Ryan Coogler’s Sinners broke the record for the most Oscar nominations ever.
Its 16 beat the 14 previously held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land.
The blues-tinged vampire story’s domination continues an ongoing horror revival — Frankenstein received nine nominations, although Guillermo del Toro missed out on a Best Director nod, and Weapons’ Amy Madigan is up for Best Supporting Actress, after last year saw five awards for the body-horror The Substance.
Sinners’ main rival this year is One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s darkly comic blockbuster; the success of the two films is a return for “Hollywood’s most endangered species — highly original, studio-made films with hefty budgets,” The New York Times noted.