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Have you seen the vampire movie "Sinners"?
(lemmy.world)
In the US, it's still in theaters and is now pay-per-view on several streaming services.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_(2025_film)
- https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sinners-2025
IIRC we mentioned it in this community a couple months ago when the trailer came out.
Best vampire movie I've ever seen. No direct references to Dracula, it builds a mythos based on the 1930s Mississippi Delta, specifically jukes and the delta blues. You don't have to know anything about that tho, the first half of the movie sets the scene and makes the appearance of the vampires seem inevitable. There's an important mid-credits scene and a less consequential end-credit scene.
I caught it at my cousin's place yesterday, since theaters are way too expensive these days. If you're into vampire movies, it's definitely worth watching at some point, especially as it hits more streaming services and the price comes down.
I think the weakest part of the movie was the latter half, everything felt so rush, like they wanted to have action scenes, but didn't have time to make it very interesting. Aside from that, the movie was very fun and unique. The music was absolutely amazing.
Yeah that's a good point, there definitely was a first half vs second half. And the action wasn't really "Marvel style". But Coogler and Jordan know how to make Marvel-style movies and I don't think that was the goal here. When I watch it again I'm gonna look more closely at the action.
i would describe the action as kinda a time sink i guess. Hateful 8 is a movie that i think is somewhat similar to Sinners in the sense there's an intense build up and action at the end. What felt better at the end of that movie is that the action was just a way to resolve things and was therefore quick and to the point. In sinners, it felt like it dragged on, while not being all that interesting to watch. I was more excited to see what would be the result of the action, who dies and who lives etc.
That's a great comparison. Another point of reference is John Carpenter's "The Thing" -- there's a scene in Sinners that echoes it. (at least I think so... when I saw The Thing as a kid it freaked me out so much I haven't been able to watch it again.)