While it has entertaining moments, Black as Night isn’t very balanced and the overall lack of levity ultimately makes the film a slog to get through.
Being a young Black woman can be tough, but imagine throwing vampires into the equation. Welcome to the Blumhouse’s latest Amazon Original Films are here, and kickstarting the four-pat film series are Black as Night and Bingo Hell. While it has entertaining moments, Black as Night isn’t very balanced and the overall lack of levity ultimately makes the film a slog to get through.
In Black as Night, we follow a teenaged girl, Shawna (Asjha Cooper), who is struggling with having confidence in herself and a drug-addicted mother (Kenneisha Thompson). Thinking this is the worst of it, Shawna is then attacked one night by a vampire. This kicks off her summer in New Orleans as she helps save her community from falling prey to vampires, alongside best friend Pedro (Fabrizio Guido), love interest Chris (Mason Beauchamp), and vampire fiction lover Granya (Abbie Gayle). Through her battles with vampires, Shawna finally grows to love her skin and begins to develop more confidence in herself.
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