Lionsgate and MRC Entertainment have released the first poster for the upcoming slasher comedy The Blackening, via Bloody Disgusting. A trailer for the horror comedy is expected to arrive on March 1.
Per the movie’s official plot synopsis,The Blackening follows “Seven black friends who go away for the weekend only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.” The debut poster gives potential audiences a taste of the film’s Scream-style meta-commentary, wittily playing with one of the most tired and offensive tropes of the horror genre – namely, that Black cast members are frequently killed off first.
Based on a Comedy Central original short from 2018, The Blackening is directed by Tim Story (Tom & Jerry, the 2019 Shaft reboot) from a script by Dewayne Perkins (who penned the original short) and Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Little). Perkins (The Upshaws, Saved by the Bell) also stars in the upcoming film. Other cast members include Antoinette Robertson (Dear White People, Atlanta), Sinqua Walls (Nanny, Teen Wolf), Grace Byers (Harlem, Empire), X Mayo (American Auto, The Farewell), Melvin Gregg (Snowfall, The Way Back), Jermaine Fowler (Coming 2 America, Judas and the Black Messiah), Yvonne Orji (Insecure, Vacation Friends) and Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Out of Office).
