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I Finally Watched The Blackening And Really Want To Talk About This One Character

It's so funny but a little bit profound.

Cinemablend · Jul 22, 2025

The Cast of 'The Studio': Your Guide

That's showbiz, baby!

Marie Claire · Mar 26, 2025

Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Assemble Star-Studded Cast For Comedy

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg assemble a star-studded cast for their Apple comedy series The Studio, satirizing the film industry.

Top News · Mar 26, 2024

Talking Blackness, self-love and legacy with Dewayne Perkins, the mind behind ‘The Blackening’

CHICAGO — Not gonna lie, Dewayne Perkins, the multi-hyphenate entertainer (comedian, writer, actor, producer) has been on the Tribune’s radar for quite some time.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 16, 2023

Meet The Blackening cast: who's who in the horror comedy

The Blackening is the latest addition to the horror-comedy genre. Here's your look at the cast bringing the film to life.

WhatToWatch · Jun 15, 2023

‘The Blackening’ review: A ‘Who’s Blackest?’ board game skewers a cabinful of horror movie cliches

Comedy shorts have played the role of the new vaudeville for years now. The short-film format serves as the modern-day Orpheum Circuit, a proving ground where expandable ideas and distinctive talent can be developed into feature films or a streaming series.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 14, 2023

The Blackening review – Get Out meets Scary Movie in whipsmart horror satire

The stereotype of Black characters dying first in horror movies is put to the test in a funny and incisive Juneteenth-set slasher

The Guardian - US · Jun 14, 2023

Movie review: 'The Blackening' a cutting satire of horror tropes that's light on scares

Horror-comedy “The Blackening” started as a way to skewer a tired trope: the frequency with which Black characters are killed first in horror movies. Though this cliche has been called out frequently by horror fans and Black audiences, here it serves as the entire premise for a feature film, posing…

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

The Blackening Review: A Cutting Horror Satire That Could Use A Little Sharpening

It may feel a bit slowly paced in the beginning, but the confidence and speed [The Blackening] moves with as it goes along certainly makes up for lost time.

Cinemablend · Jun 14, 2023

‘The Blackening’ hilariously slays the cliches and stereotypes of horror

Villain puts friends’ racial status to the test in satirical take on those frightful nights in the woods.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023