The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

In this episode I speak with writer Director Bomani J. Story about his new film “The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster”. A new horror film out in theaters June 9 and headed to streaming service Shudder. The indie horror film is a remix of on  Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and follows a teenaged genius named Vicaria. Who, after her brother’s murder, decides she’s going to find a cure – for death. 

Now, I’m not going to lie, this is absolutely a horror movie about Black trauma. However, the bloodletting just for “trauma porn”, instead the entire film serves as a metaphor within the horror genre as a commentary on the effects of intergenerational trauma. BAFTA Award winning actress Laya DeLeon Hayes (God of War: Ragnarok, The Equalizer) is incredible in this film alongside Chad L. Coleman, (The Walking Dead, From) and Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther).

There are some mild spoilers in this interview.  So if you want to see it fresh, go watch the movie and then come back and check out this interview

The Angry Black girl and Her Monster is out now in select theaters and headed to Shudder

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00:00:00:00 - 00:00:07:07

Karama

so, Bomani, welcome. I'm so excited to talk to you about this film.

00:00:07:07 - 00:00:14:24

Karama

And as all the little moments of horror that I like. But then there's also like an underlying theme,

00:00:14:24 - 00:00:24:18

Karama

let's start with where this came from. What was the inspiration for this film and when did you find time to write this?

00:00:24:20 - 00:00:45:15

Bomani

You know, I mean, starts starts with the literature, man. Like, I love the book. I'm a huge, huge fan of the book. And I just felt like they were leaving a lot of stuff from the book on the floor. And I wanted to not only do that, but also recapture the focus because a lot of people focus on the monster.

00:00:45:17 - 00:01:04:19

Bomani

And I wanted to bring it back to, you know, the story is about Frankenstein, Rise and fall, you know, the mad scientist. So I wanted to bring that back. And on top of that, I wanted I grew up with two older sisters who, you know, mentored me my whole life, what I love and adore. And I use them as my muse for this.

00:01:04:19 - 00:01:08:15

Bomani

So you mix all that and out comes this.

00:01:08:17 - 00:01:17:13

Karama