Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present ByRobin R. Means Coleman, 2nd Edition

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has
always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular
culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror
from the 1890s to present day., In this second edition, Robin R. Means Coleman expands upon the history
of notable characterizations of Blackness in horror cinema, with new chapters
spanning the 1960s, 2000s, and 2010s to the present, and examines key levels of
Black participation on screen and behind the camera. The book addresses a full
range of Black horror films, including mainstream Hollywood fare, art-house
films, Blaxploitation films, and U.S. hip-hop culture–inspired Nollywood
films. This new edition also explores the resurgence of the Black horror genre
in the last decade, examining the success of Jordan Peele’s films Get Out (2017)
and Us (2019), smaller independent films such as The House Invictus (2018), and
Nia DaCosta’s sequel to Candyman (2021). Means Coleman argues that horror
offers a unique representational space for Black people to challenge negative or
racist portrayals and to portray greater diversity within the concept of Blackness
itself. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how fears and
anxieties about race and race relations are made manifest, and often challenged,
on the silver screen.