‘Day Shift’ Ending Explained: Snoop Dogg Gets the Last Word (And Toke) in Netflix’s Vampire Movie

There’s nothing sparkly about the vampires in Day Shift, the new Jamie Foxx action comedy that began streaming on Netflix today. That said, Foxx’s character—a badass vampire hunter who’s akin to Woody Harrelson in Zombieland—has seen four of the five movies in the Twilight saga.

Directed by J. J. Perry, with a screenplay by Tyler Tice and Shay Hatten, Day Shift is more or less an excuse to give Jamie Foxx a reason to have a bunch of ass-kicking fight scenes. The plot isn’t exactly rocket science. That said, like most vampire movies, Day Shift has its own confusing set of rules and lore when it comes to those sharp-toothed undead creatures.

If you got lost along the way, don’t sweat it. Decider is here to help. Read on for the Day Shift plot summary, as well as the Day Shift ending explained.

What is Day Shift on Netflix about? Day Shift plot summary:

Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx) is a working-class family man whose blue-collar job just happens to be hunting down vampires, killing them, and selling their oh-so-valuable teeth for a paycheck. And Bud could really use the money right now because his ex-wife is threatening to move his daughter to Florida unless Bud can come up with the money to pay for her private school tuition in a few days. The pawn-shop prices aren’t cutting it, so Bud is forced to go crawling back to the vampire-hunting union, which he was previously kicked out of for not following union protocol.

Bud’s old union pal Big John Elliott (played by none other than Grammy-winning rapper Snoop Dogg) puts in a good word, so the union boss gives Bud another chance. But there are conditions—he has to work the less-lucrative day shift, and he has to babysit by a by-the-books union rep, Seth (Dave Franco), who is watching his every move for union violations.

Bud follows a lead to a housing development in the Valley, where he, Dave, and two other vampire hunters conduct a raid and kill a whole lot of vamps. But, as Dave the nerd notes, it’s odd that so many different types of vampires are living together. Also, thanks to some super strong sunscreen, they can also go in the sun for periods of time. There is a lot of confusing, hastily explained lore about the vampires in Day Shift—there are five different types, familiars are a thing, if a young vampire bites a human then said human won’t become a full vampire (or something)—but none of that ends up being very relevant to the plot in the end, so you don’t need to worry about it. Basically, something weird is going on with the vampires around here.

It’s soon revealed that the weirdness is being caused by a vampire named Audrey (Karla Souza), a realtor who has been buying up homes in the area and filling them with all kinds of vampires. Audrey has been turning humans into vampires against their will because she’s worried about the low vampire population. That includes Heather (played by Natasha Liu Bordizzo), the nice new neighbor in Bud’s building, and poor Seth. But just because these humans have become vampires doesn’t mean they are evil. Heather and Seth, now good vampires, agree to help Bud take on Audrey.

And he’s going to need all the help he can get, because Audrey has just kidnapped Bud’s ex-wife and daughter, and is holding them hostage in her lair. Why? Because it turns out that old-lady vampire Bud killed in the opening scene was Audrey’s daughter. (She didn’t get around to turning her until she was really old.) Now Audrey will have her revenge… unless Bud can stop her.

What is the Day Shift ending explained?

Bud, Seth, and Heather attempt to break into Audrey’s lair. It’s not looking good… until Bud’s friend Snoop Dogg shows up to save the day with a really big gun. After being bitten in the neck by a vamp, Snoop pulls the old “go on without me, I’ll hold them off,” schtick, and seemingly blows himself up.

Bud faces off with Audrey in one final showdown. It seems like all is lost when Bud runs out of silver bullets. Bud closes his eyes and prepares for the killing blow as Audrey rushes him… and then her head falls off. Bud pulled the same move he pulled in the opening scene: A nearly invisible silver wire, stretched across the room, that clotheslined and decapitated the vamp. He wins!

Seth decides to quit his union desk job for the field to keep “mowing down vamps with my best friend Bud.” Bud gets back together with his ex, and, thanks to all the money earned from the vampire tooth from Audrey, Bud’s family will be able to keep the daughter in private school in LA.

And, in the movie’s final scene, Snoop Dogg pops out of the sewer like a teenage mutant ninja turtle, lights up a blunt, and says, “That’s what I love about LA. All the damn vampires!”

So… does this mean Snoop Dogg is a vampire now, too? He did get bit, after all. It’s not made clear, and there is no Day Shift after credits scene, so I guess we’ll have to wait for Day Shift 2.