"The Blackening" enters the canon of meta-horror films with guns blazing. The movie pokes fun at the idea that Black people always die in horror movies, sending a group of Black friends to a cabin in the woods where they quickly become targets of a new slasher villain. The movie is buoyed by breakout, hilarious performances from Dewayne Perkins (who wrote the film with Tracy Oliver) and X Mayo. "The Blackening" is a riot that signals exciting futures for everyone involved.