Check Out the Trailer for “The Blackening,” a Satirical Slasher Comedy Starring Jay Pharoah and Yvonne Orji

“The Blackening” is a horror-comedy film that follows a group of seven friends who celebrate Juneteenth with a trip to a remote cabin. However, their weekend getaway soon turns into a nightmare when one of their friends is kidnapped by a killer. In a terrifying video, the killer demands that the group sacrifice the Blackest one among them in order to save the rest, which is an offensive and cliché horror-movie trope. The movie stars Dewayne Perkins, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Antoinette Robertson, and Sinqua Walls, with Jay Pharoah and Yvonne Orji. It is based on a 2018 short film of the same name by comedy sketch group 3Peat. The intent of the movie is to take horror-movie tropes and expand them to force the audience to realize that tropes are also human beings. It will be released in theaters on June 16, 2022. Check out the trailer below!