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Horror films with a Black director and a Black lead (Hooptober 2025)

This is a companion list for for Cinemonster's 2025 Hooptober challenge, The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman.

One of the requirements is a horror film with a Black director and a Black lead. Here's a list of films that fit the bill, including short films.

Suggestions and corrections are appreciated.

  • Blacula
  • Ganja & Hess
  • Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
  • J.D.'s Revenge
  • Black Devil Doll from Hell
  • Tales from the Quadead Zone
  • Def by Temptation
  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
  • Tales from the Hood
  • Eve's Bayou
  • Bones
  • The Bloodiest
  • Wake
  • Blink
  • Contamination
  • Evil Feed
  • Danger Word
  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
  • Flesh
  • Get Out
  • Night of the Witch
  • Hair Wolf
  • Blood Runs Down
  • Skintight
  • The First Purge
  • Tales from the Hood 2
  • The Tokoloshe
  • Suicide by Sunlight
  • Sweetheart
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
  • Us
  • Atlantics
  • Bad Hair
  • His House
  • Body Cam
  • Antebellum
  • Tales from the Hood 3
  • Black Box
  • They Will Know You By Your Fruit
  • Spell
  • Juju Stories
  • Candyman
  • Saloum
  • Horror Noire
  • Haunted Trail
  • Master
  • Nanny
  • Nope
  • The Blackening
  • Mami Wata
  • The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
  • The Deliverance
  • Sinners
  • SHE
  • Peel