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Black as Night

Black as Night

2021

Maritte Lee Go

Keith David, Asjha Cooper, Fabrizio Guido, Abbie Gayle ...

3.7

320

Horror A teenage girl with self-esteem issues finds confidence in the most unlikely way, by spending her summer battling vampires that prey on New Orleans' disenfranchised with the help of her best friend, the boy she's always pined for, and a peculiar rich girl.

	Media	Author	Review
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	Overall, it works for the majority of its runtime. It would just have been a lot stronger, had it been cut down in time.
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The special effects are fine, if unremarkable, but the actors are into it and the script manages to be thoughtful without dampening the fun."
		Matt Rooney JoBlo	"Everything is too half-baked to fully recommend. The best parts were too thinly explored and the cliches too obvious for Black as Night to have the kind of bite it had the potential to."
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	"This breezy YA vampire flick shrugs 'whatever' and gets back to nailing the undead (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"A chaotic mishmash of ideas searching for a movie, 'Black as Night' suffers significantly from truly awkwardly amateurish dialogue and performances"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"A brisk teen supernatural opus, albeit short on scares and depth (...) “Black As Night” goes down easily enough, especially in visual terms".
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Go’s film has a unique and funny approach with its own vampire hunters (...) and a sense of humor in a crowded subgenre.(....) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		John Serba Decider	"Black as Night has its moments, but a refreshing Black-experience narrative isn’t enough to enliven this vampire tale, which is shoddy in almost every other way."

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