African-American photographer Chris Washington reluctantly agrees to meet the family of his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage. At the house in upstate New York, Rose's brother Jeremy and their parents, neurosurgeon Dean and hypnotherapist Missy, make disconcerting comments about black people. Chris witnesses strange behavior from the estate's black workers: housekeeper Georgina and groundskeeper Walter.
When he is unable to sleep, Missy pressures Chris into a hypnotherapy session to cure his smoking addiction. In a trance, he expresses guilt over the death of his mother in a hit-and-run when he was a child, and sinks into a void Missy calls the "sunken place". The next morning, he assumes the encounter was a dream, but cigarettes now repulse him. Georgina unplugs his phone, draining his battery, though she claims it was an accident.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
Country: | Japan, United States |
Produced By: | Sean Mckittrick, Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Gerard Dinardi, Phillip Dawe, Jason Blum, Beatriz Sequeira, Couper Samuelson |
Directed By: | Jordan Peele |
Written By: | Jordan Peele |
Cast: | Catherine Keener, Marcus Henderson, Allison Williams, Gary Wayne Loper, Lil Rel Howery, Rutherford Cravens, Betty Gabriel, Jana Allen, Mark Baynard Baggs, Caren L. Larkey, Michael Amstutz, Lyle Brocato, Jamie Gliddon, Trey Burvant, LaKeith Stanfield, Julie Ann Doan, Ashley LeConte Campbell, Christopher Knittel, Brad Spiers, Ben Ladner, Jeronimo Spinx, Evan Shafran, Caleb Landry Jones, Jack Teague, Geraldine Singer, Bradley Whitford, Lory Tom Thompson Sr., Daniel Kaluuya |
In Theaters: | Feb 24, 2017 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 44 minutes |
Production: | Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment |
Budget: | $5,000,000 |
Box Office: | $176,040,665 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |