17 Black Horror Movie Characters That Defied the Odds of Dying First. ... Admit it, when you see one chocolate chip in a majority white cast you’re just waiting for them to get wiped out first.

And, I’m going to give Octavia Spencer an honorary award for at least making it to the end of her 2019 horror movie, Ma, as she’s at least alive BY the end (even though she’s in a burning ...

In 1968, another black character died in a film. This time, however, he was the last one to die. In Night of the Living Dead, ...

Sci-fi and horror have historically focused on White protagonists and their experiences, leaving Black audiences disregarded by the mainstream. But Black fans of those genres have been here all along.

Authors Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris trace the history of the troubling horror-movie trope in their revealing new book “The Black Guy Dies First” In the ’70s, horror became ...

T he year is 2025, and we’ve come so far. If you’re under a certain age and/or haven’t been doing your homework, the idea that Black characters are always the first to die in horror films ...

“Often, the Black guy dies in service or support to whiteness. … Black annihilation means that often in these horror movies that also feature a diverse cast, a predominantly white cast, it means that ...

For nearly as long as there have been movies, there have been horror movies. These are the best black-and-white horror films, from ‘Nosferatu’ to ‘Eraserhead.’ ...

The first thing you notice about Black Christmas is how beautiful it all looks.. Director Bob Clark’s legendary 1974 slasher film, a landmark movie for holiday horror and horror in general ...

Sci-fi and horror have historically focused on White protagonists and their experiences, leaving Black audiences disregarded by the mainstream. But Black fans of those genres have been here all along.

“Often, the Black guy dies in service or support to whiteness. … Black annihilation means that often in these horror movies that also feature a diverse cast, a predominantly white cast, it means that ...