The Enduring Role of Black Characters in Horror Films 🎬

It’s the trope that never dies – or rather, the trope that a lot of people still believe exists in modern day horror movies: Why does the Black character always have to die first?

You know how a number of horror movies have that whole “final girl” thing going for them? Well, that’s a positive trope these days. The inverse of that would be how Black characters are always the first to go.