the Blackening (Meta-Slasher-Komödie)

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The film looks like a hilarious mix of Saw, The Cabin in the Woods, and Scream, filtering its commentary on the horror genre through an all-Black lens. If this trailer is any indication, The Blackening seems primed and ready to be one of 2023’s most-talked-about horror treats.

The Blackening, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game.

Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?

Joe Lipsett wrote in his 4-star TIFF review, “While the film isn’t Scream levels of meta, The Blackening fuses social commentary about the Black experience in contemporary America with slasher conventions in a highly entertaining fashion.”

[McClane]

Die Prämisse tönt interessant, der Regisseur schreckt ab.

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