Black horror films that changed the game, a thread 🧵 #BlackHistoryMonth2022
Night of the Living Dead (1968) dir. George A Romero
The first major horror film featuring a Black protagonist. The story follows a group of Pennsylvanians protecting themselves from flesh-eating ghouls.
The first major horror film featuring a Black protagonist. The story follows a group of Pennsylvanians protecting themselves from flesh-eating ghouls.
BLACULA (1972) - dir. William Crain
The story of an African Prince who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula. It sparked the early wave of blaxploitation horror films.
The story of an African Prince who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula. It sparked the early wave of blaxploitation horror films.
GANJA & HESS (1973) - dir. Bill Gunn
A stylized blaxploitation horror that confronts religion, representation, and sexuality through a story of lovers bonded over the power of blood.
A stylized blaxploitation horror that confronts religion, representation, and sexuality through a story of lovers bonded over the power of blood.
TALES FROM THE HOOD (1995) - dir. Rusty Cundieff
A horror anthology about an eerie mortician who set out to scare a group of teenage drug dealers by unfolding four tales of horror along the way.
A horror anthology about an eerie mortician who set out to scare a group of teenage drug dealers by unfolding four tales of horror along the way.
DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE (1976) - dir. William Crain
A blaxploitation horror about a physician and researcher who inadvertently caused his complete transformation while searching for a cure to the disease that took his mother.
A blaxploitation horror about a physician and researcher who inadvertently caused his complete transformation while searching for a cure to the disease that took his mother.
DEF BY TEMPTATION (1990) - dir. James Bond III
The story of two men in New York, one of whom meets the seemingly perfect woman and later discovers that she's a vengeance seeking seductress who lures men to their deaths.
The story of two men in New York, one of whom meets the seemingly perfect woman and later discovers that she's a vengeance seeking seductress who lures men to their deaths.
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON NIGHT (1995) - dir. Ernest R. Dickerson
A man on the run possesses the last of seven ancient keys that hold the power to protect humanity from the ultimate evil. A story of benevolence pursued by malevolence.
A man on the run possesses the last of seven ancient keys that hold the power to protect humanity from the ultimate evil. A story of benevolence pursued by malevolence.
EVE’S BAYOU (1997) - dir. Kasi Lemmons
A Southern gothic tale filled with intimate horrors. It’s the story of a young girl learning the dark truth about memory and her family's secrets during a hot Louisiana Summer.
A Southern gothic tale filled with intimate horrors. It’s the story of a young girl learning the dark truth about memory and her family's secrets during a hot Louisiana Summer.
BONES (2001) - dir. Ernest R. Dickerson
The story of Jimmy Bones, a beloved and respected member of his neighborhood who is killed by a corrupt cop and later returns as a ghost to restore his neighborhood and seek revenge.
The story of Jimmy Bones, a beloved and respected member of his neighborhood who is killed by a corrupt cop and later returns as a ghost to restore his neighborhood and seek revenge.
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