Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Select a movie that looks interesting to you.
Step2
Look to see if a black actor is featured on the movie poster or gets top billing. If he is the star or co-star, his chances of survival are good. See Taye Diggs in "House on Haunted Hill."
Step3
Determine if the black star or co-star is an A-list celebrity. If so, she has an even greater chance of surviving. See Halle Berry in "Gothika."
Step4
Is the black guy Charles Dutton? If so, he's toast.
Step5
If the black guy isn't a star or A-lister, look at trailers for the movie to get a sense of the black character's role. If he's a sidekick to the star, some sort of petty thug, or someone who seems apt to sacrifice himself to save the hero, he'll most likely bite the dust.
Step6
If you're not sure if any black characters appear in the movie, visit the Internet Movie Database and look up the movie. Look at the headshots of the actors listed for the movie to see if any of them are black.
Step7
Read reviews on websites like Rotten Tomatoes. They might reveal the fate of the black character. Granted, this could spoil the plot, but you might save yourself the pain of seeing another black death. Or at least, you can fast-forward through it.
Step8
Avoid "urban" horror movies. Because the majority of the cast in these films are black, there will always be someone black dying.
Step9
Visit BlackHorrorMovies.com to see a list of black actors and actresses who've appeared in horror movies and their fates in those films.
Comments
ninbroken52 said
on 12/14/2007 What if it's a situation where said actor becomes "undead"? I've pondered over this one many times.