No./ 9 The Get Out legacy
HORROR AND SOCIO-POLITICAL commentary have gone hand-in-hand for decades. Way back in 1968, George A. Romero’s classic was a racially charged satire — with zombies. But Jordan Peele’s game-changing 2017 horror (which citedas an influence) seems to have left an indelible mark on the genre. showed that there are still untapped demographics of horror-loving audiences, waiting to see themselves reflected in the terror on screen; it’s hard not to look at this upcoming crop of horrors and see the explosive influence of the Sunken Place in them.
