TY - ADVS AU - Story,Tim AU - Oliver,Tracy AU - Perkins,Dewayne AU - Clark,Jason AU - Brown,Marcei A. AU - Dobbins,E.Brian AU - Bridgett,Sharla Sumpter AU - Byers,Grace AU - Fowler,Jermaine AU - Gregg,Melvin AU - Mayo,X AU - Robertson,Antoinette AU - Walls,Sinqua AU - Pharoah,Jay AU - Orji,Yvonne ED - Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), ED - Media Rights Capital (Firm), ED - Story Company, ED - Tracy Yvonne Productions, ED - Artists First, Inc., ED - CatchLight Studios, TI - The Blackening PY - 2023///] CY - Santa Monica, California PB - Lionsgate KW - African Americans KW - Drama KW - Board games KW - Serial murderers KW - Dark comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Horror films KW - Thrillers (Motion pictures) KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities N1 - Wide screen (2.39:1); Special features: Audio commentary with director Tim Story and writers Dewayne Perkins and Tracy Oliver; Do the write thing; They can't all talk first; Shall we play a game?; Cabin in the woods; "Who's the Blackest?" game show; Deleted Dewayne dance scene; Outtakes; Theatrical trailer; Director of photography, Todd A. Dos Reis ; editor, Peter S. Elliot ; music, Dexter Story; Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Dewayne Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, Yvonne Orji; MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, violence and drug use N2 - The film 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 motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first? ER -