Lionsgate’s horror-comedy The Blackening is releasing in theaters on June 16, 2023, for Juneteenth weekend, and tickets for the witty film are available now.
The Blackening, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, 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.
Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sarcastic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
The Blackening stars Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, Jermaine Fowler, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Pharoah.
Ahead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with Robertson, Walls, and Byers, who play characters Lisa, Nnamdi, and Allison, respectively. The trio discusses how the authentic friendships at the center of the horror-comedy translate beyond the screen and how much of a horror fan they were heading into this production.
Check out the video interview below.
Get to know these charming characters when The Blackening hits theaters on June 16, 2023.
Joe Lipsett wrote in his 4-star TIFF review, “The Blackening fuses social commentary about the Black experience in contemporary America with slasher conventions in a highly entertaining fashion. It doesn’t hurt that the characters are extremely likable – to the point that when the bloodshed begins, you worry for their survival because no one is expendable.”
The film is produced by Marcei A. Brown, Jason Clark, E. Brian Dobbins, Tracy Oliver, Tim Story, and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett. Perkins serves as a co-producer, with Vicky Story as associate producer.
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