22 August 2024
The Blackening (2023)
Horror fans know the Black character is always the first to die. But what if the entire cast is Black?
The Blackening is out to skewer the genre tropes, centring on a group of Black friends who reunite for a weekend getaway, only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer.
The Blackening has an 87% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with IndieWire calling it, “the first great horror parody of the post-Get Out era,” and Deadline Hollywood hailing it as “hands-down one of the best comedies of the year.”
As Dewayne, co-writer Dewayne Perkins was up for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2024 Black Reel Awards, where The Blackening was also nominated for Outstanding Ensemble. Look out for the likes of Antoinette Robertson (Dear White People), Sinqua Walls (White Men Can’t Jump, Power) and Melvin Gregg (House Party, Snowfall), as well as Teen Choice nominee Grace Byers (Empire) and Emmy-nominated Nigerian-American star Yvonne Orji (Insecure).
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