“We Can’t All Die First…”
June 13, 2023
Horror-omedy THE BLACKENING Open in Theaters June 16 – Music by Dexter Story
THE BLACKENING is a 2022 comedy horror film directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, based on the 2018 short film of the same name by the comedy troupe 3Peat. It stars Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji. Lionsgate and MRC present a Story Company/Tracy Yvonne/Artists First/Catchlight Studios production.
Synopsis: THE BLACKENING centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no game… Directed by Tim Story (RIDE ALONG, THINK LIKE A MAN, BARBERSHOP) and screenplay and screen story by Tracy Oliver (GIRLS TRIP, HARLEM) & Dewayne Perkins (THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE), THE BLACKENING skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
The film is scored by Dexter Story, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer based in Los Angeles. He has worked in multiple facets of the music industry, including film scores for 5 MINUTES, I DO… UNTIL I DON’T, EYES OF AMHARA, and 10 DAYS IN WATTS.
Watch the original THE BLACKENING short on YouTube
Watch THE BLACKENING trailer:
Musique Fantastique 