MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

2023 · 92 min

A somber, socially conscious horror that blends grief and systemic violence with a tragic, literary monster story.

Directed by
Bomani J. Story
Genres
Horror
Starring
Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman
Tagline
Death can be cured.
Overview
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

Stream in the UK
  • Shudder
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Bomani J. Story
Genres
Horror
Starring
Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • death
  • violence
  • family
  • race
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

More like this

Titles like The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Movie

The Babadook

2014

A slow, suffocating plunge into grief and paranoia, where a mother's exhaustion curdles into something monstrous and inescapable.

Dark, tense · about grief

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • grief
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
94 min
Details
The BabadookHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

A Monster Calls

2016

A deeply emotional and visually striking journey through a boy's grief, blending harsh reality with dark fantasy to create a cathartic and haunting experience.

Dark, earnest · about grief and death · nonlinear

Via
  • dark
  • earnest
  • grief
  • death
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
108 min
Details
A Monster CallsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Belzebuth

2019

A grim, unsettling descent into grief and supernatural dread, with a heavy atmosphere and shocking violence that lingers.

Dark, bleak · about grief and violence

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • grief
  • violence
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
114 min
Details
BelzebuthHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Old People

2022

A tense, grim siege that turns familiar elderly faces into a source of creeping dread and sudden violence.

Dark, tense · about death and violence

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • death
  • violence
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
101 min
Details
Old PeopleHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Birth/Rebirth

2023

A cold, clinical descent into grief and obsession that unsettles through quiet body horror and moral unease.

Dark, bleak · about grief and death

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • grief
  • death
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
99 min
Details
Birth/RebirthHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Mama

2013

A slow, shadowy ghost story that wraps its scares in a sad, feral tenderness, keeping you tense and quietly heartbroken.

Dark, tense · about grief and family

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • grief
  • family
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
100 min
Details
MamaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Kingdom: Ashin of the North

2021

A somber, slow-building historical tragedy that tightens into grim, bloody horror as grief curdles into vengeance.

Dark, bleak · about grief and family · nonlinear

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • grief
  • family
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
92 min
Details
Kingdom: Ashin of the NorthHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Exorcism of Carmen Farias

2021

A slow, oppressive haunting that leans on grief and old family secrets before building to a familiar exorcism climax.

Dark, tense · about grief and family

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • grief
  • family
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
93 min
Details
The Exorcism of Carmen FariasHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Rigor Mortis

2013

A somber, ghostly descent into grief and madness, blending supernatural horror with melancholy and sudden violence.

Dark, bleak · about grief and death · nonlinear

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • grief
  • death
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
105 min
Details
Rigor MortisHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Forbidden Play

2023

A slow, sorrowful creep of dread, where a child's grief curdles into something quietly wrong and unsettling.

Dark, tense · about grief and death

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • grief
  • death
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
110 min
Details
The Forbidden PlayHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Year 10

2024

A grim, slow-burning survival horror that keeps you tense and unsettled, with little relief from its bleak world.

Dark, bleak · about grief and violence

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • grief
  • violence
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
96 min
Details
Year 10Hidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Return

2020

A slow, uneasy homecoming that lets old fears creep back in, mixing grief with things you can't quite explain.

Dark, tense · about grief and family

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • grief
  • family
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
90 min
Details
The ReturnHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

Stream
  • Shudder
Free
  • Tubi TV

Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Bomani J. Story
Written by
Bomani J. Story
Starring
Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, Keith Holliday, Edem Atsu-Swanzy, Beth Felice, Ellis Hobbs IV
Cinematography
Daphne Qin Wu
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata