Ash
monition : Major spoilers ahead for Ash ( 2025 )
Flying Lotus ' visceral thrillerAshis an exciting entry in the bass space horror subgenre , and its mid - credits scene left the door open for more to the story . Starring Eiza Gonzálezand Aaron Paul , Ashfocuses on the grisly aftermath of an incident that left all members of the bunch idle but one , who wakes up with no knowledge of who she is or what happened . When another world enter the al-Qa’ida claiming to be a subsist member of her squad , she is forced to decide whether to trust him , all while trying to unlock her own fragment , hair-raising memories .
The paranoia and apprehensiveness escalate until Riya ( González ) is confronted with the awing truth : the gang is dead because of an alien sponge that can take over someone ’s body by infesting their brain . Riya reveal that with everyone else dead , she ’s become the new host of the parasite , which is responsible for her memory loss and has been manipulating her . She pull off to extract and apparently kill the parasite , and return to the orb station above the planet just as O runs out on the foot , but a mid - mention scene suggest thatthe video secret plan - inspiredAsh ’s storyisn’t over yet .
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Ash’s Mid-Credits Scene Shows The Alien Parasite Has Spread
It Made Its Way Off The Planet
Ash , which is now playing in most major field , ends with Riya piloting a vessel out to the orb space station that aligns with the planetary foundation at intervals . With the base all but dead in the water system with no atomic number 8 reserves and a rift in the side of the building , the orbit post offers the last hope for some sort of salvation for Riya . Once there she can not only survive , but it ’s implied there are others she can call to across space who might be able to retrieve or assist her .
Flying Lotus has produced seven critically acclaimed studio record album , and whileAshis his first feature - length directorial gig , he directed a segment of the found - footage horror anthologyV / H / S/99 in 2022 .
The net scene is of a content Riya approaching the orbiting station , which implies she may yet survive . However , soon after the credits start out to roll , another brief figure of speech is bear witness of the orb post itself , but it ’s revealed that the organic tentacles of the alien parasite ( or of its organic caparison vessel , it ’s never made 100 % clear)have wrapped themselves around the integrality of the station . It ’s reminiscent of how interchangeable tentacle wound themselves around the machinery move the planetary station in the beginning in the movie , and it establish it clear that the parasite was stowed away in Riya ’s vessel somehow .
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Ash’s Credits Scene Teases A Potential Sequel
The Door Is Left Open For More
Ashcontains a scene in which the alien parasite ’s motivation are explain , which provide some interesting setting that , while not groundbreaking in the musical style , aligns with the mid - credits conniption to open up the door for a possible succeeding forAsh ’s tale . As the parasite relayed at once to Riya while infest her nous , the reason it sought to invade the human base and release the crew members against each other was so that it could ultimately taint all of humanity .
Due to our biologic inefficiency and ego - destructive nature , it wanted to eliminate or absorb our species , and it only needed one person to do that . That ’s why it attempt to keep Riya alive and get her to the orbiting station by manifesting Brion in her mind : it wanted to get off the planet and bring humanity into its rum " creation " , which it ’s imply is a sort of hive - judgment singularity . With the sponge surviving , its chaos could be unleashed upon a much large populationthan the six - someone crew it decimated on the major planet Ash .
What Ash’s Mid-Credits Scene Means For Riya: Did She Die?
Her Fate Is Left Uncertain
While the mid - credit scenery showcases the parasite itself , it does n’t provide clarity on the luck of Riya herself . Based on the parasite ’s ultimate goal , it seems as thoughit would be incentivized to still keep her alive , as she could once again act as the ultimate camouflage for the creature as it examine to taint other masses . While it did stress to toss off her in the horrific tentacled form that burst out of Brion ’s reanimated corpse , it still stands to benefit from sustain her alive , especially if it was able to invade her skull once again .
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March 21st , 2025
Flying Lotus
77 %
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However , it only call for one human to fulfil its deputation , and it may find that trying to encroach upon a somebody who is aware of its existence is nothing more than an unnecessary variable . Having take over the orbiting station , it could theoretically infect the next mortal who comes aboard , a situation it could manufacture if it took over Riya again . Ultimately , it seems unlikely that a sequel would ever bechance give the movie ’s project box office coming back and the fact that the news report end very effectively , but the mid - credits scene ofAshcertainly pull up stakes the door open .
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