Tag: Get Out
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‘Us’ Ending Explained — Who Are the Tethered?
Jordan Peele has been taking the horror genre by storm in recent years, with his 2017 directorial debut Get Out releasing to rave reviews and even scoring the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay — a rarity in the horror genre. He specializes in psychological horror and never fails to deliver an intricate and frightening…
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‘Get Out’ Ending Explained — What Does Jordan Peele’s Sunken Place Mean?
There aren’t many recent films that have been as immediately accepted as all-time classics as Jordan Peele’s highly influential 2017 horror film Get Out. Although Peele had previously been best known for his comedic work on the sketch show Key & Peele, Get Out captured the cultural zeitgeist with its study on the “post-racial” vision…
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Lakeith Stanfield’s Best Performances, From ‘Uncut Gems’ to ‘Atlanta’
It didn’t take Lakeith Stanfield long to climb the ranks of Hollywood, transforming from a consistent and recognizable key player in projects such as Knives Out and Get Out, to an in-demand actor capable of turning out endearing, nuanced performances in no time. Having taken on the notoriously tricky task of portraying several real-life historical…
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The It Lives Inside Trailer Brings A Terrifying Film Fest Favorite To Your Nightmares
Thanks to the massive success of “Get Out,” the last several years have seen an influx of Black horror films, bringing some much-needed racial diversity to a predominantly white genre. Latino horror has also been going strong as ever of late, with films like “Tigers Are Not Afraid” and “La Llorona” reaping critical accolades left…
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Vacation Friends 2 Trailer: John Cena And Lil Rel Howery Reunite For Even More Comedy Chaos
2021 was unquestionably the Summer of Cena, as John Cena appeared in “Fast 9,” “The Suicide Squad,” and the truly delightful “Vacation Friends.” The latter was, in this writer’s opinion, the first comedy film since “Blockers” that truly knew how to play to Cena’s comedic strengths as a leading man, and pairing him alongside Lil…
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These 5 Minutes Are the Most Unnerving in Any 2010s Horror Movie
The 2010s gave us some great horror films: Hereditary, A Quiet Place, and Get Out are just a few that come to mind. Each one of those examples comes with a terrifying scene that changes everything. In Hereditary, that happens when poor Charlie (Milly Shapiro) is shockingly decapitated in a car accident. In A Quiet…
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Lakeith Stanfield Is Brilliant in this Netflix Western
Most mainstream audiences were first introduced to Lakeith Stanfield when he played Snoop Dog in Straight Outta Compton or as Darius in FX’s Atlanta. Subsequent films like Judas and the Black Messiah, Get Out, and Sorry to Bother You were opportunities for Stanfield to flex his powerful acting muscles and establish himself as a rising…
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Jordan Peele’s Alternate Ending to ‘Get Out’ Was Way Too Real
Jordan Peele’s acclaimed directorial debut project, Get Out, is one of the most grim and thought-provoking films released in the last decade. The psychological thriller features everything from body-swapping to a poignant commentary on the pervasiveness of racism in the world. The film follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a Black man who discovers some horrifying secrets…
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31 Queer and Homoerotic Horror Movies, from ‘Psycho’ and ‘Hellraiser’ to ‘Fear Street’ and ‘Titane’
Like its genre cousin, science fiction, horror films have long used supernatural terrors as stand-ins for real-life fears. When Jordan Peele used the genre to show white supremacy as the ultimate terror in “Get Out,” he was inspired by years of socio-political readings of his favorite horror films. Even though openly LGBTQ characters in horror…