VundaHalloweenathon Day 22: Black Horror

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#VundaHalloweenathon Day 22: "Black Horror"

In defining today's theme we turn to a description outlined on the website for Horror Noire Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course, "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.” Check out our TikTok all month long.

RECOMMENDATIONS


D-Rock:

-Tales From the Hood (1995) directed by Rusty Cundieff
-Us (2019) directed by Jordan Peele
-Talk to Me (2023) directed by Danny & Michael Philippou
-Nanny (2022) directed by Nikyatu Jusu
-His House (2020) directed by Remi Weekes
-Blacula (1972) directed by William Crain
-The People Under the Stairs (1991) directed by Wes Craven


Stephen & Dani:

-Adult Swim Yule Log (2022) directed by Casper Kelly
-The Blackening (2023) directed by Tim Story
-Bones (2001) directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
-Black Devil Doll From Hell (1984) directed by Chester Novell Turner
-Petey Wheatstraw (1977) directed by Cliff Roquemore
-Night of the Living Dead (1990) directed by Tom Savini
-Blade II (2002) directed by Guillermo del Toro
-Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020) directed by Oz Rodriguez

For more recommendations, check out our Letterboxd list HERE

Tell us about your picks on social media by tagging @Vundacast or @Vundablog and #VundaHalloweenathon in your posts.



Our official #VundaHalloweenathon art that features Freddy Kreuger, Captain Spaulding, and Sheetar was done by Josh Stifter who is not only a talented artist but a filmmaker.

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