Tag: Get Out

  • Jonny Numb Reviews Us

      Us = Despair Room for Interpretation Jordan Peele blindsided many with 2017’s Get Out, a film as prescient in its sociopolitical themes as it was in the assured execution of its macabre elements. From the dialog to the character development to the escalation of tension, I didn’t anticipate the effect of what he ultimately…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Urban Horror with TraCee

    Urban Horror: What is it anyway? The Last Knock team of Billy and Jonny sit down with the queen of SCRM Radio, TraCee to find out what Urban Horror is all about. We’ll dive into the definition, alternate interpretations, and what essentially black-centric horror really means for the genre. No slab of concrete will be left…

  • The Meg by Jonny Numb

    The Meg By Jonny Numb For all the clickbait thinkpieces over the past year debating where drama stops and horror begins… and for as much semantic nonsense has been expended by mainstream critics trying their damnedest to surgically extract, say, Get Out from the genre… something like The Meg is pretty refreshing. Don’t get me wrong – there…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Best Horror 2017

    Best Horror 2017 It’s our Best Horror 2017 list, but was 2017 a good year for horror? Billy and Jonny have different opinions on the topic, and you may be surprised about their “best of” lists. The year saw two big horror films that cleaned up their own blood at the box office: Jordan Peele’s…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: GET OUT (2017)

    Get Out has captured the minds of many, and even non-horror fans are discussing the themes and message of Jordan Peele’s debut as writer/director. We’ll take a look at the entire film, which means one big time spoiler alert looms on the horizon. Has Get Out lived up to the hype? Maybe it has, maybe it’s one of the most…