Our next episode is on Get Out - what should we talk about?

Anything would be really awesome, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the genre of Horror in general and how Get out both is part of that genre, and how it pushes at the boundaries of that genre? Hope that makes sense (I feel like the movie is also in the vein of body-snatching horror--I don't watch a lot of horror movies so anything on the genre as a whole would be interesting I think)

I would find it really cool if you guys could talk about how Jordan Peele creates an ominous ambiance without really going into very intense horror territory. For me the first half is much scarier than the secoond one. I don't know if this makes much sense, but soft horror seems to be something very hard to nail, maybe that is an interesting topic to talk about.

how do you guys think technology utilised in the film? (the camera flash, rod searching up andre’s disappearance etc.)

Yeah, I love that we get to experience both endings. Jordan Peele described it in the Oscars Roundtable as having his cake and eating it too, when the cop car pulls up and the audience does the work of the original ending. And then we get to have the nice ending when Lil Rel pops out.

Also who did horror better? Jordan peele in Get Out or James Cameron in the Titanic sex scene?

I would love to hear your experiences watching this movie in the theater! Because for me, this remains my all time favorite. You mentioned during your Mulan episode how allegorical other world stories or musicals can create a more powerful experience by getting around our defense mechanisms and I really felt that with Get Out. Something about screaming and laughing together with the whole theater felt super unifying. And by the end when the cop car showed up, everyone gasped in horror, until Lil Rel popped out and everyone started clapping and cheering. It made me appreciate the power of horror/comedy as a genre and the way it can enable that kind of magical theater experience.

I would love to hear about what each of you like or look for in a horror movie. I would also like to hear your thoughts on the “elevated horror” trend. I’m not sure if I find this new wave of horror ‘superior’ to what’s come before as I feel like horror has always been going to difficult places and approaching social ideas

On top of that - how the movie has sort of trained the audience to expect the worst, so the ending that was released feels like the "bad' ending for a few moments.

Andrew

I'd like to hear about what makes a great horror comedy as it's my favorite genre, and there aren't a lot of genuinely spectacular ones. There isn't a genre switch really. It begins with an abduction, so is that something which makes it work instead of a genre switch? Is it the nature of the situations bring so uncomfortable already? Why haven't there been or are there more films that delve into this in a similar way? People Under the Stairs and moments in original Candyman come to mind but they're decidedly horror.

Kevin Dublin

I think it would be great if you talked about how a Genre film can be used to speak about real world issues.

Kyle Marquis

Lessons on writing satire, and how to walk the line between comedic parody and making a serious point. So many people saw the word satire and the name Peele and labeled this a comedy, and the movie never quite got past that label.

JMW Music

Cuz I’m early enough I’m going to call out the obvious one before anybody else: how great Allison William’s performance is and how it can be read two ways once you know what the twist is.

How much of the plot is foreshadowed or just flat out said early on. Grandpa racing Jackie Robinson and “getting over it”. The “black mold” in the basement. Rose not wanting Chris to give the cop his license because then there’d be some record of him in that area before he goes missing. There’s so much!!

Jacob Doan

I would like you guys to talk about the alternate ending and whether they should have released that one instead. My friend also came up with the idea that they should have done a clue ending where different theaters showed different endings.

It's an impressive script and would be good to showcase its unity. Also how the film builds unease.

I think it would be great to talk about genre and how expectations around genre can be useful tools for a screenwriter to have a push and pull relationship :)