Major spoilers for They Will Kill You Lie ahead!
In a landscape where a lot of upcoming horror movies are sequels and remakes, Warner Bros’ latest offering, They Will Kill You, offers fresh gory thrills with a side of action and comedy. If you caught the movie in theaters and were left with questions over whether the ending was meant to set up a sequel, rest assured, as CinemaBlend spoke to the cast and crew and received some answers.
What Does The End Of They Will Kill You Mean?
At the end of They Will Kill You, Zazie Beetz’s Asia manages to do the impossible: escape The Virgil (the expensive high rise where she lands a job) with her sister, Maria. She does this by burning the pig’s head, which provided immortality to all the residents who had their names written on its skin. This allows her to finally kill the cult leaders and walk out the door. Of course, that wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Maria writing Asia’s name and sacrificing herself first. After Asia carried Maria's body to the car, it was revealed that Maria’s name was on the pig instead, resulting in Maria jolting back to life.
When CinemaBlend’s Hannah Saulic spoke to Myha’La -- who plays Maria -- about the ending, she had some interesting thoughts to bring up about how the movie ends on an open-ended note. In her words:
Well, I don’t actually know, but I just think that skin still exists… She could write anyone's name. But, also, there is a contract now, the devil and somebody. I don't know if it's Asia or Maria. Maybe somebody has a contract. That skin is alive and well as far as we know.
Fair points are made! Asia and Maria may have gotten away from the cult of The Virgil but, given the fact that Maria and Asia are alive and Maria’s name is on the piece of pig’s skin, their ties with The Devil may not be severed. The Devil could send more of his followers after them somehow, right?
Could A Sequel Actually Be Made?
Considering They Will Kill You just hit theaters this weekend, a sequel has yet to be announced. Still, the movie’s writer/director, Kirill Sokolov, shared his interest in returning to the world after making this movie. As Sokolov explained:
I hope that this movie plays well, and then I will be so happy to go back to this world, to these characters, and tell a little bit more about their lives. I have a couple of great ideas. But, it's also interesting because they faced this true evil, and it's hard to fully defeat it. It will always come back.
So far, general audiences and critics have been digging They Will Kill You overall. The movie currently has a 65% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score and a 79% audience score. Since the movie was reportedly made on a low production budget south of $10 million, it wouldn’t need to be a massive box office success like Project Hail Mary has been to prove the studio They Will Kill You 2 should happen. One of the film’s producers, Barbara Muschietti, told us this about the chances of a sequel:
We would love that. So if people go see this movie, we will deliver more, I promise you. There's tons of ideas that we had from the very beginning. So, yes.
In other words, signs point to yes, if the movie proves to have an audience! You can check out what Barbara Muschietti and her brother, Andy, told us about their approach to gore here on CinemaBlend. And, of course, if you dug They Will Kill You, check it out again in theaters along with other films currently playing amid the 2026 movie schedule.
