10 Near Perfect Horror Movies Nobody Remembers

10. The Blackening

The line between horror and comedy can be walked, as proven by the likes of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, but it is extremely difficult to get the balance between two such drastically different tones right. This is something that The Blackening managed with stunning effect.

Tim Story's horror comedy, released in 2022, follows a group of black friends being stalked by a killer, and it immediately launches into a hilarious parody of certain tropes and stereotypes within the slasher genre. The tagline of "We can't all die first" speaks for itself.

The movie was buoyed by its wit and charm, as well as a great chemistry between the core group that made it a load of fun. It may not be the first horror film to indulge in poking a little fun at the genre and its clichés, and may well be overshadowed by the likes of Scary Movie and Scream in this arena, but it certainly deserves more recognition.

Though never projected to break any records at the box office, The Blackening wasn't helped by releasing alongside Pixar's Elemental and DC's The Flash, two films that ironically registered as flops for their respective studios, but brought in $750 million between them. This left The Blackening to feed off their scraps, and that probably goes a long way to explain why it has been so slept on for the last four years.