Black Stepford Wives

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2017)

I saw "Get Out", starring Daniel Kaluuya-Kick_Ass 2, Johnny English Reborn; Allison Williams-This is her first movie but she was on a few TV shows, Girls_tv, The Mindy Project_tv, Oh yeah, she is the daughter of newsman Brian Williams; Bradley Whitford-I Saw the Light, Billy Madison; Catherine Keener-Bad Grandpa, Death to Smoochy and Stephen Root-Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Drillbit Taylor.
This is a horror thriller that is written and directed by Jordan Peele, of Key & Peele_tv fame. It kind of reminded me of a black version of the 1975 movie, The Stepford Wives. Daniel-an African_American-and Allison-a Caucasian-have been dating for about 5 months. It has come to the important stage in their relationship where Daniel must meet her parents, and he is nervous-He even asks her if she has told her parents that he is Black and she says, 'No, because it doesn't matter, my parents are not racists!' Bradley and Catherine play her parents. There are subtle hints that something is a little off when he arrives at their country side estate. Bradley and Catherine throw a party and almost all the guests are White and they all act strange, too. Some will say odd things like, 'I voted for Obama and would vote for him again for a third term, if I could!' or 'Isn't Tiger Woods amazing!' Some even grab his biceps and say something like, 'Wow, you are strong!' Stephen plays one of the guests at the party. There are a few Black people that show up, like the maid and a yardman but they act strange, too, more like robotic zombies. To make matters worse, Daniel finds out that there have been many cases of Black people gone missing in the area. I don't want to give anything away here-it's better to be surprised-but this really is a horror movie that gets pretty bloody near the end-with a little humor thrown in, mostly by a friend of Daniel's that works for the TSA. It's rated "R" for violence, bloody images, language and sexual content- no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 43 minutes. I really enjoyed this one and would buy it on Blu-Ray.