Daniel Kaluuya gives an exceptional performance in this chilling horror wrapped in comedic touches

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2020)

Horror films are probably my second favourite genre of movie after science fiction. Not a lot of the time in present day do I find myself actually scared though in regards to having just watched some new "totally horrifying" film. I've watched at least 60-70 horrors over the last 5/6 years, and I'm satisfied after seeing 2017's Get Out - because there were some truly unsettling, disturbing, creepy, strange, and horrifying scenes. It had me going. Jordan Peele did such a wonderful job as did the whole team. Daniel Kaluuya does a superb job, a total confident display of his fine acting skills solidifying himself as a great star in today's world of actors. The fact is, this film could be seen as a comedy horror because there were some honestly funny scenes all throughout, from the phone scenes to Chris's rampage at the end up to being found to the scene with the tell off the cops in their office what's going on.. there's a good slide of comedy in this film. But first and foremost, before thriller, before comedy, this film is a dark psychological horror. The amount of unsettling scenes was fantastic. Here's the scenes that were truly special: the man running towards Chris, the woman staring at the window, the woman crying, saying "No..no... no..," the scene with the photographs, the scene with the woman in the car attacking Chris, the scene with the bingo, the scene with the flash on the camera... these are all scenes that are in every sense of the word disturbing or creepy. Yes, this film really did gave me chills, one of only three films to have done so since 2013: Sinister, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and this make up the three. The writing is fantastic, all three acts are solid and interesting and have their moments. The pacing is good and the plot of the film gets more deeper and intriguing as it goes on, and by act two I was totally, totally captivated by this extraordinary horror. I see some people say it isn't that good, it's overrated, etc.. judge for yourself, and of course you're entitled to your own opinion... but man, I absolutely loved this. Great film. I highly recommend it.
Favourite scene: the photograph scene/Chris's escape
Scariest scene: woman attacking Chris in the car after she wakes up/man running towards Chris outside at night
Creepiest/strangest scene: "No... no.. no.. / they treat us like family"
Funniest scene: "I mean I told you not to go to the house"
Out of 10: 9.6 (rounded to 10 for personal enjoyment)