This past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing one of the most well crafted movies I have ever watched. Strangely enough this movie was a thriller/horror movie entitled "Get Out" written by, wait for it, Jordan Peele. And if your're wondering, yes it is that Jordan Peele of "Key and Peele" fame. From the outside if you don't read up about this movie you probably wouldn't be too motivated to see it. At first it seems like another horror movie similar to others, but I am here to tell you that is the exact opposite of what this movie is.

First of all this movie is unlike any other horror or thriller movie I have ever watched. The main horror factor of the movie is incredibly well thought out. There are some horror movies where you see the twist or villain coming from a mile away. Not so with "Get Out", that so smartly deals with it's villains and the horrific idea of The Sunken Place. It takes a base fear of many people and exemplifies it to an extreme that will scare the crap out of almost anyone. Also how it happens is so simple, yet so chilling. I honestly don't think I'll be able to hear someone stirring a drink in a coffee or tea cup with a spoon for quite a while.

Then there are the production elements of the movie that make it so fascinating to watch. Of my five senses, I am the most drawn to my hearing, which was fantastic for "Get Out". The soundtrack for the movie is great as the orchestration is impeccable for each different scene. That orchestra is also used expertly within the film at all the right moments. You have the main theme of "Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga", which has a great underlying walking beat and whispered vocals to give you the impression that it is so old that generations have been singing this song against oppression. It is also quite eerie due to the vocals that give it almost a chant or religious vibe.

Then that doesn't even begin to cover how the music is used underneath the action in the movie. There was one point that the main character Chris was wandering around the dark house and a loud sting from the orchestra made the entire theater I was in jump. It was a masterful moment that really set the tone of the rest of the movie.

The cinematography for this movie is also an effective and beautiful part of it. Specifically the scenes inside the house late at night were masterfully shot. The different and awkward angles used while Chris is trying to find his way outside gives the perfect illusion of something lurking behind every corner. There were also some great shots towards the end of the movie in the basement and when the main bulk of the action took place. It gave off just the right image of weariness and hope. Many of the shots worked expertly for the feeling of the moment.

There was also the one thing that the press could not stop talking about, how this movie dealt with racism. If you didn't know the main couple in this movie are an interracial couple where the woman is white and the guy is black. Now the handling of this topic is done well, as it was of course written and worked on by the people that experience these types of things almost every day. The main thing I noticed was all the little microagressions directed towards Chris, the main character. Especially during the party scene that was towards the middle of the movie. The party was of course mainly the white friends of Rose's (Chris' girlfriend) family who upon meeting Chris asked him all sorts of uncomfortable questions and weird remarks. Like the one man who said to him, "Black is cool, black is in right now."

Which is exactly how it is in upper white America right now towards African American people. This idea then of course gets explored much further later on in the movie. But I'm not going to spoil that for you, as you should definitely see this movie for yourself.

So there are my reasons as to why you should go to a movie theater and see "Get Out". If you do go, you'll be thanking me later as it is such a good movie. Even if you don't like horror movies, this one is geared enough towards suspense that many people will enjoy it. So go see it, and tell me how much you liked the movie. Or why you didn't like it if you weren't that impressed. "Get Out" is very much worth the ticket though, go see it before it leaves theaters.