Release Date: 6/16/23; In Theaters
(Original Release Date: 9/16/22 – Toronto International Film Festival)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Rating: NR
Running Time: 96 mins.
Director: Tim Story
Studio(s): Catchlight Studios, Lionsgate, MRC Film, Media Rights Capital (MRC), The Story Company.
Cast: Grace Byers (Allison), Jermaine Fowler (Clifton), Melvin Gregg (King), X Mayo (Shanika), Dewayne Perkins (Dewayne), Antoinette Robertson (Lisa), Sinqua Walls (Nnamdi), Jay Pharoah (Shawn), Yvonne Orji (Morgan), Diedrich Bader (Officer White), James Preston Rogers (Camden Conner).
Story: Based on the 2018 short film of the same name by the comedy troupe 3Peat, The Blackening 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. The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first? Source(s): official site, theblackening.movie, Wikipedia.
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