Black As Night delivers a solid vampire tale with a bit of an emotional story to add more heart. You’ll catch a few genre references to the vampire icons that have come before, but the film does a great job of carving its own spot.

| Feb 22, 2023

[It] uses racism and colorism as punchlines in ways that aren't very funny and end up being grating in how these jokes are repeated. It's an awful horror movie that thinks it's being clever, when it actually dumbs everything down for the audience.

| Dec 31, 2021

You can predict some of the beats that follow, but Night is fun enough, with good messaging about self-image.

| Nov 5, 2021

Apart from its clichéd, electronic-belch sound cues, Black as Night is a solid entry in the Blumhouse catalog of midnight movies.

| Oct 28, 2021

The actors don't get the opportunity to really build out these characters or to explore the coming-of-age touches in Shawna's story.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 25, 2021

With a high kill-rate of vampires and a high degree of silliness--it still sucks.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 16, 2021

[A] surprisingly fresh take on the old vampire genre.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2021

This is an earnest, if clunky, coming-of-age vampire movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 12, 2021

What makes Black as Night special is that it takes all of those complex and nuanced themes and competently rolls them into a modern vampire story.

| Oct 12, 2021

There is a good movie lurking somewhere within Black As Night, but as it stands now, it is distinctly lacking in bite.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Oct 12, 2021

This could've been more fun. The story and script were not as strong as I was hoping.

| Oct 11, 2021

Black As Night is assembled in an uninspired YA style that only accentuates the weaknesses of its script, which is laden with stilted dialogue and cringeworthy voiceover.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 9, 2021

The Blumhouse release examines power structures with lots of fun scares.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 8, 2021

Totally watchable with easy-to-like characters, the mildest of scares, and a bit of message tucked into the fun.

| Oct 7, 2021

Black as Night is an enjoyably pulpy, but flawed genre outing. Its deployment of social commentary puts an engaging twist on a familiar premise, but a scatter-brained execution sours the taste.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2021

So the writing is smart - smarter than most of its ilk, even. But its execution leaves much to be desired.

| Oct 4, 2021

Maybe this is just the first genre film of the Biden era - a whimper in the face of institutional violence that thinks petitions are a better idea than abolishing the filibuster.

| Oct 4, 2021

Its weakest parts also show enough sloppiness that it becomes clear why this is debuting on Amazon rather than on the big screen.

| Oct 4, 2021

The budget was clearly microscopic ... , but the filmmakers manage to pull something together that looks solid, features worthy acting, and doesn't forget to be fun and scary at the same time.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 4, 2021

Though it has some rough edges, its talented cast and themes make this film an engaging watch.

| Original Score: 8 | Oct 3, 2021