Why aren't there any Black horror/action/thriller/science-fiction movies?

[The_King_of_Everything]

We gotta make our own movies instead of waiting for CACs to do it for us. That simple.

 

[satam55]

What did they have to lose by casting a Black Oberyn Martell and the rest of House Martell as blacks as they are pretty much described in the books? GOT is mainstream, popular and profitable. Blacks watch GOT.

I'm reading the books right now. The Martells & the Dornish in general have NEVER been described as Black.

 

[Airtrack360]

Take any good horror script to a studio and say it centers around a black cast and it will get shut down or pushed forward on the condition that the cast be white. It's hard to justify a black cast unless it's intrigual to the plot. Horror flicks already have a niche audience, making the cast black may turn off alot of fans from an already small audience.

 

[IllustratorMike]

Take any good horror script to a studio and say it centers around a black cast and it will get shut down or pushed forward on the condition that the cast be white. It's hard to justify a black cast unless it's intrigual to the plot. Horror flicks already have a niche audience, making the cast black may turn off alot of fans from an already small audience.

I can't argue with anything you've stated...
I could even see studios loving a black writer's script enough to purchase it OR STEAL THE IDEA and instill their envisioned cast with it; they do it all the time.

Again, it's best we do for ourselves and stop running to said studios begging to let us in the door.
With all sorts of crowd funding at our disposal, it shouldn't discourage those aspiring to see their stories get done with very little compromise. It's a struggle for sure but it can be done.
Maybe I'm just a wishful thinker...

 

[unit321]

There doesn't even need to be a big giant budget for these movies.

Saw was produced for $1.2 million...that's it.
The Purge was produced for $3 million.
Hostel was produced for $5 million.
American Psycho was produced for $8 million.
Napoleon Dynamite was produced for $400,000.
Chronicle (a sci-fi flick) was produced for a little bit more at $12 million.

To put this in comparison to Tyler Perry, most of his movies have budgets ranging from $5 million - $20 million

What's the excuse

horror: Blacula
action: Shaft, others
thriller: Blacula
science fiction: none

Napolean Dynamite is a comedy movie.

Yeah, there aren't alot. The recent movies have been all drama and comedies.
One thing that is necessary is someone who can write a good movie in the thriller/horror genre and science fiction genre. You got crappy dialogue, the movie is going to tank regardless of the actors. That's half the problem. The other is getting money to make a movie. If you don't have a good story to sell, it isn't getting off the ground. AND the sad truth is, if you switched all the characters to be white, it might sell better.

 

[EarlyMaridia]

With as terrible as a lot of these horror movies are, you mean to tell me there isn't a minority director that can get 1 million and cash out on some Blumhouse productions shyt? It's depressing AF to think about.

Seven Magpies is the only horror movie (anthology) that I can think of, that's in production, that is being directed by an African American. Hell, it's going the distance with 7 different African American Women at the helm.

 

[lamont614]

Because they don't do well.

thats white propaganda
after earth did well not domestically but overseas tho
you see what happened with the nwa movie killed the competition

 

[MartyMcFly]

thats white propaganda
after earth did well not domestically but overseas tho
you see what happened with the nwa movie killed the competition

it's not white propaganda breh..the movie didn't do well in the country that produced it and that's really the main thing they cared about for that movie. It was basically rejected here for various reasons. Did well overseas, cool, but when one of the biggest movie stars on the planet can't get a big budget movie to turn a profit in this country? That's always going to be the story, bottom line

 

[lamont614]

What do they have to lose? Who were the ones ridiculing and getting upset when Michael B. Jordan was chosen to be The Human Torch? It wasn't black folks....

They got pissed off at the thought of a Black Bond. There was even outcry over a Black Annie lmao.

What about when they found out that Rue of the Hunger Games was Black? We weren't the ones protesting. Or how about when they diminished Nicole Beharie's lead role in the supernatural themed television show Sleepy Hollow after the second season. And it wasnt like we werent watching it. It was a cult favorite and blew up on social media.

What did they have to lose by casting a Black Oberyn Martell and the rest of House Martell as blacks as they are pretty much described in the books? GOT is mainstream, popular and profitable. Blacks watch GOT.

Again, White people dont want to see anything that doesnt fit their narrative for us.

Most black people welcome the idea of having a variety of Black films in a variety of genres. Ask any Black movie enthusiast or causal film watcher and they'll tell you that their tired of the same ole same ole. Tired of the Slave films. Tired of the Madea flicks. Hell, both viewers and the actors are tired of the rom-coms which is why you see those same group of actors trying to get do more thriller films i.e. No Good Deed and The Perfect Guy.

I can't support the whole "we are the reason we cant get a variety of different films" thought because it just isnt true.

thats not true

men in black
i am legend
after earth
matrix movies
id4
enemy of state
equalizer
deja vu
hancock i can go on and on

its hollywood being haters

 

[lamont614]

it's not white propaganda breh..the movie didn't do well in the country that produced it and that's really the main thing they cared about for that movie. It was basically rejected here for various reasons. Did well overseas, cool, but when one of the biggest movie stars on the planet can't get a big budget movie to turn a profit in this country? That's always going to be the story, bottom line

men in black
i am legend
after earth
matrix movies
id4
enemy of state
equalizer
deja vu
hancock i can go on and on

man shut up

 

[lamont614]

it's not white propaganda breh..the movie didn't do well in the country that produced it and that's really the main thing they cared about for that movie. It was basically rejected here for various reasons. Did well overseas, cool, but when one of the biggest movie stars on the planet can't get a big budget movie to turn a profit in this country? That's always going to be the story, bottom line

a profit is a profit

will will bounce back

 

[MartyMcFly]

men in black
i am legend
after earth
matrix movies
id4
enemy of state
equalizer
deja vu
hancock i can go on and on

man shut up

Yes and those are hit movies so what are you talking about? After Earth is not a hit movie breh. It didn't do well over here therefore it's considered a flop. If Terminator Genisys ends up doing well overseas, it's still going to be looked at as a flop. Same thing happened with Edge of Tomorrow

 

[lamont614]

Because WHITE PEOPLE dont want to see it. Period.

This whole "black people dont wanna see it" shyt is a myth. You gotta realize when movies like Tyler Perry or hell Straight Outta Compton do well at box office, a good 1/4 or hell many times 1/2 half of that weekend number is coming from WHITE DOLLARS.

White people dont want to see anything that doesnt fit their narrative for us.

men in black
i am legend
after earth
matrix movies
id4
enemy of state
equalizer
deja vu
hancock i can go on and on


will yall stop

 

[MartyMcFly]

a profit is a profit

will will bounce back

Of course he will. Not every movie can be a winner breh. He had a miss, he'll get the mojo back and be good again. It didn't work, he admits it didn't work, no harm no foul.

 

[lamont614]

Yes and those are hit movies so what are you talking about? After Earth is not a hit movie breh. It didn't do well over here therefore it's considered a flop. If Terminator Genisys ends up doing well overseas, it's still going to be looked at as a flop. Same thing happened with Edge of Tomorrow

what im saying is it can be done dont even know why this thread was being made


they will make another terminator movie before after earth thats the problem tho