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Artist’s Black History Month Portrait Series Spotlights Black Horror Icons

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Celebrating Black History Month in his own way, artist Francesco Francavilla has been doing something pretty awesome over on Twitter this whole month. Each day of February thus far, Francavilla has paid tribute to a different black horror icon, drawing up portraits of each while also highlighting their accomplishments within the genre.

The artist kicked things off with Noble Johnson on February 1st, an actor/entrepreneur who “starred in early horror classic like The Mummy and King Kong.”

Subsequently, Francavilla has paid tribute to Rosalind Cash (The Omega Man), William Marshall (Blacula), Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead), Danai Gurira (“The Walking Dead”), Bernie Casey (Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde), Marki Bey (Sugar Hill), Wesley Snipes (Blade), Marlene Clark (Ganja & Hess), Keith David (The Thing), Grace Jones (Vamp), Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), Rae Dawn Chong (Tales from the Darkside), Laurence Fishburne (Event Horizon), Angela Bassett (Vampire in Brooklyn), Benjamin Sherman Crothers (The Shining), Naomie Harris (28 Days Later), Percy Rodrigues (“his voice-over on horror movie trailers – Jaws, The Exorcist– made him The Voice of Horror,” Francavilla notes), Jada Pinkett (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight), Bolaji Badejo (Alien) and Kevin Peter Hall (Predator).

Check out some highlights below and be sure to follow Francesco Francavilla for more!

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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