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How It Hits: Are horror musicals the future?

How It Hits: Are horror musicals the future?

Sinners earned huge box office success and 16 Oscar nominations. Could it launch a new era of horror musicals?

Johnny Depp from 'Sweeney Todd', Jack O'Connell from 'Sinners', and Ralph Fiennes from '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners isn’t just a horror hit. It may be the film that finally proves horror musicals can work. Blending vampire horror with powerful musical storytelling, the film earned massive box office success and an unprecedented 16 Oscar nominations, raising a question Hollywood may soon start asking. Are horror musicals the future?