Review of Get Out (2017) by Lee B — 17 Jan 2018

This is the kind of horror film that we need more of. It feels like lately Horror lost the ability to touch on real world issues and settled in to just live on remakes and Paranormal Activity. I missed films like They Live that took on Authoritarianism and Reaganism, I miss Dawn of the Dead giving a gut punch to consumerism.

I missed horror films being able to be grand metaphors for real world issues. Someone in a very stupid article claimed that this was a new genre of horror films that were about real world events. Any horror fan will point out that this isn't new, but what is new is that this film is not hiding the metaphor.

This film is about racism, it's blunt as hell about that and it has so many moments that just hammer that home (The term Slaves is brought up a lot, there is literally an auction scene, it is not subtle).

This is what we need, this is the horror films that we need in the new era that we're living in. If this is a sign of what the current political climate is going to bring out of the Horror genre, then we are in for some truly amazing films.

I got no issues going with the crowd here. I finally found a new horror film that excites me for the future of the genre and made me eager for the directors next project.