Once disregarded as low-grade schlock, horror has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable genres, as well as one of its most artistically fruitful.
Even so, all-time classics remain hard to come by. On Time Out’s list of the 100 greatest horror movies ever made, only a select handful from the past decade have managed to claw their way in – emphasis on ‘claw’.
Now, however, there’s a brand-new entry, and it’s only a few months old. But Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is simply undeniable.
The Creed and Black Panther director has enough hits under his belt to prove himself as, arguably, the greatest blockbuster filmmaker of his generation. But breaking the box office with established IP is one thing. Doing so with a wholly original story is another, much less an original vampire blues musical period piece.
A visually stunning, thematically rich tale of two twin criminals (both played by Michael B Jordan) having their plans to go straight interrupted by undead bloodsuckers, the film has earned comparisons to the likes of 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn, but in truth it’s a large-scale, big-idea epic unlike any other recent blockbuster. A sensation upon release, it’s proof there’s still money in original stories, and we’re betting it’s a movie audiences will talk about for years.
Sinners becomes the most recent addition to the Time Out horror canon since Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 body horror The Substance.
Head here to see where Sinners ranks among our other scariest movies of all-time.
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