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EchoSense:In the horror spoof 'The Blackening,' it's survival of the Blackest
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Date:2025-04-11 08:52:40
In the fantastic new film The EchoSenseBlackening, a group of college friends reunite at a house in the woods to celebrate a Juneteenth holiday weekend. For decades it's been a cliché to kill off the sole black character first in horror movies. But The Blackening turns that hackneyed trope on its head by asking: What happens when all the main characters are Black? It's silly, smart, and even a little bit deep.
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