Why Jordan Peele Still Hasn't Topped Get Out

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Following the recent release of his widely acclaimed UFO thriller Nope, Jordan Peele is three for three in his quest to forge a refreshingly unique vision of horror cinema. Just when the genre was settling into a slump with familiar clichés and cheap jump scares, Peele came along with fellow filmmakers like Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Ana Lily Amirpour to revitalize horror with original stories, three-dimensional characters, and creepy atmospheres. Nope has all three of those in spades, with a lovable pair of siblings, a terrifying visage of alien life, and unsettling satire of its own audience’s addiction to spectacle. But Peele still has yet to top the greatness of his original masterpiece, Get Out.

With its timely tale of race relations, Get Out arrived as a cultural landmark. It sparked eye-opening conversations around the world, grossed a whopping $255.4 million against a modest $4.5 million budget, and received four Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Peele won the latter prize, which would be an impressive feat for anyone’s debut movie, but especially when that debut movie belongs to the oft-neglected horror genre. Five years later, the messages brought up by Get Out remain just as much a part of the conversation.

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Peele’s subsequent directorial efforts have been just as bold and inventive as his debut feature, tackling relevant themes through the lens of horror with spooky visuals, tense twists and turns, and monsters closing in. But they’re missing the intangible quality that made Get Out an undeniable masterpiece. Us and Nope are disparate collections of various interesting ideas all executed very well,