Starting with Jordan Peele’s successful “Get Out” (2017), it seems Hollywood finally recognizes that Black characters can be more than victims in the horror genre.
As said in the 2019 documentary “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror": “We’ve always loved horror. Unfortunately, horror hasn’t always loved us.”
Now, as Black directors, producers and screenwriters have more opportunities to flex, Black actors can portray fully developed leading characters who are no longer the first to go, a trend that was mocked in "Scream 2" (1997).
