Black Horror Journal

The Black Exorcist Drama: Abby Deserved Better

In this episode, we explore the legal drama that derailed "The Black Exorcist" and caused it to fall into obscurity until it resurfaced as "Abby," the story of a Christian woman possessed by a demon that ironically frees her, for a brief moment, from her life of being everything for everyone, possession through a patriarchal lens, and more.  Connect  @BlackHorrorJournal  [https://www.instagram.com/blackhorrorjournal]on Instagram @Starr_Rocque  [https://threads.com/starr_rocque]on Threads Listen & Subscribe  Available on all major podcast platforms.  Apple Podcasts  Spotify  Google Podcasts iHeartRadio SEO Keywords Abby 1974, The Black Exorcist, William Marshall, The Exorcist, Eshu  Research  "Abby" Full Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSwjBAYpp0&t=20s Eshu - Yoruba Orisha https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eshu https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/26/archives/screen-abby-about-a-black-family-and-exorcism.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/movies/carol-speed-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1 [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/movies/carol-speed-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1] https://filmbunnies.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/abby-hoed-william-girdlers-abby-1974/ [https://filmbunnies.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/abby-hoed-william-girdlers-abby-1974/] https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/521122/abby-is-not-your-rip-off-of-the-exorcist/ SUGAR HILL: SUPERNATURAL PAYBACK X A BRIEF HISTORY OF VOODOO https://share.alivepodcastnetwork.com/sugar-hill-supernatural-payback-x-a-brief-history-of-voodoo

Mantan Moreland: The First Black Person To Die In A Horror Movie

In this episode, we take a look at Mantan Moreland, who became the first Black person to die in a modern mainstream horror movie. Moreland has a complicated legacy rooted in vaudeville and as the poster child for Black stereotypes in cinema, but his death in 1968's "Spider Baby," was symbolic of Hollywood's, and by extension, the world's troubling relationship with Black Lives in real life, and on film. We also explore how the erosion of censorship under the Hays Code and the end of the Civil Rights Era played roles in his career as well.  Black Horror Journal On Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/blackhorrorjournal] Listen & Subscribe  Available on all major podcast platforms.  Apple Podcasts  Spotify  Google Podcasts iHeartRadio SEO Keywords Mantan Moreland, Bamboozled, Spider Baby, Duane Jones, Night of the Living Dead, Vaudville, Spook, Coon, Minstrel, Horror Movies, Black Horror, Black Guy Dies First, Horror Movie Tropes, Black History, Cinema History, Hays Code, Censorship Research   On The Film That Introduced the Trope Of The Black Guy Dying First [https://crimereads.com/on-the-1968-film-which-introduced-the-trope-of-the-black-guy-dies-first/#:~:text=In%20the%20early%20days%20of,like%20%E2%80%9CFeets%2C%20do%20yo%27%20stuff] The Hays Code [https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/censored/walkthrough/film1] Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Fought to Keep 'I Love Lucy' on Air Throughout Her Pregnancy [https://people.com/lucille-ball-could-not-say-pregnant-on-tv-11823942] Spider Baby [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_497erdgk] Horror Noir: Blacks In American Horror From The 1890s To Present [https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Noire-Blacks-American-Present/dp/0415880203] 10 Horror Movies That Shaped Black Horror History [https://share.alivepodcastnetwork.com/10-moments-that-shaped-black-horror-history] Mantan the Funny Man: The Life and Times of Mantan Moreland [https://www.amazon.com/Mantan-Funnyman-Life-Times-Moreland/dp/188766470X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HLFRX3PS93X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JH3YU8xOM0uL5asqq1Bywwu3Ooey6k2PWO5OPBFDnQMIScVh1bb09F3VCSzKt7Q_Q3yTV41FfPA-TpASZypiHLntxgVNLSqawezlaxQNYVygGJ-Kj8nrRz9dzRVdbvJl.oKPx-Jgsh-qkp9eK4kWiesdK19kBeOp52NdsISaa5Lo&dib_tag=se&keywords=mantan+moreland&qid=1771549331&s=books&sprefix=mantan+moreland+%2Cstripbooks%2C200&sr=1-1] The Black Guy Dies First [https://www.amazon.com/Black-Guy-Dies-First-Horror/dp/1982186534/ref=sr_1_1?crid=A1N3L6BKS5Q7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2xPh_ijmsJoSEutvWXAs-3c1KjesdM3KmMOtPeqLvqbTdwubNYCcrrUuetR_3tUtSDAS7P6Ct9wzRF-qrm0kj12lfAU3Wjk0LKZxzdQx3ZTp5K2YtNl_vLTYNpimfqwF.Ljf9Ztg-OZzntMTGzy7Bafbn3R83fwRHCa3ZD7YBt2w&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+black+guy+dies+first&qid=1771549394&s=books&sprefix=the+bla%2Cstripbooks%2C2584&sr=1-1]

5 Horror Movies We're Looking Forward To In 2026

The five movies and/or TV/serieses that we're looking forward to watching this year include, "They Will Kill You," "Ratchet," "Night Patrol," and more.

How Emmett Till's Lynching Inspired "The Twilight Zone"

Emmett Till takes a quick dive into how the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 inspired then rising talent Rod Serling to create his iconic tv show, "The Twilight Zone."  Connect  @BlackHorrorJournal  [https://www.instagram.com/blackhorrorjournal]on Instagram @Starr_Rocque  [https://threads.com/starr_rocque]on Threads Listen & Subscribe  Available on popular podcast platforms.  Spotify Apple Podcasts  Google Podcasts iHeartRadio Deezer PlayerFM Podcast Addict SEO Keywords Emmett Till, The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, Civil Rights Era  Research  https://www.history.com/articles/emmett-till https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/early-run-censors-led-rod-serling-twilight-zone-180971837/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/early-run-censors-led-rod-serling-twilight-zone-180971837/] https://www.ithaca.edu/node/45197#:~:text=Born%20in%20Syracuse%2C%20New%20York,the%20golden%20age%20of%20television [https://www.ithaca.edu/node/45197#:~:text=Born%20in%20Syracuse%2C%20New%20York,the%20golden%20age%20of%20television]. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jordan-peele-twilight-zone.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jordan-peele-twilight-zone.html] https://leaguewriters.blogspot.com/2010/09/censorship-and-twilight-zone.html

When Cicely Tyson Was Ebenita Scrooge

How "A Christmas Carol," the classic Charles Dickens Christmas ghost story spawned remakes and reimaginings in unexpected ways, including a version that starred Cicely Tyson as the first Black woman to play Scrooge.   Connect  @BlackHorrorJournal  [https://www.instagram.com/blackhorrorjournal]on Instagram @Starr_Rocque  [https://threads.com/starr_rocque]on Threads Listen & Subscribe  Available on popular podcast platforms.  Spotify Apple Podcasts  Google Podcasts iHeartRadio Deezer PlayerFM Podcast Addict SEO Keywords A Christmas Carol, Cicely Tyson, Ebenita Scrooge, Ebony Scrooge, Vanessa L. Williams, A Diva's Christmas Carol Research  https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories [https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories] https://www.jezebel.com/bah-herbug-a-history-of-female-scrooges-1793853705 [https://www.jezebel.com/bah-herbug-a-history-of-female-scrooges-1793853705] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694082/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694082/] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270317/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270317/] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130883/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130883/] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642719/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642719/] https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/why-do-we-tell-ghost-stories-at-christmas/ [https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/why-do-we-tell-ghost-stories-at-christmas/] https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/12/27/for-enslaved-people-the-holiday-season-was-a-time-for-revelry-and-a-brief-window-to-fight-back/ [https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/12/27/for-enslaved-people-the-holiday-season-was-a-time-for-revelry-and-a-brief-window-to-fight-back/] https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/ms-scrooge-1117329571/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9C4aaPDoYY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9C4aaPDoYY]