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It’s a familiar scenario: a group of friends head up to a cabin in the woods for a relaxing weekend, only to find themselves being picked off by a murderous intruder. In “The Blackening,” though, the main characters are well-aware of horror-movie tropes — and determined not to fall into them.
“The Blackening” follows a group of Black friends on a getaway in celebration of Juneteenth. But when they find themselves trapped with a killer, a lot of comedy and…