This is an entertaining movie, for sure. Any movie that points out how racist upper class white liberals are is worth a look. But I got more of a thriller vibe from it than a horror vibe.
shareCorrect. May also be considered a black comedy than a horror too.
shareI don't see anything wrong with it being considered multiple genres. There's definitely quite a bit of horror to it along with comedy, action, and drama.
shareI love this film, but I agree that in terms of tone it's more of a thriller than an out-and-out horror, although the concept and the terrifying situation the lead character is thrust into, is what qualifies it as a horror.
And like you, I enjoyed seeing upper-class white liberals exposed as racists.
Some people (Truthtalker perhaps) might think I'm a Trump supporter for saying this, but I loathe Trump with a passion. I'm part of the political left. I just hate hypocritical upper-class white pseudo-liberals. As far as I'm concerned, they're the worst people in society. They mock and attack poorer and less educated whites for their more brazen racism, whilst displaying even worse and more insidious forms of systemic racism that actually deny black people professional and social opportunities. They'll hypocritically say the right things, all the while covertly upholding a system that keeps everyone else poor and in 'their place'.
Same here. I've voted democrat my whole life, but the nastiness of upper-class leftists (not to mention hypocrisy) can no longer be ignored.
share100% agreed!
At least one knows where they stand with out-and-out racists. It's the more covert 'sorority racists' (as Chris Rock once put it) one has to watch out for. They're worse than the 'rednecks' (admittedly not a term I'd ordinarily use myself) because they're the gatekeepers who actually control the colleges and businesses and career opportunities and social clubs, POC and the poor are unfairly unable to access.
It's a horror movie. It's a story filled with dread and fits all the themes and beats. Whether or not it's a good one is subjective. Personally I found it scary. But to deny that a film isn't a comedy because you don't like the jokes, is downright silly.
shareYour comedy analogy doesn't work. It doesn't fit with my original comment.
shareI'm assuming you're calling this a thriller because you weren't afraid of it. Isn't that a fair assumption?
I think calling this a horror is apt. Thrillers focus more on the ticking clock or thrill of solving the mystery. This film's tone was hyperfocused on the dread of what the answer might be. And it's clearly trying to disturb the audience by focusing on racism's dehumanizing aspects.