Case in point was 2003’s psychological horror thriller, Gothika, which starred an Oscar winner in Halle Berry.
The 2000s also saw Wesley Snipes don the trench coat and sunglasses again for his role as the comic book character, Blade, in Blade II and Blade Trinity.
The early 2000s were proof that horror had gone mainstream.
But Halle Berry was a win, as black actresses didn’t typically find themselves in the leading role of big budget (for the genre—$40 million dollars) horror movies.