Game changer
Daily Star|August 25, 2023
THE BLACKENING | Cert 15 | In cinemas now
ANDY LEA
Game changer

As the Scream movies keep reminding us, the slasher genre is built on cliches. And one of the most notorious examples – that Black characters never survive – is the theme of this hilarious horror spoof ’s brilliant poster.

“We can’t all die first” reads a tagline over a shot of a defiant African-American cast.

Seven college friends rent a remote house to celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

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