Top 21 must-see best black horror movies from black horror movies, including Talk to Me, His House, Nanny, The Blackening, Vampires vs. the Bronx, Black Box, Tales from the Hood 2, Tales from the Hood, Def by Temptation, and Bad Hair ranked and rated by score.
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Plot / Synopsis: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
Talk to the hand as Second Sight Films is definitely listening,...
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou Stars: Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Hamish Phillips, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji
Plot / Synopsis: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface...
Director: Remi Weekes Stars: Bradley Banton, Mevis Birungi, Javier Botet, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Vivien Bridson
Plot / Synopsis: AISHA, an immigrant Nanny, piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream...
Director: Nikyatu Jusu Stars: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker
Plot / Synopsis: Seven black friends who go away for the weekend only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.
The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves...
Director: Tim Story Stars: Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo
Plot / Synopsis: "Black Box" is about a man struggling to regain his memory after surviving a tragic car accident. Desperate to return to his former self while trying to raise his daughter, he receives an experimental treatment that helps him probe into a past which suddenly feels too dark to be his own...
Tales from the Hood 2 is Streaming on Netflix, Shudder, Peacock
Plot / Synopsis: Horror is back in the hood! The sequel to the ground-breaking original film Tales From the Hood reunites Executive Producer Spike Lee (Honorary Academy Award(R) winner) and Writers/Directors/Producers Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott for an all-new gripping, horrifying and oftentimes devilishly comical anthology. Keith David stars as a contemporary Mr. Simms to tell bloodcurdling stories about lust, greed, pride...
Directors: Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott Stars: Keith David, Bryan Batt, Lou Beatty Jr., Alexandria DeBerry, Bill Martin Williams
Plot / Synopsis: A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.Tagline: Where nightmares and reality meet on the street...
Director: Rusty Cundieff Stars: Clarence Williams III, Joe Torry, De''aundre Bonds, Samuel Monroe Jr., Wings Hauser
Plot / Synopsis: An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural...
Director: James Bond III Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson, Minnie Gentry
Plot / Synopsis: During the rise of New Jack Swing in 1989, an ambitious young woman from Compton, L.A. aspires to become a VJ but is told she doesn't have the right hair, the right face, or the right skin color to succeed in the image obsessed world of music television. She strikes a Faustian bargain with the new head of a...
Director: Justin Simien Stars: Zaria Kelley, Corinne Massiah, Elle Lorraine, Jay Pharoah, Moses Storm
Plot / Synopsis: When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, psychologically fragile mother-to-be Charlotte is taken in by his family - but they seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Her suspicions grow and panic builds - but just how far will they go in their desire to control her and her unborn baby?
Tagline: Mother Knows Best...
Director: Joe Marcantonio Stars: Fiona Shaw, Jack Lowden, Edward Holcroft, Chloe Pirrie, Anton Lesser
Plot / Synopsis: A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.Tagline: A killer comedy...
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans Stars: Carmen Electra, Dave Sheridan, Frank B. Moore, Giacomo Baessato, Kyle Graham
Plot / Synopsis: A docile black law student is possessed by a 1940's mobster in mid-70's New Orleans. The mobster seeks...
Tagline: A Story of Possession and Diabolical Reincarnation!...
Director: Arthur Marks Stars: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup, Julian Christopher
Plot / Synopsis: In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.Tagline: Reload for a third shot...
Director: David Zucker Stars: Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Marny Eng, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex
Plot / Synopsis: Emeka found a property that he thought was a bargain until he moved in with his wife and they started experiencing very strange and frightening things. It was haunted...
Director: Ikechukwu Onyeka Stars: Uru Eke, Mike Ezuruonye, Anthony Monjaro, Omoni Oboli, Maureen Opoko
