Horror Satire Film 'The Blackening' Subverts Genre Tropes and Celebrates Black Culture

The horror comedy film "The Blackening" turns the slasher genre on its head by focusing on Black characters who refuse to die first.
The movie is a send-up of horror tropes and a celebration of Black culture, with references to Juneteenth and challenges about knowledge of Black history.
The all-Black cast includes Yvonne Orji, Grace Byers, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, and Melvin Gregg.
Director Tim Story aimed to make an authentic film that pokes fun at stereotypes while honoring Blackness.
The killer in the film uses a crossbow and struggles to decide which character to kill first due to their awareness of the genre convention of the Black character dying first.