Director: Tim Story
Juneteenth weekend turns lethal when a tight circle of college friends gathers at a secluded cabin and finds a masked stalker waiting for them.
What is The Blackening about?
Ten years after graduation, a group of Black friends meets for their annual Juneteenth reunion at a remote lake house deep in the woods. Old rivalries and inside jokes surface fast, but the mood curdles once the group stumbles onto a hidden game room stocked with a sinister board game and a demand: play or die. As a masked figure begins picking them off one by one, the survivors have to decode a string of pop-culture trivia questions loaded with pointed commentary on horror-movie tropes, while also confronting old grudges that never fully healed. Director Tim Story balances the slasher mechanics with rapid-fire ensemble comedy, letting the cast riff on genre cliches even as the body count climbs. The remote setting cuts off cell service and any easy escape route, forcing the group to rely on wit, loyalty, and a crash course in horror-movie survival logic.
Cast & crew
Antoinette Robertson and Sinqua Walls anchor the ensemble as former sweethearts navigating unfinished business, while Dewayne Perkins — who also co-wrote the screenplay — and X Mayo supply much of the film's rapid-fire banter. Melvin Gregg, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, and Diedrich Bader round out a cast built for quick comic timing as much as scares.
Context & significance
The Blackening grew out of a 2018 comedy sketch before expanding into a full feature, and it leans directly into the long-running horror-movie joke about which characters survive first. Tim Story, better known for broad studio comedies, keeps the pacing brisk and the jokes stacked close together between scares.
Where & how to watch
The Blackening streams on K-Time with a Farsi dub and Persian subtitles both available, so viewers can choose either option. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to log in and start watching; the film's page itself is open to browse without signing in.