Actually, I tried to watch I Saw the TV Glow first. I failed. It was stylish and vibey and a little creepy. But it was also SO SLOW that I got tired of falling asleep in the middle of it and gave up.
So, The Blackening instead, which is not at all slow but a very clever, very funny horror comedy. You know the horror trope where the black character gets killed first in the slasher movie? Well, the black main characters know it too: "We can't all die first."
The plot is that a group of college friends reunite ten years after graduation, going to a cabin (pretty fancy cabin) in the woods for card and board games, drinking, party drugs and catching up. Once they get there, however, they are targeted by a racistly-masked, crossbow-carrying bad guy who starts picking them off. What happens next is a rapid fire, hilarious and also true-feeling demonstration of black culture and black horror film culture. The cast knows the assignment and has tremendous chemistry; the pacing is brisk. The Blackening isn't at all scary but it is massively entertaining.
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