Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present

Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present

From King Kong to Candyman , the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Blacks in American Horror …

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