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heidipolkissa82's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
garfield_furby's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
vacantbones's review against another edition
4.0
Genuinely an excellent, must-read book for horror fans. Though the utilization of lists leads to a repetitive summarization of certain movie plots, the meat of the book is really just so interesting and important.
lalawoman416's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Repetitive. This honestly could have been a long form essay.
katiescho741's review against another edition
4.0
The tone of this book is bang on - plenty of information but delivered with a dash of dry humour, which makes it a pleasure to read.
Some of the chapters were more interesting than others, but overall this was a fascinating look at black cinema and black people in cinema. I enjoyed the discussions about hood horror, the black stereotypes that still exist today, and even how traditionally black and African religions have been used as horror tropes.
I liked the list pages dotted throughout each chapter, and that the authors are objective about various black horror films - there's no blind praising or worshipping certain films, and even B-movies from the 00s get their dues!
A great read for any horror fan.
Some of the chapters were more interesting than others, but overall this was a fascinating look at black cinema and black people in cinema. I enjoyed the discussions about hood horror, the black stereotypes that still exist today, and even how traditionally black and African religions have been used as horror tropes.
I liked the list pages dotted throughout each chapter, and that the authors are objective about various black horror films - there's no blind praising or worshipping certain films, and even B-movies from the 00s get their dues!
A great read for any horror fan.