What is your personal definition of Black horror?
If the book and documentary reveal Black horror as a centuries-old tradition, Shudder's new anthology feature, Horror Noire showcases how expansive the storytelling tradition can be in six separate tales of terror.įANGORIA caught up with Tananarive Due, co-writer (alongside husband, Steven Barnes) of two of the film's six segments, to talk about Horror Noire, her writing practice, what Black horror has been, and what it can be. Robin Means Coleman- exhibits how the history of Black horror is as old as the history of film itself indeed, as old as the history of America itself. Shudder's 2019 documentary, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror- adapted from Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films From 1890's to Present by Dr. The release and subsequent success of Jordan Peele's Get Out shifted public perception of what a horror movie could be at the cellular level, but masterful as his understanding of the genre may be, Peele did not invent Black horror.
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