Sinners Is Coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2026

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is the first announced haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights 2026 at both Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood
Guests will step inside Club Juke in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, where vampires Remmick, Bert and Joan are already waiting
Sinners earned $370 million globally, a record 16 Oscar nominations, and four wins including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan
Halloween Horror Nights opens August 28 at Universal Orlando and September 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood
Exclusive Sinners-themed merchandise — including a limited edition T-shirt, hat and acrylic figure — is already on sale

The vampires of Sinners already owned the box office. Now they’re coming for your pulse in person.

Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood announced Wednesday that Ryan Coogler’s Academy Award-winning supernatural horror film will be transformed into a fully immersive haunted house experience at Halloween Horror Nights 2026 — and it’s the first house officially confirmed for this year’s lineup at both parks.

“It’s been incredible to see audiences connect with Sinners in such a powerful way,” said Coogler alongside fellow producers Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, the Proximity Media founders, in a joint statement. “Now, partnering with Halloween Horror Nights gives fans the chance to step even deeper into the world of the film — to feel the music, the atmosphere and the tension all around them. Watching it come to life on this scale has been really special for all of us.”

The house drops guests into Club Juke, the Smokestack Twins’ juke joint on the outskirts of Clarksdale, Mississippi, circa 1932. The blues is playing. The drinks are flowing. And Remmick’s troupe of red-eyed vampires has already crashed the party.

Just as Sammie’s gift as a griot tears open the veil between the living and the dead in the film, Universal’s creative team is promising to weaponize music and atmosphere to blur the line between spectator and survivor. Familiar faces from the movie will appear throughout — blues musician Sammie Moore, hoodoo conjurer Annie, the mysterious dancer Pearline, white-passing Mary, and club bouncer Cornbread — all caught in the deadly struggle between twins Smoke and Stack and the vampires closing in around them. The only way out? Last until sunrise.

Universal Is Swinging Big on This One

It’s hard to overstate what Sinners means as a cultural property right now. The film earned over $370 million globally — a towering number for any release, let alone an original horror story — and made Oscar history with a record-breaking 16 nominations. It took home four wins: Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay for Coogler, Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. For context, past HHN properties have included Nope and Insidious. Sinners arrives on a different level entirely.

Universal’s creative leads are clearly feeling the weight of that — and the opportunity.

“Just as Ryan Coogler’s Academy Award-winning film Sinners re-invented the vampire movie, we are re-inventing the haunted house and creating new ways to scare our guests that we’ve never attempted,” said John Murdy, Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. “We are thrilled to bring this amazing story to life in a truly terrifying and fully immersive way.”

Mike Aiello, Senior Director of Entertainment Creative Development at Universal Orlando Resort, echoed that energy. “The moment Sinners premiered, we knew it was an undeniable fit for Halloween Horror Nights,” he said. “It’s rare for a film to fully satisfy hardcore horror fans while also inviting new audiences into the genre — and that’s exactly what Sinners does. Its world, characters and intensity will translate into a relentless haunted house. We can’t wait for our fans to step inside and experience the horror firsthand in a way that only Halloween Horror Nights can deliver.”

The Sinners house is also notable as another chapter in the ongoing creative partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal, which has produced years of successful collaboration on Harry Potter attractions and beyond.

When to Go, What to Buy

Halloween Horror Nights kicks off August 28 at Universal Orlando Resort, running 48 select nights through November 1. This year marks the event’s 35th anniversary in Orlando, and the lineup will include 10 all-new haunted houses, live entertainment, scare zones and street experiences. Universal Studios Hollywood opens September 3 and runs a record 42 select nights through November 1, featuring 8 haunted houses, the Terror Tram, and multiple scare zones.

Tickets are on sale now at both parks. Options at Universal Orlando include single-night admission, Express Passes, the R.I.P. Tour, the Behind the Screams: Unmasking the Horror Tour, and a Scream Early add-on that gets you into select haunted houses starting at 2 p.m. Limited-capacity Premium Scream Nights are also available. At Universal Studios Hollywood, options include General Admission, Early Access tickets (entry to select houses from 5:30 p.m.), Frequent Fear and Ultimate Fear passes, plus Day/Night and R.I.P. Tour packages that include access to the new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster.

And if you want to rep the house before you’ve even walked through it, Sinners-themed merchandise — a limited edition T-shirt, hat, and acrylic figure inspired by the haunted house — is already available at both parks and at shopUniversal.com.

More houses are still to be announced for both parks. But as a first reveal, Sinners sets a high bar — and if Universal’s team pulls off what they’re promising, stepping into Club Juke this fall might be the most terrifying two minutes of your year.