Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist calls the film an early frontrunner for movie of the year. Sinners is a “spectacular, sexy, sweaty and soulful vampire drama,” that serves as both a horror film and a masterpiece of spiritual depth and emotional texture:

It's 1932 in Clarksdale, Miss., and enterprising twin brothers Smoke and Stack, both played by Coogler's longtime muse Michael B. Jordan, have returned to town after some years away in Chicago. (Clarksdale is one of several places where early blues pioneers like Robert Johnson are said to have "sold their souls to the devil.

Michael B. Jordan delivers a dazzling dual performance as twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' . Set in 1930s Mississippi, this groundbreaking horror thriller blends blues music, supernatural terror,