To say a movie scene or performance gives us chills evokes something common, especially when we're talking about a horror film, which "Sinners" is, according to the genre's most basic definition. Rarer still are moments on par with what director and writer Ryan Coogler conjures at that movie's spiritual peak, where music, dance, cultural reverence and natural sorcery coalesce.
If you've watched "Sinners," you know which scene I'm talking about. (If you haven't, stop reading this story right now.) The most accurate description I've seen in online forums captures its primal radiance: They call it the movie's "holy s**t" moment.
