Horror flick Get Out's trailer shows a shocking new side of Key and Peele star
Jordan Peele flips the script with what looks to be a genuinely scary directoral debut
For years, Jordan Peele has riffed on racism and pop culture to hilarious effect as one half of the comedic duo Key and Peele. But none of his past work has prepared us for his twisted upcoming directorial debut Get Out.
The horror film's newly-released trailer begins with Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) preparing to visit her parents. He teases her about bringing home a black boyfriend — and there's certainly tension when the couple arrive on the plush estate — but the visit soon goes sideways, with black employees acting strangely and Catherine Keener turning up as a mom with evil powers of hypnosis.
It all suggests that Peele has something seriously scary up his sleeves.
The son of a white mother and black father, Peele has shown a knack for exploring the reality and absurdities of race in America.
He's a talented writer who co-scripted the underrated comedy Keanu, in which he and collaborator Key play mild-manned suburbanites leaning into gangster stereotypes to rescue a kitten.
With Get Out, however, it looks as if Peele has channelled the current atmosphere of racial tension in the U.S. into a veritable horror show.
Get Out opens February 2017.