Get Out (2017).



Jordan Peele is the director of Get Out. You may know him as one of the lead actors from the hit comedy series Key and Peele. Like Key and Peele, this film focuses on the experiences of a young African American people. It displays the anxieties and traumas that many black men endure in today’s America. This includes topics of poverty, violence, interracial relationships, slavery, and the dehumanization and objectification of black bodies. 

The story centers on Chris and his newly founded relationship with his white girlfriend Rose. Rose’s parents invite the two to stay with the family for the weekend at their cabin in the woods. On their way driving to the cabin, the couple accidentally hit a deer in the woods. As an omen of what is about to come, the meeting of the parents is anything but ordinary. The father is extremely interested in hunting, the mother is a hypnotist, and they have two black housekeepers who dress in uniform from the 1950’s.

I really appreciate the next-level horror that Jordan Peele has created with this film. He most deservedly won an Oscar for best original screenplay. His representation will pave the way for more people of color to partake in the horror movie industry. While the movie is quite thrilling and tense, Peele does sprinkle in bits of his comedic style.  Guess Whose Coming To Dinner and The Stepford Wives are both huge influences on this spectacular horror film.


Scoreboard:
Gore: 3/5
Suspense: 5/5
Writing: 5/5

Overall: 8/10

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