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A confession:
I knew I was going to do a video on Sinners before I even watched the film.
It had so much buzz.
And I could tell from the trailers that the folk-horror vibes were going to be strong.
But you can imagine my surprise when, in the opening crawl… well, I won’t give anything away here. You gotta watch the video.
Fair warning to ye, there be spoilers ahead:
More the reading type?
You can find a text version of my essay Folklore in Sinners Everyone Missed over on my Folklore in Film website.
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