The Blackening

The Blackening is tense, funny, and thoughtful. It’s a miracle when any movie expertly hits that hat trick but even more so when it does it with this much confidence.

While it will not win many (if any) awards, The Blackening is hands down the best time that has been offered up in a movie theater since the Dungeons and Dragons movie last March. This horror comedy plays with genre conventions in a sparkling and vividly delightful way.

The Blackening is a flat-out satire from frame #1, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a breath of fresh air in what has become a very stale multiplex atmosphere.

The movie is highly entertaining, while being oddly validating and very funny. It cleverly weaves the horror tropes that it rebukes right into the narrative. And it’s done without slipping into parody like the Scary Movie series, where similar notions are skewered more broadly and, with The Blackening now on the table, way less successfully.

The framing may use the tropes of horror, but the film’s light tone — with jump scares more often used for comedic effect — defuses the tension required to make viewers feel on the verge of snapping.

It succeeds as a comedy but not quite as a horror film, the genre merely a setting and style for sending up insidious character stereotypes.

The Blackening feels like a cash grab, a film so blatantly made because “horror is so hot right now.” There’s no love for the genre, and if you don’t admire something to some degree, it’s hard to properly satirize it.

Don’t let these modern-day **** ruin it for you. This is great fun! Watch it with your friends,

Hello, FentBob here. As a black person, I really enjoyed the **** out of it. That was a solid comedy film. Those jokes were written damnly asswhiting. I gotta say history doesnt face these kind of masterpieces all the time.

I've never been so happy to see a white savior. While The Blackening doesn't quite live up to its full potential, it manages to convey its intended message with a satisfying blend of humor and entertainment. Certainly, the mix of comedy and social commentary doesn't mesh smoothly, leading to a slight disconnect with some of its proceedings, but it's important to note that the movie never deviates into a negative territory, maintaining a sufficiently balanced tone that proves that its simplicity can be effective and enjoyable in its own right. Far from anything special, but it was entertaining. That's good enough.

I found the racism too much for my liking. Otherwise, it would have been an ok comedy/horror. It did make me laugh, but it was rather predictable. Then again, it's exactly what you would expect from these kinds of movies, which is a good time, except maybe if you're white, then be prepared to be rediculed for the whole thing...

I thought black theme would be better explored. Alse there is exactly zero trans persons