Purging the black female horror fan from the margins
Graveyard Shift Sisters is an archival space that spotlights and celebrates Black women in the horror genre.
our final girls
Kristina Leath-Malin ignited something special with her work, My Final Girl. All about Black women in 70s/80s horror cinema in particular (but has expanded naturally since), she interviewed some of the women from those films as well as scholars looking at horror through an intersectional lens. She’s been an inspiration for archiving and preserving their histories so they are no longer forgetten in the horror genre.
horror is intent on shock and fright, but the genre is also occupied with discomfort, forcing us to confront the unsavory parts of our selves and hopefully, help us work through the unease
horror noire
if not for the work of…
Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman’s invaluable work to our visibility, Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present was published in 2011. The first of its kind, her work makes clear how the ever-changing perceptions of Black Americans in our world mirror much of what we saw in horror and sci-fi film works throughout history. Much of my effort and persistence through the years with this space has been because this work existed prior. I am forever indebted to Dr. Coleman’s kindness and mentorship.