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I Finally Watched The Blackening And Really Want To Talk About This One Character

It's so funny but a little bit profound.

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Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Assemble Star-Studded Cast For Comedy

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg assemble a star-studded cast for their Apple comedy series The Studio, satirizing the film industry.

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One Of 2023's Sneakiest Box Office Successes The Blackening Is Getting A Sequel, And I'm So Hyped

The Blackening is getting a sequel, and I'm so excited about another horror/comedy installment.

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The Blackening writer and director talk subverting stereotypes, being influenced by Saw and Scream, and *that* killer mask

EXCLUSIVE: We chat to Tracy Oliver and Tim Story about their new laugh-a-minute Scary Movie-esque horror comedy

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The Blackening’s Dewayne Perkins Reveals The Two Wildest Jokes He’s Proud To Have Come Up With For The Movie

The Blackening actor and co-writer Dewayne Perkins reveals his favorite jokes from the horror comedy.

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The Blackening Cast: Where You've Seen The Actors Before

The Blackening cast is the Number One reason it is one of the best horror-comedy movies in years.

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Talking Blackness, self-love and legacy with Dewayne Perkins, the mind behind ‘The Blackening’

CHICAGO — Not gonna lie, Dewayne Perkins, the multi-hyphenate entertainer (comedian, writer, actor, producer) has been on the Tribune’s radar for quite some time.

Chicago Tribune

Meet The Blackening cast: who's who in the horror comedy

The Blackening is the latest addition to the horror-comedy genre. Here's your look at the cast bringing the film to life.

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‘The Blackening’ review: A ‘Who’s Blackest?’ board game skewers a cabinful of horror movie cliches

Comedy shorts have played the role of the new vaudeville for years now. The short-film format serves as the modern-day Orpheum Circuit, a proving ground where expandable ideas and distinctive talent can be developed into feature films or a streaming series.

Chicago Tribune

The Blackening review – Get Out meets Scary Movie in whipsmart horror satire

The stereotype of Black characters dying first in horror movies is put to the test in a funny and incisive Juneteenth-set slasher

The Guardian - US

Movie review: 'The Blackening' a cutting satire of horror tropes that's light on scares

Horror-comedy “The Blackening” started as a way to skewer a tired trope: the frequency with which Black characters are killed first in horror movies. Though this cliche has been called out frequently by horror fans and Black audiences, here it serves as the entire premise for a feature film, posing…

Tribune News Service

The Blackening Review: A Cutting Horror Satire That Could Use A Little Sharpening

It may feel a bit slowly paced in the beginning, but the confidence and speed [The Blackening] moves with as it goes along certainly makes up for lost time.

Cinemablend

‘The Blackening’ hilariously slays the cliches and stereotypes of horror

Villain puts friends’ racial status to the test in satirical take on those frightful nights in the woods.

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‘The Blackening’: How a Chicago comedian’s takedown of horror cliches grew into high-profile Hollywood movie

Second City alum (and critic) Dewayne Perkins co-writes and co-stars in comedy film about why the Black characters always die first.

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