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- Horror Noire (2021) is a fictional film, but it is inspired by the book and documentary in that it is a showcase for established and emerging talent in the Black community.
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It is a horror story, with horror themes, but everything was real. Dean and Lynn had a real and normal marriage. Dean and Greg had a perfectly normal friendship.
Feb 15, 2019 · Based on Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman’s 2011 book “Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present,” this is the first original documentary feature from Shudder.
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- The Lake
- Brand of Evil
- Bride Before You
- Fugue State
- Daddy
- Sundown
“The Lake” is directed by Joe West and is based on the short story of the same name by Tananarive Due (who also wrote the script along with Steven Barnes). The story focuses on a female high school teacher, Abbie LaFleur (Lesley-Ann Brandt), who moves into a house by a lake. Abbie is warned not to swim in the lake because of its dark past, but Abbi...
Directed by Julien Christian Lutz (who also goes by Director X) and written by Ezra Claytan Daniels, “Brand of Evil” tells the story of a talented artist (Brandon Mychal Smith) who faces a moral dilemma. Does he create meaningful art that can help his community, or does he shirk his commitments to make a lot of money for himself by creating simple ...
“Bride Before You” takes place in Reconstruction-era Washington and tells the story of a woman (Lenora Crichlow) married to a rich businessman. The pressure of being expected to bear a male child for her husband leads the woman to a folk healer whose methods bring continued hardship for the family. This segment was directed by Zandashé Brown, and i...
Rachel True of The Craft (1996) stars alongside Malcolm Barrett in this nicely tense short about religion and cults. When a man investigates a local church as research for a book, his personality begins to change which prompts his wife, a journalist, to do some investigating of her own. As good as the story is, it’s the cast that really makes “Fugu...
Based on the short story of the same name by Victor LaValle, “Daddy” explores the relationship between a father and his young son. The father (Luke James) had a strained relationship with his own father, so he is now quite protective of his little boy despite doubt and insecurity seeping its way into their relationship. This is one of the more quie...
Directed by Kimani Ray Smith and written by Al Leston, “Sundown” is pure fun in a horror-comedy kind of way. A group of people canvassing a small West Virginian town for a Black senatorial candidate doesn’t have much luck, and their day gets worse when they discover they’re in what used to be a “sundown town.” The group, which includes a Black husb...
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Mar 15, 2019 · The documentary, based on Robin R. Means Coleman’s 2011 book “Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present,” posits that horror means something entirely...
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Feb 15, 2019 · Read Matt Goldberg's Horror Noire review; Xavier Burgin's movie interviews black scholars, filmmakers, and actors to look at the history of black horror.
Mar 12, 2019 · Xavier Burgin's new documentary Horror Noire explores the history of black people in cinema and specifically in horror, and celebrates artists he didn't learn about in school.
Feb 1, 2019 · The film is based on an academic book of the same name by Robin R. Means Coleman, whom Burgin interviews for commentary and analysis. But he also talks to directors like Rudy Cundieff (Tales...
