The trailer for Jordan Peele's film Get Out has been released and it's possibly the scariest thing ever.
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Peele, who is more well-known for his comedy, has written and directed a thriller that has people going out of their minds.
Actors Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams play a cute couple who are off to meet the parents.
Her parents.
They live in a predominantly white area where a number of black men are mysteriously going missing. Hmmmm.
In the trailer, there are three other black people Kaluuya's character has contact with. Two of them work for his girlfriend's family, such as this woman.
And this chap.
And the other black guy does this when Kaluuya's character offers him a fist bump:
And, apparently, by the time Kaluuya's character starts to realise something is going on and tries to leave, he can't.
People are shook.
I usually don't get spooked by movie trailers but #getout had me like
Y'all, I'm actually weeping at an interracial relationship horror film #GetOut
#GetOut trailer got me like
Black people in interracial relationships watching that #GetOut trailer like..
Some people noticed the film is coming out in February, during US Black History Month.
An interracial relationship in a horror movie. The horror is the RACISM. It comes out during Black History Month. E… https://t.co/e3pJlq3Qkz
When u thought it was gonna be a comedy but it's a horror racist film #GetOut
But mostly people are intrigued.
#GetOut, a movie about: • Systematic Racism • Interracial Relationships • Black Horror Movie Stereotypes • White Privilege ... all in one.
Trailer for #GetOut is insane, like "The Stepford Wives" but... gah, I don't want to know more, I can't wait to see it, omg @JordanPeele