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‘The Blackening’ Mastermind Dewayne Perkins on Tackling Horror Movie (and the Gay BFF) Tropes and Future Plans: ‘It’s Giving Franchise’

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Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT:This interview contains spoilers from “The Blackening,” now playing in theaters.

Dewayne Perkins is living his dream — though the $8 million box office tally for “The Blackening” wasn’t something he actually dreamed was possible.

The microbudget (just $5 million) horror-comedy, co-written by and starring Perkins, follows a group of college friends who reunite to celebrate Juneteenth at a cabin in the woods, only to be hunted by a killer.

But in a genre where the Black character usually dies first, what happens when all the characters are Black? Perkins conceived the idea in 2016 as a sketch for his Chicago-based comedy troupe 3Peat.

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