“Get Out” is a masterpiece. Period. Peele crafted a perfect horror film, and there’s a reason he went home with the Oscar for “Best Original Screenplay” at the 90th Academy Awards. The film is sheer perfection from start to finish, and opened so many doors in terms of the types of horror storytelling that studios were willing to greenlight. Much is said about the way the script tackles racism and the upholding of white supremacy in America, but the film also has moments that are laugh-out-loud funny. 

Lil Rel Howery stars as Rod, the TSA-employed best friend of leading man Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), who realizes pretty quickly that something is very, very wrong with Chris and his white girlfriend’s family. In their last phone call, Rod finds out that the family hypnotized his friend the night before, and makes the only logical conclusion … sex slaves, of course. “Get Out” is such a deep film, covering really serious topics, but the presence of Rod keeps it from becoming too bleak.