If there’s one factor people on the web love doing, it’s tournaments and making an attempt to determine what “the perfect” of one thing is. And since we’re coming into October, that means it’s time to increase that to horror movies. However as a substitute of holding a vote or making a publish for folks to argue about within the feedback, Jordan Peele’s taking a barely completely different strategy to issues…after which, folks can argue about within the feedback.
On Friday, Peele launched a video the place he broke decided his favourite horror film ever. The twist? It’s carried out in a event bracket like in sports activities, with 16 films going head-to-head earlier than the highest two sq. off ultimately. These films largely embody a spread of 80s and 90s classics (like Friday the thirteenth and Scream), newer fare from the 2000s to roughly now (The Babadook and It Follows), whereas the oldest of the bunch is Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 movie The Birds. Naturally, a number of the match-ups get a bit foolish—It Follows squaring off towards Jaws is simply humorous to consider in a extra official capability—however ultimately, the winner is…
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A Nightmare on Elm Road, which Peele says has the best horror villain of all time in Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger. Too dangerous the video’s solely a minute lengthy, as a result of an extended one would’ve allowed him to interrupt down why he selected the flicks he did and what about them he likes. Actors interviewed by Letterboxd get the prospect to do this with their 4 Favorites, and it could result in some attention-grabbing insights, even for the flicks folks might know just like the again of their very own hand.
Agree with Jordan Peele’s choose, disagree? Assume this tells us one thing about his earlier films or his next one due in 2026? Tell us within the feedback.
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