“The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality,” explains Peele to The New York Times. “You have a rule or two you are bending or heightening, but the world around it is real. I felt like everything I learned in comedy I could apply to this movie.”
“In horror, the second you have people doing something you know they wouldn’t do, you lose the audience. With “Get Out,” what needed to be believable was the protagonist’s intentions. Why he’s there.”
“The movie Rosemary’s Baby, I grew up actually a couple of blocks away from the building that was shot. When I was younger, it was actually a little too close to home, so it really kind of it freaked me out more than I could appreciate it. It’s grown into possibly my favorite horror movie. I think for most horror fans it’s going to be high on their list. I love Halloween. I love The Birds and Hitchcock.”
Us opens Friday, March 22 everywhere. We’ll see just how scary, or eerily true, this new movie can be.