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Halloween Day by Day: "Get Out" (2017)

Chris is meeting his girlfriend's family for the first time.  Strange comments by her parents, combined with odd behavior of the black staff causes Chris to begin investigating the family's history a bit more. What he discovers is a conspiracy that threatens himself and thousands of blacks with enslavement and destruction... The story is really good in Jordan Peele's " Get Out ".  It takes the touchy subject of slavery, and talks about it in a frank, open way via the use of horror.  As someone that has a real fear of losing my ability to think and control my body, the concept of "the sunken place", and having my body hijacked really struck a chord. The characters aren't too bad.  They aren't really all that fleshed out, beyond "good" and "bad", but you're able to at least root for Chris.  I didn't mind the character of Rod, but felt that his comedic turn was a bit much.  His scenes are funny as fuck, bu...