This February, Midnight Social Distortion will be celebrating Black History Month by honoring Black horror characters, in particular Black horror survivors, throughout the twenty-eight day period. Each day will feature one black male and one black female survivor in horror and sci-fi to bring light to the positive, albeit still problematic, black champions of representation in horror. Some disclaimers first: obvious spoilers ahead, and not all horror survivors will be featured this go round, but will appear in later posts down the line.
Ronnie Heflin (Collins Pennie)
Ronnie was in for the time of his life with girlfriend Lisa and her best friends, Claire and Donna, the latter who’s family was slaughtered by an obsessed teacher a few years earlier. Ronnie was oblivious to this news and only managed to survive because of this. He planned to propose to Lisa during prom, but never got the chance because she was killed trying to warn Donna and the authorities of the killer’s whereabouts. Sometimes being oblivious to stuff saves lives.
Fun Facts:
Besides Ronnie, Detective Winn (played by Idris Elba) also survived the events of Prom Night (2008).
Final Thoughts
Not much. Was sort of shocked Ronnie made it without any run-ins with the killer. Once the action left the hotel where the prom was held, Ronnie was last scene wondering where Lisa disappeared to. Not really a great ending for his character, but he at least made it to the credits.
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