Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, Get Out illustrates the way forward for horror filmmakers who want to fight the stigma associated with the genre.
• While William Friedkin's timeless, disturbing masterpiece used blood, guts, Catholic mysticism and the more traditional scare tactics to earn the distinction, Get Out takes a more subtle approach by creating a creeping sense of dread and claustrophobia.
• The film tells the story of Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), a New York City photographer who joins his white girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) on a weekend trip to meet her parents at their desolate, upstate home.
• Sure, a Cold War-set love affair between a human and a fish is fascinating and so is the redemption tale of a racist white police officer but rewarding one of the most incisive horror films with an Oscar for Best Picture will help legitimise a genre that has long been unfairly ignored.
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