BLACK MIRROR
BLACK WRITERS ARE READY TO SCARE YOU SILLY WITH ANTHOLOGY MOVIE
WORDS: TARA BENNETT
IN 2019, DOCUMENTARY Horror Noire: A History Of Black Horror explored how the African-American experience was portrayed in horror films, and how, historically, black characters were rarely used in the genre unless they were relegated to blaxploitation films or used as support for white characters. But with hits like Night Of The Living Dead (1968), Candyman (1992) and Get Out (2017), the doc asserted that horror is a potential goldmine of under-serviced stories.
Kearia Schroeder in “Daddy” by Victor LaValle.
The success of that doc, and the conversation that then blossomed from it, led to Shudder’s upcoming original anthology Horror Noire, which showcases six stories of horror from black directors and screenwriters. Executive producer Shelby Stone tells SFX that it comprises individual chapters that are linked thematically. “These are six separate, really insightful, sometimes crazy-funny stories,” she enthuses. “And each one will feel whole and complete.”