MOVIES PEELE HORROR ON POINT

Out is a smash hit in the US. Made for $ 6 million, it has grossed $ 224 million to be the fourth highest grossing film of 2017 to date.

Yet more than money, this clever horror movie – about a young black man meeting his white girlfriend’s parents for the first time – has become a cultural phenomenon.

Its concepts, such as the “sunken place” or a teacup and spoon used to trigger hypnosis, have inspired endless internet memes and infiltrated American lingo. It’s something writer and director, Jordan Peele, a lifelong horror fan, had hoped for … “But I couldn’t have expected how massively it’s been accepted into the lexicon,” he says.

The acceptance of Get Out seals Peele’s acceptance into a different line of work than that in which he made his name: as a sketch comedian in the much- loved series Key & Peele. Peele and Keegan- Michael Key similarly tapped the Zeitgeist, especially with their sketches about President Obama ( Peele) and his “anger translator” Luther ( Key). The real Obama was a huge fan. Peele began writing Get Out almost 10 years ago. “As a hobby more than anything,” he says. “It was about becoming a better writer and giving myself the gift of what could hypothetically be my favourite movie that doesn’t exist.”

Now, the 38- year- old says: “I’m living my own personal dream come true.”

On top of that, he’s expecting his first child with wife Chelsea Peretti, the very funny star of Brooklyn Nine- Nine. Get Out has been called Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? meets The Stepford Wives — remixed with an unhealthy dose of horror and satire.