Stacie Ponder, aka Final Girl, writes:
Blaxploitation horror is, in essence, historically “white” horror seen through an urban filter: Sometimes the plots are paper-thin; sometimes they touch upon themes relevant to the “black experience” of the 1970s. More often than not, they’re uncomfortably entertaining.
What?? No Leprechaun in the ‘Hood??
Remember: according to the “rules” of “white” slasher films, the black character is always one of the first to go...
