Black horror: Quick Facts

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Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington sits wide-eyed and tearful, staring ahead in a tense moment from the film Get Out.

Black-and-white movie still from Night of the Living Dead showing a group of zombies in tattered clothing walking through a grassy field.

Duane Jones as Ben and Judith O'Dea as Barbra stand in a doorway looking tense in a black-and-white promotional still from Night of the Living Dead (1968).

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