Funny New Trailer for the Slasher Horror Comedy THE BLACKENING
Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the upcoming slasher horror comedy The Blackening, which is a movie that will skewer “genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?”
The movie is like a mix of films like Saw, The Cabin in the Woods, and Scream, but it offers a comedic commentary on the horror genre through an all-Black perspective.
The movie 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 movie was directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) from a screenplay written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine). It stars Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, Jermaine Fowler, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Pharoah.
The Blackening will be released on June 16, 2023.
