One of the two members of the hit comedy duo Key and Peele, Jordan Peele is venturing into a different vein, turning to directing in 2017 with his first horror feature, Get Out.
Inspired by an Eddie Murphy sketch – in which the actor recounted meeting his white son-in-law – and the classic Night of the Living Dead, he imagines the story of Chris, a young black photographer who meets his beautiful family during this time. A weekend where a series of increasingly disturbing incidents lead him to discover the unthinkable…
This low-budget film – about $4.5 million – follows the previous horror and thriller films produced by Jason Blum through his company Blumhouse Productions, such as the highly profitable Ouija, Paranormal Activity, Insidious or even American Nightmare. Here, Jordan Peele draws from the fantastical, political and paranoid thriller of the 1970s, and even uses humor to plunge the audience into a more real nightmare amid racism.
A true surprise success when it was released in theaters (255 million worldwide receipts), Get Out managed to establish cult status in record time. Considered one of Hollywood’s most distinguished directors, Jordan Peele notably becomes the first African-American screenwriter to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It should be noted that in France, Get Out reached the symbolic mark of one million downloads after a month of operation, which is quite rare for a horror film in France.
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Get Out by Jordan Peele with Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener…
from the age of 12
Tonight on France 2 at 21:10.
Source: Allocine
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