The Blackening
Movie • 2022
ReportBased on 3Peat Comedy’s acclaimed sketch of the same name, director Tim Story’s savvy and vicious skewering of genre film tropes poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Batwing
Kinda? Two people leave behind another in a dangerous situation without saying goodbye
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Goblin13
It’s revealed towards the end that one of the characters has kept tabs on the others throughout their lives. Not sure if that counts
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Is there domestic violence?
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Goblin13
This is kind of ambiguous. The main villain is seeking revenge on people who he feels wronged him.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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lemonwizard
kind of, the movie kind of has a thing about the main characters friend finding out about her secret relationship and many arguments happen about that.
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Addiction
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Anonymous
Someone ingests drugs that affect her in unexpected ways. She is under the influence for most of the movie
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Goblin13
Someone is called a drunk and alcohol is referenced throughout, but no blatant misuse.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Goblin13
There are a few mounted heads of animals used as decor throughout the house. Nothing bloody or violent
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Not really. A woman mistakenly gives her friend adderall instead of painkillers, but it’s mostly played as a joke.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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poptart
Someone’s neck is slashed. We don’t see the act, but the aftermath is shown.
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Are any hands damaged?
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QwietWyatt
Arrow shot through someone's hand
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Is there body horror?
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Goblin13
Very very limited gore. Most of the violence is shown just off screen
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Does a head get squashed?
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Goblin13
A woman beats a man to death. You don’t see the direct act or the aftermath in much detail, but you see the woman as she does it and hear everything.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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There are some kicks to the groin area
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Batwing
Someone does get stabbed in the foot through the shoe but you never see their foot
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Is someone tortured?
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Goblin13
Kind of depends on what you consider torture. No scene or traditional torture (someone strapped to a chair being brutalized) but the game the victims are forced to play could be seen as psychological torture.
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Is someone stabbed?
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QwietWyatt
Specifically, several people are shot with arrows. There are a LOT of arrow wounds.
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Is there excessive gore?
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poptart
There’s gore but it really doesn’t feel excessive. And probably the most goriest moment is off screen.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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A character tells others to leave him and save themselves but he doesn't die because of this and it is put in a comedic light
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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AlexLan
Not the literal word, but the entire movie is about racism
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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All of the characters are held against their will at a cabin in the woods, but they came there of their own accord, although the circumstances that brought them there turn out to be dubious.
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Does someone cheat?
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gabart
A man is said to have cheated on his girlfriend multiple times in the past.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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lemonwizard
They arent as bad as most horror movies and they’re limited. I usually hate jumpscares and these didnt startle me. :)
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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There is a lake that a character swims in
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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lefthalfataxia
A character vomits while he's in a vent with two other characters. It happens around when he covers his mouth and a character tells him to quiet down. It's fairly quick and he vomits on the killer that is after them.
However, the vomit remains on the killer's shirt and there is a closeup of it that lasts for a few seconds. It looks like chewed up food and while I am an emetophobe, it wasn't too bad.
However, the vomit remains on the killer's shirt and there is a closeup of it that lasts for a few seconds. It looks like chewed up food and while I am an emetophobe, it wasn't too bad.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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No, the only mentions of cops are negative
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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poptart
Not one that’s explicitly stated. The villain (big spoiler) has… something going on. He has a lisp and misses a LOT of social cues and behaviors. Him being neurodivergent is never outright stated, but him being the only character that acts/talks the way he does (especially given the actor does not actually possess those characteristics) rubbed me the wrong way.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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lemonwizard
someones told to kill themself as a joke if that counts.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There is a scene where three characters are in a vent, but we only see the vent from the outside and cannot see the actual size of it, and the characters do not get claustrophobic
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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A character goes into the water and submerged themselves but the camera doesn't follow.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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poptart
When the characters first begin arguing/freaking out in the game room, one of the characters (Lisa) will shout about how they need to stop arguing. During her speech, the entire screen flashes with a static image for a brief second.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Goblin13
They discover that they were being monitored through cameras without knowing it.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Anonymous
Just some meta horror movie references. Never talks to the viewer
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Goblin13
So many. Only said by POC tho
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Does the black guy die first?
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Goblin13
Yes, but it’s not because of an underlying prejudice in the movie industry. This whole movie literally seeks to go against that.
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Is there hate speech?
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jewtism
There is a confederate flag shown a few times
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Goblin13
Sort of. The board game at the center of the plot has a racist depiction of a black person as the centerpiece. Also the mask the villain wears could be seen as blackface
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lemonwizard
its mentioned in a joke but not shown
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Is there sexual content?
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Goblin13
Some brief kissing and a few mentions of sexual topics. Nothing graphic
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
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More mid-credit..
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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GarageOleanders
no one is hit on screen however it is revealed that a character killed someone while drunk driving
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Violence
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