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EVIL DEAD II (1987) dir. Sam Raimi

It is always a shock to see that everyone's idea of "black horror" on here begins and ends with Jordan Peele and Ryan Coogler

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Robin R. Means Coleman's book Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present has a Creative Commons licensed downloadable PDF available over on OAPEN:

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If you're interested in further exploring this subject, the producers of the Shudder documentary of the same name collated a Horror Noire syllabus that has been reproduced for consultation here:

This syllabus was originally curated in 2018 & 2019 by the producers of the Shudder Original documentary, Horror Noire. There are fi

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Videodrome (1983)

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Horror Icons Unmasked

Here are the actors who played some of our favorite horror film icons. (Feel free to add-on to the post)

1) Nick Castle played Mike Myers in Halloween when the mask was on and Tony Moran played him at the end when the mask was removed.

2) Andrew Bryniarski played the masked Leatherface in the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

3) Brian Van Holt played Vincent in House of Wax.

4) Robert Englund played Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

5) Jonathan Breck played the Creepy in the ‘Jeepers Creepers’ movies.

6) Tim Curry of course was Pennywise from It.

7) Craig Olejnik played The Torn Prince in Thir13een Ghosts.

8) Kip Weeks played the main masked attacker from the movie The Strangers.

9) Even though there were numerous people that ended up being the killer in the Scream films, the two main men who were behind the mask were Dane Farwell (right) and Roger Jackson who also did the creepy voice.

10) Pyramid Head from Silent Hill was played by Roberto Campanella who also choreographed the movements of the nurses, the grey children and the rest of the monsters.

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Galaxy of Terror (Bruce D. Clark, 1981)

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I can't get over how Sinners is such a rich text on assimilation and whiteness and the dangers of "civility" and music as a way to look both forward and back

And it's also a phenomenal vampire movie where a lot of hot people get covered in blood and there's a B plot about eating out girls