The plan as of last night is to see at least a few movies on Shudder
the rest of this month, as what better time to do so? Who knows how many
I'll actually view; as I am a dumb white guy I realized this would be a
very educational to watch. In addition, the fact that many have given
this praise also assisted in my decision-making here.
Based on a book by Robin R. Means Coleman (who appears), the history of black people in horror is covered, from The Birth of a Nation all the way to Get Out. Unfortunately, much of the time they are either stereotyped, are minor insignificant characters or are not present at all... which mirrors what happened in all the other major genres and many of the minor ones too. The documentary is only 83 minutes long so I wouldn't have minded each section to have more content.. naturally, the book it is based on would have much more information, but a search online reveals said book costs a pretty penny. Maybe one day the price will come down.
The movie does have the benefit of many different black voices, whether they are in the industry or are scholars of it; both male and female voices are present. Furthermore, many of those voices are separated into pairs and talk in an otherwise empty auditorium; for example, Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (from the 5th Friday the 13th) chats with Kelly Jo Minter of the 5th Nightmare on Elm Street; directors Rusty Cundieff and Ernest Dickerson getting to shoot the gab was a delight, but so was the titanic team-up of Ken Foree and Keith David.
Horror Noire is quite honest and notes the problematic moments in blaxploitation movies and even something like Candyman that is genuinely liked and otherwise praised in this documentary. Finally, in the 21st century black people have more of a voice and we have films made by them and many can be enjoyed by anyone; Attack the Block gets a shout-out and that is a tremendous motion picture I can't praise enough. Fortunately, they were able to get Jordan Peele to talk about Get Out and the topic in general; he had nice thoughts, but then again everyone gave interesting or eye-opening insights. This should be viewed by any horror fan no matter your skin color or whatever prior knowledge you may have of black horror.
Based on a book by Robin R. Means Coleman (who appears), the history of black people in horror is covered, from The Birth of a Nation all the way to Get Out. Unfortunately, much of the time they are either stereotyped, are minor insignificant characters or are not present at all... which mirrors what happened in all the other major genres and many of the minor ones too. The documentary is only 83 minutes long so I wouldn't have minded each section to have more content.. naturally, the book it is based on would have much more information, but a search online reveals said book costs a pretty penny. Maybe one day the price will come down.
The movie does have the benefit of many different black voices, whether they are in the industry or are scholars of it; both male and female voices are present. Furthermore, many of those voices are separated into pairs and talk in an otherwise empty auditorium; for example, Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (from the 5th Friday the 13th) chats with Kelly Jo Minter of the 5th Nightmare on Elm Street; directors Rusty Cundieff and Ernest Dickerson getting to shoot the gab was a delight, but so was the titanic team-up of Ken Foree and Keith David.
Horror Noire is quite honest and notes the problematic moments in blaxploitation movies and even something like Candyman that is genuinely liked and otherwise praised in this documentary. Finally, in the 21st century black people have more of a voice and we have films made by them and many can be enjoyed by anyone; Attack the Block gets a shout-out and that is a tremendous motion picture I can't praise enough. Fortunately, they were able to get Jordan Peele to talk about Get Out and the topic in general; he had nice thoughts, but then again everyone gave interesting or eye-opening insights. This should be viewed by any horror fan no matter your skin color or whatever prior knowledge you may have of black horror.
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