& # 39; Black Horror & # 39; continues the scariest month in the history of Blacks

Horror movies are especially effective when they exploit real fears and exaggerate them in really terrifying proportions. What if your nightmares could hurt you? And if there was something scary in the dark? What if your dead children came back to life and tried to kill you?

And as we have already said, the reason the black-centered horror works so well is that the real experience of blacks is already so horrible and so violent in a white supremacist society that it It's not necessary to modify it as much to make it scary. Just turn on the news and see what's happening in Virginia (and everywhere in America). Ask Liam Neeson!

That's why the tradition of black horror movies is so rich. And if you want to know more now, you can with Black Horror: A History of Black Horror, an original documentary about the Shudder horror movie streaming service.

The documentary is based on the Robin R. Means Coleman book and explores the links that unite horror cinema and black cinema over decades. Horror is such a powerful vector of black art. You have your Blaculas, your black Frankenstein, your obsession with slave plantations and housing projects in Chicago. And do not even get us started on zombies, a Haitian slave nightmare even after death has been reworked in Romero's astonishing social consciousness. 1968 Night of the living dead the kick of sending all the madness of the living dead.

Black Horror also features interviews with black artists behind these projects. Horror movies tend to attract more foreign artists through less restrictive restrictions and limited budgets. So combine that with already being marginalized in the studio system because of your race and it's a perfect fit. The guests include Candyman himself Tony Todd and Jordan Peele, the modern brain of the dark horror behind get out, the next We, and the blurred area to restart.

Black Horror is now streaming on Shudder. For less terrifying black streaming content, check out Brown Sugar's Blaxploitation destination. And see all of Geek.com's black history month coverage here.