear the instantly-recognisable sound of Michael breathing.
This is significant because at the end of the movie he was locked in the basement of Laurie’s house.
As fire ravaged the property, it felt safe to assume Michael would die.
Could the sound of his breathing mean he survives the fire?
David Gordon Green, the director who co-wrote the script with Danny McBride, initially intended to film two Halloween sequels back-to-back.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, McBride said: “Then we were like, Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
“This could come out, and everyone could hate us, and we’d never work again,” he added.
“So, let’s not have to sit around for a year while we wait for another movie to come out that we know people aren’t going to like.
“So, we were like, ‘let’s learn from this, and see what works, and what doesn’t’.
“But we definitely have an idea of where we would go [with] this branch of the story and hopefully we get a chance to do it.”
Halloween is out in cinemas now.