"Sinners" could mark a turning point for horror at the Academy Awards. Ryan Coogler’s new film will change the Oscar conversation.

Kory Nicholoff could have seen “Sinners” in a movie theater in his hometown of Detroit. Instead he drove nine hours round trip to see it in Indianapolis.He wanted to watch Ryan Coogler’s horror film about vampires and blues music in the most expansive,

The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires.