'The Blackening' tries like hell to parody horror-movie racism TIFF
), the organizers of this shindig, as they get the cabin ready for their cohorts’ arrival. Their preparations are interrupted by Shawn’s discovery of a creepy game room that’s home to a board game called The Blackening which, at its center, boasts a big racist blackface caricature.
Shortly thereafter, lawyer Lisa , her gay best friend Dewayne and biracial Allison arrive at the cabin, where they’re greeted by former gang member King and serial Lothario Nnamdi , who’s secretly rekindled his romance with ex Lisa, much to Dewayne’s dismay. They’re soon joined by Shanika and Clifton , the former profane and the latter super-nerdy. Clifton is also imminently forgettable, since he claims to have been invited to this gathering by Morgan, but no one seems to remember or know him.
Once together, the crew decides to take a bunch of Molly, drink King’s ultra-sugary spiked Kool-Aid, and play Spades—except, that is, for outcast Clifton, who doesn’t understand the rules and is too lame to convince anyone to teach them to him.
The ensuing roundabout conversation strives to be telling about Black Americans’ personal racial attitudes, but it primarily results in a bunch of limp jokes that build to an easy slam on Donald Trump. As it turns out, The Blackening is a device employed by a hulking killer in, yes, a demented blackface mask, who stalks his prey while wielding a crossbow and controlling the house’s doors and lights.
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