OPINION: “Sinners” is a testament to the importance of Blackness in the horror genre. By looking at flawed predecessors in horror, Ryan Coogler utilized vampiric imagery to capture the complex

DaCosta has directed blockbusters like Candyman and The Marvels. Her latest is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, Hedda Gabler, recasting the main character as a queer, mixed-race Black woman.

However, it's the cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, who ranks as one of the best horror villains of all time. For his performance as the fava-bean-eating and Chianti-drinking Lecter, Hopkins became only the second performer in history to win a Best Actor Oscar in the horror genre. —S.T.

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A fresh cohort of Black creators is now turning the genre on its ear. From blood‑soaked thrillers to slow‑burning chillers.

Nia DaCosta’s five feature films may seem very different— from the 2018 Western crime drama Little Woods to the horror of 2021’s Candyman to the superheroes of 2023’s The Marvels to the trapped heroine of her new Henrik Ibsen adaptation Hedda to the survivors of the upcoming 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Don't want to rely on the same horror classics for Halloween? These goosebump-guaranteeing films have been available over the past five years.

Staff writer Ore Fawole reviews “Him.” While the film is well acted and stylistically magnificent, it falls far below the standard that the Black horror films of the 21st century have set, both in terror and racial commentary.