‘The Blackening Trailer: Jay Pharoah And Yvonne Orji Slaughter Horror Movie Stereotypes

Scream VI isn't the only meta-horror comedy hitting theaters.

With the motto "everybody can't die faster", the black cast of The Blackening embarked on a particularly deadly journey to a cabin in the woods over the weekend of June 1st in order to survive. A seemingly insidious killer unleashed by an ancient board game forces a group of friends to play by his rules as they are eliminated one by one.

Blackening stars Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Dewayne Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Cinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah and Yvonne Orji. Tim Story ("Ride Along," "Barbershop") directs the dark comedy from a screenplay by Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Duane Perkins. The film is based on 3-PEAT Comedy's 2018 digital short Comedy Central of the same name.

According to the official synopsis, the film deviates from genre tropes and poses the cynical question: If the entire cast of a horror film were black, who would die first?

The Blackening is presented by Lionsgate and MRC as a Story Company / Tracy Yvonne / Artists First / Catchlight Studios production. Producers include Oliver, Story, Jason Clark, Marcei A. Brown, E. Brian Dobbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett.

"The Blackening is the first mainstream horror parody since the 'Get Out' era," states IndieWire's review of TIFF 2022's Black Leather Masks. It's on the nose, but this parody has as much context as "Horror Movies" does. and "Horror Movies". that's part of the fun. There's no way to denigrate blackness or explain things to a white audience. If you don't know how to play spades or what the black national anthem is, ask a friend.

Verification continues. "Challenging the idea of ​​blackness and making ridiculous attempts to measure it. By taking clichés and stereotypes and then turning them on their head, the film allows the film to explore the darkness; someone who says the N-word a lot or has been in a gang before, was someone a member? More importantly, the film examines blackness through the lens of whiteness, portraying whites as enemies and showing how outside forces wreak havoc on closed groups. This movie makes fun of the black condition but it's not trauma porn. This is a really dark horror comedy.

The Blackening hits theaters on June 16th.

Check out the trailer below.

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