10 Black Horror Movie Characters That Really Let Down The Culture
From poor decisions that got themselves killed, to just not being all that smart, these Black horror film characters had us looking bad!
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Grab your pumpkins, your popcorn and, well, maybe an extra pair of pants if you’ve got a weak stomach: we’re in the peak of Halloween season!
Throughout the duration of October, many spooky season loyalists have utilized the whole month to get more in tune with their ghoulish side. While the big day doesn’t arrive until the 31st, Halloween aficionados everywhere already have their decorations up and, most importantly, are putting together some hefty horror movie playlists.
Take a look at a few new ones currently in theaters now:
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Although generally rooted in fantasy, horror movies do such a great job at making the featured characters seem so believable that we end up getting invested in all the decisions they make throughout. Well, sometimes a bit too invested even!
How many times have you screamed at the screen in a plea for a character in question to not go up that flight of steps, or to think twice before opening that door? Our people tend to do well in these situations when they’re not unjustly being killed off first, as we saw Brandy show us in I Know What You Did Last Summer as well as LL Cool J in Deep Blue Sea, just to name a few. However, for every Sanaa Lathan kicking some serious alien ass in AVP, there’s always a Tyra Banks getting choked and yolked to her demise in Halloween: Resurrection all while thinking its a big game. What. A. Letdown!
Being that we’re in the festive spirit, take a look at a list we put together of Black horror movie characters that let us down the most as a culture. From poor decision-making skills that got themselves and/or others killed, to just not being all that smart in the head, these are the ones that we weren’t sad to see go at all!
Get yourself in the spooky season by checking out these 10 examples of Black horror film characters that definitely taught us a lesson of what not to do:
