The story beats seem stitched together, and the special effects are lacking.
His story fights for prominence with Patrick’s, and the end result is a mishmash of shifting tones and uninspired gore. Jimmy is the benevolent savior to his community in sequences that are cringingly facile. Unfortunately, this story is blended with another, one of Bones himself and his rise and fall in the over-idealized seventies. It’s telling that Jeremiah, in moving to a better neighborhood, married a white woman. The subplot of the unnamed poor community, Patrick’s idea to invest in it versus his father, and Jeremiah’s instinct to run as far as he can adds some interesting moments - bringing up socioeconomic issues across generations. It’s got that sleek early 2000s look - and it’s a silly mess filled with attractive young people in a haunted house.
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Patrick and his friends must find a way to exorcise Bones as Bones takes his revenge on all those who wronged him-including Patrick’s father.īONES is a quintessential movie of the new millennium.
Despite the warnings of the neighborhood, and particularly the neighborhood psychic Pearl (Pam Grier), lines are crossed, doors are opened, and Bones is unleashed. 20 years later, young businessman Patrick (Khalil Kain) comes to the neighborhood, having bought Bones’ house with the hopes of turning it into a club. When Bones is murdered, he’s buried the basement of his gothicly beautiful house. Snoop Dogg plays the titular BONES, a gambling hustler who nonetheless is kind to children and gives back to the poor but happy community in a rosy, sepia-toned callback to blacksploitation movie of the seventies. On the heels of a history-making Oscars ceremony, in which the largest number of black actors ever were awarded the coveted gold statue and - for the first time ever - the majority of acting winners were people of color, we hope the following list will help you discover some of the great Black horror films from the past several decades.īlack History Month may be coming to an end, but these 13 films (and so many others) deserve your attention year-round.ġ3 ESSENTIAL BLACK HORROR FILMS 1. Inspired by a call to action on Twitter by Phil Nobile, Jr., the Editor-in-Chief for Fangoria and one of the Executive Producers of Horror Noire, the Morbidly Beautiful staff watched many of the Black horror films referenced in the documentary and recommended by Shudder (many for the first time). It’s both incredibly insightful and inspiring. Means Coleman) that traces the history of Black representation in horror films - and their love for, and experiences in, the genre.ĭirected by Xavier Burgin and written and produced by Ashlee Blackwell ( Graveyard Shift Sisters) and Danielle Burrows, the film reflects on the influential Black horror films through the decades, from 1915 to the present, and discusses the trends and shifts in representation over the years. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) is an exceptional Shudder original documentary (based on the 2011 book of the same name by Robin R. In honor of Black History Month, we watch and discuss many of the influential black horror films referenced in the documentary “Black Noire” on Shudder.