Black Zombie (2026)
3.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
"Black Zombie" digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie's buried and unsettling origins. Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power. A symbol of stolen agency was recast as an object of fear, while Black spiritual traditions were distorted, sensationalized, and erased. Director Maya Annik Bedward traces the evolution of the zombie from colonial Haiti to contemporary Hollywood, reconsidering iconic films like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow alongside archival footage, vérité scenes, and interviews with cultural historians, artists, and genre legends including Yves-Grégory Francois, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Slash, Tom Savini, and Zandashé Brown. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, 'Black Zombie' exposes how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture's most profitable monsters. - Actors:
- Leanne McRae, Joe Ollman, John Cussans, Thea Munster, Kaiama Glover, Dominique Taffin, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Anderson Mojica, Jean-Baptiste Aroudson, Marc Karl Flambert, Roodelyne Pierre, Maximilliano Cimarro, Zandashé Brown, Tananarive Due, Yves-Grégory Francois, Erol Josué, John A. Russo, Tom Savini, Slash
- Directors:
- Maya Annik Bedward
- Producers:
- Maya Annik Bedward, Hannah Donegan, Kate Fraser
- Writers:
- Maya Annik Bedward
- Aka:
- Czarne zombie
- Genres:
- Documentary, Horror, Special Interest, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Canada
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