“It’s definitely about the way America deals with race.”
If you’re a filmmaker with something to say, horror cinema provides the perfect platform to start those conversations. Some of the best horror movies ever made, notably George A. Romero’s zombie films, are packed with social commentary and political messages, and with his debut film Get Out (review), Jordan Peele is fearlessly tackling America’s racial issues head on.
In this new featurette video we got our hands on ahead of this weekend’s release, Peele digs into why he wanted to make Get Out, and why he feels it’s an important film. Find it below.
In Get Out…
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).