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May 2: Great news! The Venture Brothers are coming back! New episodes of the best thing on Cartoon Network begin airing June 1 during their Adult Swim block. What does this have to do with black horror? Well, there's a recurring character on there named Jefferson Twilight who's sort of a mix of Blade and an aging Shaft by way of Samuel L. Jackson (see below). He's a "Blacula hunter," meaning he hunts only black vampires. It's a concept so hilarious, it almost doesn't matter if the material is funny. But luckily, it is. Check out clips here and here.
May 1: Trailers! Get your red-hot trailers!
April 30: Check the photo from BHM reader (and t-shirt wearer) Christopher Philippo, with a certain Tony Todd! If you wanna be on the cutting edge of fashion like Christopher, check out the Black Horror Movies line at CafePress.
April 26: Next week Friday, May 2, features a couple of black horror TV premieres: Dead Heist @ 2:00 AM on Showtime, and Blacula @ 11:00 PM on Turner Classic Movies!
April 20: April 18: Well, Megan Good and her enormous...um, eyebrows...have been cast in the upcoming Saw V. Let's hope she fares better (and longer) than she did in One Missed Call. Or Venom. Who am I kidding? The question isn't if she'll die; it's when she'll die (and also how long she can continue to play a damn teenager). I'll wager somewhere around the 35-minute mark. Any takers?
April 15: Looks like Tony Todd's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is finally coming out, some two years after it was made. Image Entertainment has May 20 listed as the release date, and since they also have DVD cover art (see below), it looks like this might actually happen. One thing I can't figure out: is that Tony or Tracy Scoggins on the cover?
April 12: You've heard of the Ken doll; now, here's the Ben doll! That's right; it's Ben from Night of the Living Dead. In doll form! He even comes with a rifle! (No word on whether there's a removable bullet hole for his forehead.) It won't be available until June, but you can pre-order now at fearwerx.com. (It would be cool if they sold it in B&W, as they do with another figure, the cemetary zombie.)
April 11: March 27: March 15: March 10: In everything I do, I try to spread the message of Black Horror Movies. Check out my latest subversive shot at The Man: Interview With the Black Guy. Fight the power! March 8: March 1: February 22: February 19: Fans of Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror rejoice! According to Variety, there's a new urban horror anthology on the horizon! This one's called Shady Talez...with a "z" of course. This one could potentially have a decent budget, given it's being produced for Paramount, although writer Dallas Jackson's previous scriptwriting experience amounts to one film: (wait for it...) Uncle P, starring Master P and Lil' Romeo. Could we have another Don't Be Scared on our hands? Shudder. Talez is being executive produced by the Violator management company/record label and will supposedly be tapping its talent pool to be featured in the film -- which means there's the potential it could feature rappers like 50 Cent, LL Cool J, P. Diddy, Missy Elliott, and Busta Rhymes...but don't count on it. February 17: These new stills from Wesley Snipes' upcoming zombie western GallowWalker make it clear that we're not talkin' 'bout your pa's zombies. Many more shots are available at blog.zombiespirit.com, where you can also read some interesting behind-the-scenes info about the origin of the film and how it almost starred Chow Yun-Fat! Incidentally, IMDb now has the release date listed as 2009...grrr...
February 16:
February 8: February 2: January 28: January 23: January 20: Now here's an interesting upcoming British urban horror movie with some freaky-looking doll, um, "thingees" (see below). It's called Wishbaby, and it's writtend/directed by Stephen W. Parsons, who wrote the theme song for Howling II -- easily the best part of the movie (listend to it here). It's low budget, but there's some talent involved -- including Tiana Benjamin from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- so I'm optimistic. Check out the trailer at www.wishbaby.com.
January 19: January 14: Who knew that Geretta Geretta of Demons and Rats fame is now a director of art house drama? See for yourself. According to IMDb, she's actually written and directed a few films. Go 'head, girl!
January 13: January 6: January 4: It sems as if Darin Scott, the guy who co-wrote Tales From the Hood and The Offspring, is directing a new horror flick called Blood Boulevard. It's described as such:
I have high -- er, mid-sized hopes that, given Scott's track record, he at least has a decent budget to work with. The artwork looks pretty good, I guess. We'll have plenty of time to ponder it, because the film's just in pre-production and might not get released until 2009.
January 3: The trailer for the upcoming remake of Prom Night has been released, and looks like there are three black major characters, including a gal who seems like she might not last long and a cop played by Idris Elba -- who you'd think would've learned his lesson after biting the dust in The Reaping last year. Oh well, judge for yourself. December 31: December 24: December 19: December 17: Tony Todd's website has trailers for two of his upcoming movies: The Thirst and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As far as I'm concerned, every horror movie trailer should have a Tony Todd voiceover, whether or not he's actually in the film. December 11: Poor Pretty Eddie (AKA Black Vengeance) December 6: December 1: Always good for a smile: Night of the Living Dead in 30 seconds...and re-enacted by bunnies November 30: November 25: Abar, the First Black Superman November 20: The good news: Wesley Snipes' Gallowwalker site is up. The bad news: the IRS apparently took the marketing budget.
November 19: November 16: This isn't horror-related, but it might come in handy: "How to Avoid Alienating Your Black Friends". November 15: November 12: Can't get enough of black people playing servants and savages? Well, Turner Classic Movies is featuring black roles all through November, including early horror films like Boys of the City, Spooks Run Wild, Gildersleeve's Ghost, King Kong, and Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost. They're classic because they're old!
November 10:
November 1: October 27: October 25: Somebody Help Me, a slasher from the folks who brought you You Got Served (let that sink in), comes out on DVD November 13, but you can catch a sneak peek of the entire movie on BET Halloween night! That means it's free. Cable is free, right? Click the pic below to see a trailer.
October 24: Return to House on Haunted Hill Also, check out Possum Death Spree! No black people to speak of, but pretty darn funny.
October 22: BlackHorrorMovies.com is quoted in this week's Jet Magazine! Or, as old people call it, "the Jet". It's an article on Lyriq Bent's role in Saw IV. Click the cover to see the article (pdf format).
October 20: October 17: BlackHorrorMovies.com's influence is spreading like a fungus! Check out the piece I wrote for eHow.com: "How to Be Black in a Horror Movie". (I also wrote "How to Be Black in an Action Movie", but that's of less relevance to this site.) October 14: October 8: October 4: September 29: September 26: The DVD for Holla is releasing October 9 from Lionsgate Studios, and lo and behold, look at the quote at the top of the cover! In your face, Ebert...and that other dude...and the guest host filling in for Ebert this week while he recuperates from his stroke or thumb amputation or whatever it is that's wrong with him. Yes, in your face, too! Holla!
September 20: The Final Patient (AKA One Step Closer) September 18: Just in time for Columbus Day! Get your official BlackHorrorMovies.com shirts right here! September 16: September 12: Don't I Know You...? Black Horror Character Actors September 11: September 6: September 1: Check out the new Black Devil Doll poster! I smell Oscar...
August 30: August 25: Don't I Know You...? Black Horror Character Actors August 23: August 20: August 15: BlackHorrorMovies.com has been nominated for a Black Web Award for BEST BLACK MOVIE SITE! Click below to vote...preferably, for me. Not only can you vote more than once, but each vote is guaranteed* to add a day to your life!
*Not really. August 13: August 9:
Wow, we've got a real bounty of black horror on the way. The latest is April Fools, featuring likeable character actor Obba Babatunde (see Necronomnicon) and -- stop me if you've heard this before -- a hooded killer! We can probably eliminate Mr. T as a suspect, since it's widely known that he pities the fool. The movie comes out September 11. Don't be a "fool"; check out the trailer here. August 8: Are we in for a nouveaux Blaxploitation horror movement? Here are a couple of promising upcoming flicks that are headed in the right direction. Oh me oh my...(drool noises)
Black Devil Doll, from the fine folks at RottenCotton.com, was recently featured in this Fangoria article!
Ken Foree as we've all been longing to see him: jolly...and pissed! From the twisted mind behind BadAzzMofo.com, it's Black Santa's Revenge: www.myspace.com/blacksantamovie. August 6: Check out these behind-the-scenes shots of the upcoming Blood RIver, the directorial debut of Shedrack Anderson III, who you might remember as Rudy from the live-action Fat Albert movie. He was also killed in the fun slasher Drive-Thru, and by the looks of things in the third pic below, he doesn't fare much better here. Oh well, he's behind the camera, so who cares? And look, it's Bubba Smith! Can't wait!
August 4: August 3: Black zombies! Here are some cool behind-the-scenes pics of CBS's zombie show "Babylon Fields," courtesy of Black Horror Movies reader Johnathan Swindell (pictured). Black-Italian hottie Leila Arcieri is also featured in the show, which, last I heard, was tabbed as a mid-season replacement. Thanks, Johnathan!
July 31: Devil's Express (AKA Gang Wars) July 25: FINALLY! Access to a working computer! Mine died, and I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that eMachines and everyone associated with them can go straight to Hell. Have a nice day. July 6: June 30: June 26: Frankenhunter: Queen of the Porno Zombies June 21: June 17: June 14: June 9: June 5: May 30: May 27: Night of the Cobra Woman May 24: May 22: Dying Young May 17: Gangs of the Dead (AKA Last Rites) May 12: (Back from vacation!) April 28: April 24: Recon 2020: The Caprini Massacre (AKA Power Corps) April 21: April 17: April 11: April 7: April 3: March 31: March 28: March 24: March 21: Psycho Cop Returns (AKA Psycho Cop 2) March 18: March 15: March 11: March 9: March 5: March 2: Caged Terror (AKA Golden Apples of the Sun) February 27: Ain't Too Proud to Die: A Who's Who of Black Actors Who've Died in Horror Movies February 25: February 23: Africa Addio (AKA Africa Blood and Guts) February 20: February 18: February 15: February 12: February 6: February 1: January 26: January 23: January 21: King of the Streets (AKA Alien Warrior) January 18: January 14: January 12: January 9: Snakes on a Plane January 5: Africa: Evil or Just Misunderstood? January 3: January 1, 2007: December 27: December 24: I don't think I mentioned it before, but Qwikfliks is a scam. Just FYI, as my gift to you. Happy Holidays! December 23: Scream Bloody Murder (AKA Matthew) December 20: December 18: Devil Times Five (AKA The Horrible House on the Hill) December 16: December 14: December 10: December 8: December 4: December 2: November 27: Trilogy of Terror November 24: November 21: November 18: Midnight (AKA Backwoods Massacre) November 15: Night of the Sorcerers (AKA La Noche de los Brujos) November 12: Dying Young November 10: White Skin (AKA Cannibal AKA La Peau Blanche) November 7: November 1: October 31: BlackHorrorMovies.com featured on NPR! Women swoon! Men are indifferent. October 30: October 26: October 24: October 21: Nurse Sherri (AKA Black Voodoo AKA The Possession of Nurse Sherri) October 18: The Black Horror Movie "Types" October 14: October 13: October 10: The Offspring (AKA From a Whisper to a Scream) October 7: October 2: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday September 30: September 27: September 22: September 18: September 16: September 12: September 10: September 6: September 3: September 2: August 31: The Zebra Killer (AKA Panic City AKA Combat Cops) August 28: August 25: August 22: August 18: August 14: August 10: August 7: Necronomicon: Book of the Dead August 4: August 1: July 30: July 29: July 28: July 26: July 23: July 21: July 19: July 17: July 14: Tenement (AKA Slaughter in the South Bronx) July 12: Bad Boys (and Girls): Black Horror's Most Wanted July 11: July 6: Check out my essay "Scary Sistas: A Brief History of Black Women in Horror Films" at PrettyScary.com! July 5: July 3: June 30: Bigfoot Caught on Tape June 28: June 25: June 23: June 21: June 18: June 16: June 14: June 12: June 9: June 5: June 3: June 2: May 31: May 29: May 26: Hall of Fame May 20: May 16: May 12: May 9: May 6: April 30: April 26: April 22: April 15: April 9: April 5: March 31: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid March 26: March 23: March 20: March 16: March 14: No Black People Were Harmed in the Making of This FIlm March 11: March 9: March 6: Exorcist: The Beginning / Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist March 2: February 27: February 20: February 19: February 18: February 15: February 11: Frankenstein / Bride of Frankenstein February 8: February 5: February 3: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer January 31: January 29: Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy January 26: January 23: Dying Young January 20: January 18: January 16: January 14: January 12: January 10: January 8: January 6: January 3: January 1, 2006: December 27: December 23: December 21: December 19: December 16: Grey Knight (AKA Ghost Brigade AKA The Killing Box) December 14: December 12: December 10: December 9: December 7: December 6: December 4: December 3: December 2: Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill November 30: November 28: November 26: November 24: November 22: Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest November 19: November 17: November 15: November 13: November 11: November 9: November 7: November 5: November 3: November 1: October 30: Spooks Run Wild / Ghosts on the Loose October 28: October 26: October 24: October 22: The Graveyard October 20: October 18: October 17: October 16: October 15: October 13: October 12: October 11: October 10: October 9: Night of the Living Dead (1990) October 8: October 6: October 5: October 4: October 3: October 2: October 1: September 30: No Black People Were Harmed in the Making of This Film September 29: September 28: September 27: September 26: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning September 24: September 23: September 22: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors September 21: September 20: September 19 September 18: September 17: Dying Young September 16: September 14: Bram Stoker's The Mummy September 12: I Walked With a Zombie September 11: September 10, 2005: Curse of the Voodoo
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