Average Horror, Not the Classic Teens Think It Is.

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2017)

By the time of this writing, "Get Out" has an IMDb rating of 8.2. That extremely high rating would place the film amongst the immortals like "2001 A Space Odyssey," "The Godfather," "Amadeus," "Schindler's List," etc. In reality, "Get Out" is nowhere near the same level as those classic movies, not even close. It's a serviceable-enough little horror ditty, but sorry, definitely not an 8.2.
I'm guessing this movie has such a high rating because it was viewed by the same teens and young adults who worship at the alter of "Unfriended," and other films of that ilk. In other words, these youngsters don't know any better, so kudos must go out for the films' producers who were, at least, able to tear these kids away from their smartphones for 90 minutes, a near-impossible feat these days.
There was just too many non-believable aspects to the story that made the movie believable. Hypnotism so strong that it could turn ordinary folks into mindless zombies/sex slaves? Modern day slave auction? The TV in the basement lockup comes on just as the kidnapped dude wakes up. That means the Armitage family must have a video camera on him to notice that. And if so, how come they didn't see him stuffing cotton in his ears from the torn-up armrest?
TSA's know everything? I don't think so. All these black people, missing for ages, state police can't locate them, but a joker of a TSA agent can? And why black people? That bit was never explained in the movie, either. Also, the son must be superhuman. he just had his head bashed in yet, seconds later, is able to leap onto our hero and administer a chokehold.
I give the film credit for one death scene - death by deer antlers. Now, that was different. If you see this film, cool. If not, no big deal. There are worse ways to spend 90 of your precious minutes away from your smartphone.