Sinners(2025)

Submitted by Jeremy

In 1932, twin gangsters Elijah and Elias Moore, AKA Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan), return to their hometown in Mississippi after seven years away in Chicago. They have plans to open up a juke joint to attract members of the black community. While they have a good turnout, the night is interrupted by the presence of vampires, led by an Irish immigrant named Remmick (Jack O’Connell).

Remmick and his two accomplices turn Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), Stack’s ex-girlfriend, and Cornbread, the security guy. Mary turns Stack into a vampire, while the rest of the patrons get turned after Smoke orders them to leave. The remaining survivors are the twins’ blues musician cousin Sammie (Miles Caton), Smoke’s estranged wife Annie, Sammie’s new lover Pearline, elder blues musician Delta Slim, and shop owner Grace Chow. Remmick claims that he wants Sammie since his musical talents are so powerful, that they may be able to conjure spirits like Remmick’s people. He also reveals to Smoke that Hogwood, the man that sold him and Stack the establishment, is the Grand Dragon of the KKK and was planning to have his men kill the twins and their patrons.

After Remmick turns Grace’s husband and threatens to go after their daughter, she invites the vampires into the juke joint for a final showdown. Grace goes out with her husband, while Slim, Pearline, and Annie are all fatally wounded. Smoke and Stack fight, but Smoke spares his brother on the condition that he leaves Sammie alone. Smoke and Sammie kill Remmick while the other vampires burn up in the sun. After Sammie flees, Smoke stays behind to take on Hogwood and the KKK. He kills them all but suffers a fatal gunshot wound, and he reunites with Annie and their child in death.

In 1992, Sammie is now an elderly blues musician. He is found by Stack and Mary, who have continued to live as vampires. Stack offers to turn Sammie, knowing he is close to death, but Sammie declines. He plays one last song for Stack and Mary before they leave.