Have you ever felt the need to yell at the screen while a character in a horror film decides to investigate some strange noise they’ve heard? Or how about after identifying that there’s a killer around, a group of friends decides to split up to increase their chances of survival? These tropes have consistently been used in the genre, but director Tim Story is here to kiss them goodbye in his latest horror comedy/satire The Blackening. Written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins and based on the digital short film, this hilarious feature deconstructs the genre through a Black cultural lens while unpacking what “Blackness” in America truly means.
