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The Blackening 2022
A 2022 American black horror comedy film, The Blackening was directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, adapting a 2018 short film by comedy group 3Peat. Starring Dewayne Perkins, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji, the story takes place on Juneteenth as a group of black friends becomes victims of a masked killer at a forest cabin. The film made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2022 before opening in theaters on June 16, 2023 in the United States through Lionsgate and on August 23, 2023 in the UK by Universal Pictures. It earned $18 million at the box office and garnered generally favorable reviews for its satire of horror movie conventions and ethnic portrayals.
Cast
- Grace ByersAllison
- Jermaine FowlerClifton
- Melvin GreggKing
- X MayoShanika
- Dewayne PerkinsDewayne
- Antoinette RobertsonLisa
- Sinqua WallsNnamdi
- Jay PharoahShawn
- Yvonne OrjiMorgan
- Diedrich BaderRanger White
- James Preston RogersClive Connor and Camden Connor
Crew
- Director
- Tim Story
- Writer
- Tracy Oliver, Dewayne Perkins
- Producer
- Tim Story, Tracy Oliver, E. Brian Dobbins, Marcei A. Brown, Jason Clark, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett
- Cinematography
- Todd A. Dos Reis
- Editing
- Peter S. Elliot
- Music
- Dexter Story
Details
- Production
- Artists First, Catchlight Studios, MRC, The Story Company, Tracy Yvonne Productions
- Distributor
- Lionsgate
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $18.6 million
