"Sinners" — Read The Screenplay By Ryan Coogler
Where Music Opens the Door to Something Ancient.
Set in 1930s Mississippi, "Sinners" weaves horror, music, and folklore into a chilling story about a rare gift -- and the evil it attracts. When blues musicians begin to realize their talent can summon forces beyond the living world, art becomes both salvation and curse.
Grounded in history and elevated by myth, the screenplay transforms the blues into a conduit between life, death, and something far worse. This is horror born from legacy -- equal parts lyrical, brutal, and unforgettable.
"Sinners" — Educator Resources & Study Guide
Writing Horror from History, Folklore, and Sound.
"Sinners" offers a powerful case study in crafting horror that emerges from culture rather than spectacle. By treating music as a spiritual force and grounding the supernatural in historical reality, the screenplay shows how fear can be both intimate and epic.
For writers, it’s a masterclass in myth-building, atmospheric tension, and using genre to explore legacy, identity, and survival -- without ever loosening its grip on dread.
Sinners (2025) — Classroom Study
"Sinners" positions itself alongside films like Candyman, The Witch, and Angel Heart -- horror stories that understand fear as cultural inheritance. It also echoes Southern Gothic literature and African American oral traditions, using music as both weapon and vulnerability. For screenwriting students, "Sinners" demonstrates how genre films can carry historical weight without sacrificing tension or entertainment. It proves that horror doesn’t need scale or spectacle to feel epic -- it needs belief, specificity, and consequence.
- Folklore and horror storytelling.
- Music as a spiritual and narrative force.
- Horror as historical metaphor.
- Writing supernatural rules into grounded worlds.
- Intersections of race, art, and danger.
- How joy functions inside horror narratives.
- Legacy and survival vs transcendence.
"Sinners" One Sheet & Script Intel
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Warner Bros.
| Type | ... |
FYC
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| Version | ... | FINALWGA Submission |
| Date | ... | 09.10.2025 |
| Pages | ... | 126 |
| Genres | ... | Action Drama Horror |
| Screenplay | ... | Ryan Coogler |
| IMDb ID | ... | 31193180 |
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