Robin R. Means Coleman

  • Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity; Professor, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University
Octavia Spencer is one of the few black women to have a lead role in a horror film. Universal Pictures/YouTube

We’re in a golden age of black horror films

For decades, black characters in horror movies were objects of ridicule, died first or played evil Voodoo practitioners. But now we’re seeing a wave of films created by blacks and starring blacks.

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