A surprise cult hit from comedian Jordan Peele of Key and Peele fame has just arrived in Kiwi cinemas.
Meeting the girlfriend's parents can be scary enough at the best of times, but not usually this scary.
British actor Daniel Kaluuya plays African-American Chris, happily in love with Alison Williams as Rose.
When she takes him upstate to her parents' house for the weekend - parents she reassures are definitely not racist - Chris prepares to meet them.
No amount of preparation will ready him for what lays in store, but needless to say, things are not as black and white as they seem.
I am very easily scared, and this film very easily scared me. It's genuinely creepy in the coolest of creepy ways. This is one of those 'the less you know the better it will be' films, so I'll just leave it at that for now.
I'm no horror aficionado, but I almost loathe to call this film a horror. Certainly R16 for the violence and general ickiness at the story's climax, this film is more enthralling thriller than horror, a delicious mind-bender, the blackest of humour and enduringly provocative.
Top notch.
Five stars.
:: Director: Jordan Peele
:: Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford
:: Running Time: 104 mins
:: Rating: R16
:: Release Date: 4th May 2017
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