Creeps slowly and bursts formidably

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2017)

I have to be honest with you: when I first saw how good approval this movie had got I immediately thought that must be due to both actor and producer being black. I was wrong. Get Out is one the best horror movies in the last decade standing alongside with It Follows and The Babadook who have got over eighty Metascore rating as well which is very rare for a horror movie to have.
So we are following an interracial couple visiting her rich (white) parents. Chris (her boyfriend) is a photographer and a very down-to-earth guy who may feel, well, a bit awkward surrounded by a bunch of rich white people. From the moment they arrive things look kinda shady. Nothing in particular prone to much suspect, but that gut feeling tells you that this family, least said, might not be the healthiest one. Creating this quaint ambient is what Get Out does the best. Not only that, but Jordan Peele even managed to fully utilize this mystery elements by creating few very eerie and unpredictable plot twists.
Story itself isn't much of a big deal but does what is supposed to do: it creeps slowly and bursts formidably. Hence, Get Out is not fast paced (like Green Room) but rather makes you think about what is going on here. Different relationship which characters form with each other are worth noticing too. It is truly formidable to have people who you trust turn their back on you in most terrible way. Chris is experiencing snippets of this all the time but may as well think he is the problem. Just wait till you see the grand finale with this aspect!
It is always dangerous to combine serious horror/mystery/thriller with humor because it might create a conflict between these two contrary sides. Get Out breaks the "monotony of tension" by introducing a character who doesn't occupy much time not undermines basic genre and manages to somehow "reset" the atmosphere by breaking it with humor; the mystery side then takes the lead and begins to glue the atmosphere back together, this time even stronger until everything bursts due to pressure.
We've seen some basic mechanism which Peele utilized so let me immediately conclude. Get Out is a serious candidate for the best horror movie of the last decade or so. All the elements stick together because there is a strong atmosphere which serves as a glue. It is scary and funny. Get out of here and see it!