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4. Black Mould In The Basement - Get Out

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Get Out was one of the year's biggest surprises - both financially and quality-wise - in large part due to the brilliant way it mixed dark comedy, horror, and biting social commentary.

Its late-game twist (that Chris' girlfriend's family have been luring young black men to their home and using their bodies as hosts for the brains of white people) was shocking, but if you look back, it was hinted at in a handful of clever ways, with a missable exchange early in the film literally spelling the twist out for the audience.

Upon arriving at girlfriend Rose's house, Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) is given a tour of the property by her father, Dean (Bradley Whitford). At one point - after talking about a picture of Dean's father - the pair walk past the basement, and Dean mentions that it's sealed shut because of a "black mould" problem.

And as it turns out, he wasn't lying - though he wasn't talking about mould in the traditional sense. The basement is where Dean transplants the brains of his patients into the bodies of the black men, so, essentially, this is where all the "black moulding" takes place.

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