The following contains spoilers for Heart Eyes, now playing in theatersHeart Eyes‘ post-credits scene is a solid and self-aware gag that pokes fun at the idea of a sequel to the slasher/rom-com fusion. Heart Eyes is the third comedy/horror hybrid by director Josh Ruben, and focuses on a тιтular masked killer who has been stalking the United States on Valentine’s Day. Coming to Seattle, the masked killer’s newest targets are Ally and Jay, who actually aren’t a couple. This sets up a grisly and surprisingly romantic night for the pair, who slowly bond as they try to escape and ultimately bring down the Heart Eye killer.

Heart Eyes‘ characters fill out the regular tropes of both horror movies and rom-com films, having fun with the conventions of both for good comedic effect. Ultimately though, the film ends on a happy note and leans more heavily into the rom-com aspects of the story. The post-credits scene of Heart Eyes confirms this, with the couple being teased with a horror cliche only for the beat to be flipped on its head. It’s a clever moment that also hints at whether or not the horror/rom-com Heart Eyes is being positioned to have a sequel.

Heart Eyes’ Post-Credits Scene Shows Ally & Jay’s Engagement

Heart Eyes Gives Ally And Jay Their Happy Ending

Heart Eyes‘ post-credits scene leans more into the rom-com elements of the film rather than the slasher horror, with the final punchline even poking fun at a long-running trend in the horror genre. The post-credits scene of Heart Eyes builds off the successful engagement between Jay and Ally, who are revealed to have formed a romance in the year that has pᴀssed since much of the film. Jay asks her to move in with him. Ally initially seems to gently shoot him down, only to reveal she intends to propose marriage.

It’s a sweet moment and gives them a dream ending. Jay and Ally’s relationship is the emotional throughline of Heart Eyes, with the pair realizing the full depth of their feelings for one another across the course of the film. The two of them getting engaged follows the revelation that Ally will be returning to medical school and leaving the advertising industry, all while Jay finally finds a place to settle down after a career as a freelancer hopping between cities. It’s a cute ending that highlights how the film is a rom-com first, and a horror second.

Heart Eyes’ Post-Credits Scene Has A Heart Eyes Killer Return Fakeout

Heart Eyes‘ Post-Credits Tease Is Just A Punchline

Even the true meat of the post-credits scene pokes fun at the conventions of the horror genre. After successfully proposing to Jay, Ally gets a phone call from a mysterious voice. Initially, Ally is horrified because it matches the voice modifier that Heart Eyes used to try and lure her to her death in the climax of Heart Eyes. However, this turns out to actually be a joke courtesy of Ally’s best friend, Monica. Monica is revealed to also be at the drive-in and has been taking pictures of their engagement.

The beat plays like a parody of any number of scary movies that have ended with the suggestion that the killers might still be out there hunting for the surviving heroes. It also suggests that Heart Eyes really doesn’t have any clear desire to continue the saga of the masked killer beyond this initial slaughter. Director Josh Ruben has proven to be adept at mining different facets of the horror genre for great comedy and surprising character pathos, so poking fun at the idea of continuing his slasher success with a sequel is a great gag to go out on.

What Heart Eyes’ Post-Credits Scene Means For A Potential Sequel

Heart Eyes‘ Post-Credits Gag Suggests There Isn’t Planned Heart Eyes 2

The holiday-themed Heart Eyes has the potential to follow in the footsteps of franchises like Scream, which clearly had a level of influence on the slasher rom-com. Both films use a blend of self-aware comedy and splatter slasher tropes to great effect. However, while Scream uses the fake-out killer reveal to punctuate its approach to the genre, Heart Eyes setting up and then subverting a returning killer feels more like a joke about that possibility existing at all. Heart Eyes ends on a fairly conclusive note, and the post-credits scene suggests there’s no follow-up set up by the slasher film.

This might actually be for the best, despite the impressive nature of Heart Eyes. The film works really well as a fusion of rom-com tropes and slasher conventions, and trying to recapture that magic might be tricky. Ally and Jay earning their happy ending together is a sweet coda, and one that a sequel could potentially upend. It’s more exciting to see Ruben shift to another horror concept instead of repeating his prior films. Heart Eyes doesn’t seem to have a sequel in mind, but the satisfying ending and silly post-credits beat ensures that is the right decision to make.