Everyone has seen the classic horror film where the token Black person — specifically the Black guy — dies first. But black characters aren’t always the victims in horror flicks, sometimes they are the villain or monster — usually in blaxploitation horror or urbanized horror films where the monster is getting revenge on those who wronged him or her.
Here we compiled a list of the 16 best Black horror story characters among African American cinema’s greatest vampires, monsters, ghosts, demons and Satan himself.