Skillfully balancing between comedy and horror

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2017)

Debuting director Jordan Peele knows how to handle his budget. Universal Pictures, who were smart enough to pick up the movie for distribution, can be quite pleased with the turnout: with $4.5 million in production budget, the movie has already returned $204,3 million (and it's still counting) at the box office worldwide. One thing is for sure: director Peele knows how to balance between the swamp of horror clichés and a sketchy, almost over-the-top humour (reminding to some extent of Edgar Wright), but he also gives his comedy horror another dimension by playing with the conventions of whites-and-blacks relations.