Get Out.
This is a genuinely suspenseful and effective psychological horror tale, made more impressive as Jordan Peele directs like someone who has made several of these kind of movies (I read he actually has a few more, similar films planned and I'm looking forward to them).
Besides being craftily subversive on the issue of race, it also sets up an eerie atmosphere from the first shot, making the audience feel as alienated as the main character Chris, whilst balancing the tension with appropriate levels of humor. A few jump moments are peppered in but most of them serve to sustain unease; only one or two felt a bit gratuitous.
There are a couple of plot elements that had me raising questions and figuring them out on the way home, and while I can make sense of them after the fact, they do leave you wondering while the film progresses. Beyond that, I'd say this film earns its praise and warrants repeat viewings.
This is a genuinely suspenseful and effective psychological horror tale, made more impressive as Jordan Peele directs like someone who has made several of these kind of movies (I read he actually has a few more, similar films planned and I'm looking forward to them).
Besides being craftily subversive on the issue of race, it also sets up an eerie atmosphere from the first shot, making the audience feel as alienated as the main character Chris, whilst balancing the tension with appropriate levels of humor. A few jump moments are peppered in but most of them serve to sustain unease; only one or two felt a bit gratuitous.
There are a couple of plot elements that had me raising questions and figuring them out on the way home, and while I can make sense of them after the fact, they do leave you wondering while the film progresses. Beyond that, I'd say this film earns its praise and warrants repeat viewings.