This post is part of a weekly series celebrating ;#ThrowbackThursday ;with reflections of our favorite childhood memories, past pop culture moments and more! ; In some of our favorite horror films nobody’s fate is certain and black characters usually do not survive. There are several slasher flicks with ;token black characters ;who ;usually die ;early on in the film, from the untimely death of Jada Pinkett Smith’s ;character ;in a movie theater in “Scream 2” to Mekhi Phifer’s character being impaled with a hook ;in “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.” ;But there have been some exceptions. Black horror films began in the ’70s during the blaxploitation film era, ;and black actors were finally …
This post is part of a weekly series celebrating ;#ThrowbackThursday
In some of our favorite horror films nobody’s fate is certain and black characters usually do not survive.
There are several slasher flicks with ;token black characters ;who ;usually die ;early on in the film, from the untimely death of Jada Pinkett Smith’s ;character ;in a movie theater in “Scream 2” to Mekhi Phifer’s character being impaled with a hook ;in “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.” ;But there have been some exceptions.
Black horror films began in the ’70s during the blaxploitation film era, ;and black actors were finally placed in major roles. This was considered ;revolutionary for ;the time but the characters still perpetuated negative stereotypes ;of either being violent or hyper-sexualized.
Despite the ;cliché characters in “Blacula,” “Blackenstein” and “Night of the Living Dead,” all of these films defied conventions with the portrayal of its black leading actors. ;
The 2006 ;film “Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror” closely resembles the popular series “Tales From The Crypt” ;and proves that even today horror films with black casts capitalize on urbanizing mainstream scary movies or TV shows by putting a spin on them. ;
Here are ;some of the most iconic black characters in scary movies, and no worries there are ;no spoilers!
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36 Horror Films Starring Black Actors Who Completely Slayed The Big Screen
