8 Movies That Fooled Us Twice

8. Get Out

Whilst Jordan Peele was an established sketch comedy writer at the time of 2017’s Get Out, nobody quite expected him to be able to write a modern horror classic with the kinds of twists that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud.

Get Out’s Chris meets his white girlfriend’s family for the first time and a series of strange events leave him rattled.

As Chris finds himself concerned for his safety, he tells his girlfriend Rose to pack her stuff and leave. It’s then that he discovers that she’s been not only lying about her relationship history, but that she has been in on the schemes of her family since the beginning. This seemingly perfectly normal girl has led him to his doom.

Whilst the film has a prevailing air of uncertainty and danger, Get Out goes from feeling like a traditional “messed up slasher family” story to something much more uncomfortable. After being knocked out, Chris awakens and is privy to the entire truth. Rose’s family have a racially-charged motive; abducting black men and women to use as hosts for their minds, believing them to be physically superior specimens.

Get Out is not a jump scare kind of horror, and instead its rollercoaster of events is what makes it truly tense and unnerving. This back-to-back revelation is perfectly placed to take us through to the film’s crescendo and Chris’ one chance at escape.