{"id":1179226,"date":"2026-02-14T20:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=561594"},"modified":"2026-02-14T20:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:19:03","slug":"this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners\/","title":{"rendered":"This lesser-known Twilight Zone episode was a major inspiration on Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A row of men, two of whom are identical, standing in the doorway of a building in Sinners.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Warner Bros. Entertainment\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Ryan Coogler, the Academy Award-nominated director of <em>Creed<\/em> and <em>Black Panther<\/em>, hasn\u2019t been shy at all about citing the various inspirations behind his new horror thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/horror\/556489\/sinners-review-ryan-coogler-vampire-black-panther\"><em>Sinners<\/em><\/a>. In the weeks leading up to the film\u2019s premiere, Coogler has been making the rounds along the press circuit, drumming up excitement and talking at length about the creative process behind his latest original feature. \u201cIt\u2019s a genre-fluid film,\u201d Coogler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/interviews\/its-a-genre-fluid-film-ryan-coogler-on-sinners\/\">told SciFiNow<\/a> in January. \u201cThere are vampires in the film, okay, but it\u2019s really about a lot more than just that. It\u2019s one of many elements and I think we\u2019re gonna surprise people with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Coogler\u2019s right; there\u2019s a lot more to <em>Sinners<\/em> than first meets the eye, and that\u2019s especially apparent from the breadth of influences Coogler has pulled from while writing the film\u2019s script. He\u2019s cited <em>From Dusk Till Dawn,<\/em> <em>The Faculty<\/em>, the oeuvre of the Coen brothers, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/23528092\/puss-in-boots-2-last-wish-review\"><em>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish<\/em><\/a> as inspirations behind <em>Sinners<\/em>, though the most intriguing reference he\u2019s nodded to might be a lesser-known episode of Rod Serling\u2019s <em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cTruthfully, the biggest influences are not in cinema,\u201d Coogler told SciFiNow. \u201cThe novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/horror\/458602\/salems-lot-director-interview-stephen-king-2024-movie\"><em>Salem\u2019s Lot<\/em><\/a> is a massive influence on the film. Then there\u2019s a real deep-cut influence. My favorite thing ever made is <em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>, and my favorite episode is called \u2018The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank\u2019 \u2013 probably <em>Salem\u2019s Lot<\/em> and \u2018The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank\u2019 are probably the biggest influences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Premiering in the third season of <em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>, the episode centers on Jeff Myrtlebank, a young man living in a small town in the southernmost section of the Midwest who mysteriously returns to life at his own funeral, much to the shock of his loved ones and pastor. Despite their reasonable trepidation, the townspeople declare it a miracle \u2014 that is, until rumors begin to swirl regarding minor yet noticeable shifts in Jeff\u2019s behavior following his unexpected&nbsp;resurrection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI\u2019m real concerned,\u201d Jeff\u2019s mother tells her husband over breakfast. \u201cHe only ate two eggs again; why, ever since he\u2019s sprouted teeth he\u2019s been having three eggs at breakfast.\u201d Jeff\u2019s father notices a change in Jeff as well. \u201cI recollect worrying many times that he leaned just a shade towards the side of shiftlessness,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd since his sickness, he&#8217;s been fighting in that work just like he was a year behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners-2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman staring in astonishment at a man lighting his pipe with a lit match in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank, an episode of The Twilight Zone.\" title=\"A woman staring in astonishment at a man lighting his pipe with a lit match in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank, an episode of The Twilight Zone.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Paramount Global\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Eventually, these idle rumors become fodder for suspicion and outright hatred of Jeff\u2019s newfound character and candor. It gets so bad that even Comfort Gatewood, Jeff\u2019s own fianc\u00e9e, begins to doubt that Jeff is who he says he is. \u201cI expect it from the others, but not from you, Comfort,\u201d Jeff tells her in frustration. \u201cI\u2019m getting sick and tired the way everybody treats me like a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The conclusion of the episode leaves the question of Jeff\u2019s true nature, as well as that of his resurrection, tantalizingly unanswered, but the most intriguing connection between \u201cThe Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank\u201d and Coogler\u2019s <em>Sinners <\/em>is evident in its penultimate moment. When Jeff is surrounded by a group of angry neighbors, Comfort\u2019s brother Orgram accuses him of being a \u201chaint,\u201d a ghostly presence believed to possess the bodies of mortal men for its own nefarious purposes. This same term appears in <em>Sinners<\/em>, when Wunmi Mosaku\u2019s character, Annie, speaks about the power of music to rend asunder the veil dividing the world of the living and the dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Even apart from its connection to Coogler\u2019s latest film, however, \u201cThe Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank\u201d is a terrific <em>Twilight Zone <\/em>episode that knows that the most interesting questions are often best left unanswered. It may not be as iconic as \u201cNightmare at 20000 Feet\u201d or \u201cFive Characters in Search of an Exit,\u201d but it&#8217;s nevertheless a great episode to watch whether or not you plan on venturing out to the theater to see <em>Sinners<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Twilight Zone <em>is available to stream on Pluto TV and Paramount Plus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/what-to-watch\/561594\/sinners-twilight-zone-inspiration-last-rites-of-jeff-myrtlebank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Coogler, the Academy Award-nominated director of Creed and Black Panther, hasn\u2019t been shy at all about citing the various inspirations behind his new horror thriller Sinners. In the weeks leading up to the film\u2019s premiere, Coogler has been making the rounds along the press circuit, drumming up excitement and talking at length about the creative process behind his latest original feature. \u201cIt\u2019s a genre-fluid film,\u201d Coogler told SciFiNow in January. \u201cThere are vampires in the film, okay, but it\u2019s really about a lot more than just that. It\u2019s one of many elements and I think we\u2019re gonna surprise people with it.\u201d Coogler\u2019s right; there\u2019s a lot more to Sinners than first meets the eye, and that\u2019s especially apparent from the breadth of influences Coogler&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-lesser-known-twilight-zone-episode-was-a-major-inspiration-on-ryan-cooglers-sinners\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1179227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This lesser-known Twilight Zone episode was 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