Those of you who have seen Comedy Central’s hilarious “Key & Peele” know that the duo are huge horror fans. So, when it was announced that Jordan Peele would be directing a genre film, it wasn’t all that surprising. In fact, seeing the commentary they made on the genre (their Gremlins 2 skit is out of this world) made me believe he could kill it as a horror director.
Now, Universal Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Get Out, which begins when a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate and becomes ensnared in a more sinister reason for the invitation.
In theaters February 24, 2017, the trailer is astoundingly timely, and looks to carry heavy social commentary (something I believe is integral in quality horror). It’s also absolutely bonkers, reminding me of John Carpenter’s underrated classic, In the Mouth of Madness. The hypnotizing angle is pretty dope, too, giving the trailer an Evil Dead moment teased in the above image. Also, I’m really hoping that the editing in the trailer is also the same in the film – it’s jarring, disorienting and sorta scary. Seriously, this movie looks amazing.
Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams, Girls), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy (Catherine Keener, Captain Phillips) and Dean (Bradley Whitford, The Cabin in the Woods).
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 could have never imagined.
The film also stars Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men series), Milton “Lil Rel” Howery (The Carmichael Show), Betty Gabriel (The Purge: Election Year), Marcus Henderson (Pete’s Dragon) and Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton).
