“The Blackening” is a horror comedy film based on the short film by the same name.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- The Blackening is a 2022 American horror comedy film
- It is directed by Tim Story
- And written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins
- The film is based on the 2018 short film of the same name by the comedy troupe 3Peat
- It stars Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji
- The film follows an all-African-American group of friends who encounter a killer while staying at a cabin in the woods
- The Blackening premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2022
- It was released theatrically on June 16, 2023, by Lionsgate
- The film was announced in January 2020, with Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins writing the script, based on Perkins’ 2018 short
- Tim Story was later hired to direct, and filming took place in late-2021
- Much of the film’s dialogue was improvised by the cast
- In the United States and Canada, The Blackening was released alongside Elemental and The Flash, and is projected to gross $7- 8 million from 1,775 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $2.5 million on its first day, including $900,000 from Thursday night previews
- The film went to debut on $6 million in its opening weekend
- Finishing 6th place at the box office
- According to the Comscore, the average revenue of $3,380 in led of the average audiences in some horror comedy films
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 86% rating
- Based on 92 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 7/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “While it could stand to be a little funnier and quite a bit scarier, The Blackening is a thoughtful satire that skewers horror tropes and racial stereotypes”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100
- Based on 24 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While PostTrak reported 81% of filmgoers gave it a positive score
- With 64% saying they would definitely recommend it
- On June 16, 2023, Erik Pedersen of Deadline Hollywood reported that California judge Dale S. Fischer rejected Lionsgate Film’s bid to delay the film’s release
- Saying they “have not demonstrated any substantial likelihood of success on the merits”
- In the film’s title, it also considered “Blackness” in intended of the specific copyrights in the screenplays “Southern Education”
- And also a card game “Black Card Revoked”
