Opening night at Club Juke just got a whole lot more dangerous!
Sinners is coming to Halloween Horror Nights 35 as a fully licensed haunted house, bringing one of 2025’s biggest horror movie sensations straight into the event’s 35th anniversary lineup. Here’s everything we know about the house, the film it’s based on, and what guests can expect walking through Club Juke’s front door.
The Basics: Where and When
The Sinners house is located in Sprung Tent 3 at Universal Studios Florida, one of the large tent structures erected in 2024 after the park’s Parade Warehouses became unavailable for use during Halloween Horror Nights. Halloween Horror Nights 35 runs select nights from August 28 through November 1, 2026.
This house was announced on May 21, 2026, over Memorial Day weekend, making it the second haunted house confirmed for HHN 35, following March’s reveal of Jack & Oddfellow: Chaos & Control. It’s also part of a bicoastal debut, opening at Universal Orlando Resort on August 28 and at Universal Studios Hollywood on September 3.
About the Film
Sinners is a 2025 original horror film written, directed, and produced by Ryan Coogler, alongside fellow Proximity Media producers Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack, both played by Michael B. Jordan, who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta in October 1932 to open a juke joint called Club Juke. Having made money working for Al Capone in Chicago, the twins purchase an old sawmill from a local landowner named Hogwood to serve as their venue. What begins as a celebratory opening night quickly spirals into horror when a hive of bloodthirsty vampires, led by a figure named Remmick, crashes the party.
The film has been a massive success both critically and commercially. It’s earned a global box office run of more than $370 million, along with 16 Academy Award nominations and four Oscar wins, making it the highest-grossing original horror film since its 2025 debut.
The Official Premise
According to Universal, the haunted house transports guests back to opening night at the Smokestack Twins’ juke joint, where the blues quickly turn red once Remmick’s vampires arrive. Guests will need to navigate the growing chaos and evade the vampires at every turn.
Inside, visitors will encounter red-eyed vampires Remmick, Bert, and Joan, along with other characters pulled straight from the film, including Sammie, Mary, Annie, Pearline, and Cornbread. Caught in the middle of the deadly struggle between the twins and the vampires, guests are tasked with surviving the night themselves.
Officially Approved by Ryan Coogler
This isn’t just a licensed adaptation…it’s one that Coogler himself has been directly involved in approving. In a joint statement, Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian said that partnering with Halloween Horror Nights gives fans the chance to step even deeper into the world of the film, to feel its music, atmosphere, and tension all around them, and that watching it come to life on this scale has been something special for the whole team.
Mike Aiello, Senior Director of Entertainment Creative Development at Universal Orlando, echoed that enthusiasm, noting that the moment Sinners premiered, the creative team knew it was an undeniable fit for Halloween Horror Nights. He pointed to the film’s rare ability to satisfy hardcore horror fans while still welcoming new audiences into the genre as exactly the kind of energy that will translate into a haunted house experience.
John Murdy, Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, went a step further, framing the house as a chance to push the boundaries of what a live horror experience can be — drawing a direct comparison between how Sinners reinvented the vampire movie and how this house is meant to reinvent the haunted house format itself.
Behind the Scenes
For the credits-trackers out there: this house’s internal development codename was “Hearse,” continuing HHN’s tradition of assigning vehicle-themed codenames to haunted houses during production.
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