Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Stars  Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford

Directed by Jordan Peele

Year 2017

Before I watched the movie, I watched the trailer. It blew me away. I probably haven’t seen that good of a trailer in a while. I didn’t view Get Out until recently (surprising, I know), but heard the immense buzz going on. I thought maybe it was just because of the topic, but it was so much more. It’s a well-acted and well-constructed piece of work that I never imagined I would see coming from Jordan Peele or from any current horror release. I’m so down on that industry lately, sadly, that it gets exhausting trying to find a truly good scary watch that you go away thinking about. This one’s it.

I wasn’t familiar with any of the main actors, but that didn’t seem to matter. Both leads where on point, especially Daniel Kaluuya who had to pull some extreme dramatics out of his hat. All others did a great job at selling the bit in all ways. Acting can be crucial when you must give a false representation of who you really are within the film. All antagonists and victims really did that justice. The tone also stayed nice and creepy/steady, as a horror movies should to really give a good push to the climax. The cinematography was also top notch, which is nice to see in horror films. I was unsure of just how things would wrap up, but it was even better than I predicted (one of the best things about a good horror flick: great writing).

Real talk now, this wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill horror flick. With race issues being what they are today in the good ole US of A, it seems all to often that we focus on the Civil Rights Movement or Slavery era. The point I received is that we haven’t really come out with too many of these examples of today’s black and white race issues playing out on the big screen. The whole premise points to what is hidden and joked about in our society, but really gives an underpinning of the serious issue at hand. It was also refreshing to take the topic to the horror genre, something not really done before (unless it has been and I’m unfamiliar – please familiarize me if not).

I’m in debited to Mr Peele, as he’s brought one of my favorite genres to the forefront and created it very thoughtfully. I’m not certain that it will win anything, but just being nominated is enough for me.