02x02 - k*ller Dates

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

I've come here to say
one magic word to you.

Yeah?

Cheeseburger.

If you're in a horror
movie don't go on a date.

Just it's not a good idea.

Don't go to a cabin, like
don't go to somewhere isolated.

If I barely knew a
girl, I would not

take her to a secluded
place, I would be too scared.

Also, they should
be scared of me.

We should all be
scared of each other.

I once was making out with
a girl on a first date

and she started to have a seizure. I said
this out loud to her during her seizure,

are you being possessed?

Because that's like how horror
movies have infected my brain.

I thought she was being
possessed by a demon.

Fears an anxieties around dating

can be driven by our
own fears of connection,

our fears of revealing too
much about ourselves too soon.

Our fears of trusting
someone with our true self.

And also, the fear of the other.

Who does this person appear
to be and who are they really.

Just partly truth,
partly fiction.

Walking contradiction.

Are you saying that about me?

a relationship is frightening.
Taking a risk, a chance on

It's one of the most
important things

human beings do in their lives.

It is sort of this risk we
all find that we have to take.

There's something
sweet about you.

But every time
we do it, you feel

like you're taking
your life in your hands

and sometimes you are.

Sorbet?

What are the worst
dates in horror movies?

[suspenseful music]

If you don't have a date
for the prom next Friday,

I remember being 16 and the?
prom was just like the capstone

of everything.

It was what you were aiming for.

Yes!

She said yes.

In terms of ending a story,
a romance ends at a wedding.

But for teenagers, they're
too young to get married,

so it ends at the prom.

[suspenseful music]

That's the big ritual.

You're a kid on your way in
and you're a young adult,

when you go home.

[suspenseful music]

It's such an American thing.

You're building all this
cl*max around this moment that

is supposed to be the defining
moment in this person's

life, which for a foreigner
watching the film,

is such a weird thing to
wrap your head around.

It's like you're putting
all your life on a party?

But, yeah.

It is, how it works.

Prom Night 2
started out as a film

that is not a prom night film.

And through the
modes of distribution

ended up as Hello Mary
Lou, Prom Night 2.

A film 1,000 times
better than Prom Night.

Prom Night 2 is kind of
like this bratty stepchild

of Nightmare on Elm
Street and Carrie,

in which a young woman is
possessed by the spirit

of Mary Lou Maloney.

It was like a real
bad girl in the 50s.

Forgive me, Father, for
I have sinned many times.

Did whatever she wanted.

I loved every minute of it.

Had no remorse about it.

Scram.

Was accidentally m*rder*d by
a jealous lover at the prom.

[suspenseful music]

And then she returns
as a supernatural slasher

possessing, the main
character of Prom Night 2.

And just creating
all sorts of mania.

I mean, there is a
person crushed by lockers

in like spectacular form.

Wop, babawo, bap, wop, bam.

[scream]

Most teenagers have some
kind of inner rebellious self,

an inner outspoken self,
an inner sexual self,

an inner something self.
And they're afraid that if it ever gets out,

it's going to ruin
their whole lives,

and it's going to destroy
everything around them.

Because that's
what they're taught

bythey're good boys and girls. y

So that happens to
Vicki in this movie.

This kind of inner
rebellion explodes.

Even though she's
possessed, you kind of

sense that her ID is coming
out and getting revenge

and it's great.

Hold me, daddy.

But it also, ruins
her life a little bit.

What are you doing?

But it's really exciting and
amusing to watch it happen.

Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.

Will you pray for me?

Of course, child.

Will you f*ck me?

[suspenseful music]

Being a teenager is so hard.

Being an adolescent is so
difficult. All of the horrible,

gross, weird things that
are happening to our bodies,

and our emotions,
and our hormones,

and our socialization.

And here's this
film that takes that

through two wonderful lenses.

The lens of this kid
who is kidnapped,

wakes up in a constructed
prom nightmare.

Suck it.

The object of desire,
the object of anger.

The plaything for
this sadistic girl.

And it also, puts us through
the lens of the girl.

The person who's been denied
all of the things that we think

are going to make us whole.

The person who's been suffering
in a really twisted experience

through her adolescence,
and her body,

and her feelings, and her
emotions, and rejection.

Timmy Valentine, he is
the one that got away.

So she and her father, have
created a nightmare theater.

You're just another frog.

For they can make sh*t happen.

If acupuncture needles
in Audition put you off,

this will do the same
thing for power drills.

There's a moment with the
drill that still I kind sort of

hear it in my head to this day.

And it turns out there's
something even worse

lurking under the floorboards.

It's up there with Evil Dead.

[whistle]

Paula is wild.

She is a wild, wild woman.

And all she wants is to
have the perfect prom.

She's got crowns, she's
got a pretty pink dress on,

she is just ready to
have the perfect prom.

[g*nshots]

[glass shattering]

Carrie?

Probably, worst
prom date on film.

That movie did such a wonderful
job of building up Carrie to be

such a sympathetic character.

[yelling]

You have these
very rough students,

who are picking on
the weird kid, who

has all these troubles at home.

Come to your closet.

No.

And you are watching this sort
of vengeful, desperate spirit,

building up inside of her.

Sit down and be quiet!

She just really wants to fit
in and she gets a taste of it

at the prom, like that prom
night's going really well.

[upbeat music]

She's getting what she
never thought she would get.

She's getting this night that
even in her wildest dreams,

she would never
expect to get just

to have it torn away from her.

I'll remember my prom.

You'll never forget it.

I don't think I will.

but I'm always tempted to just
stop the movie after she wins

prom queen and it's all
very glittery and gauzy,

and she just she
seems so happy, and

Sissy Spacek plays it so well.

[suspenseful music]

And then you see Nancy
Allen's character, like slowly

pulling on the string.

And you know the pig blood's
coming and when it comes,

it's just terrific.

[suspenseful music]

Then she just goes crazy
and murders everybody.

[suspenseful music]

[screams]

At the heart of Kerry,
lies the same heart

that beats in our chest.

It's the outcast out for
revenge, who's triumphant

and just kills everybody.

Carrie is revenge
porn for nerds.

[screams]

Carrie is the worst date
because it's like it's

a bunch of worst dates.

It's not just her
having a bad date.

It's like... There was a lot of
people in that room, at that

prom, that had nothing to do
with the bucket and maybe,

were in the back of the
room and weren't laughing.

Maybe, there were some
people that were going like,

that's not cool they did that.

They still died.

It's so primal.

It's such an adolescent
revenge fantasy. It's breathtaking.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

Watch it, you stupid sh*t.

You're getting blood
all over the place.

Keep your t*ts on and
I'll let you pull the rope.

[suspenseful music]

I think I'm going crazy.

No, you're not.

It's everyone else
who's bonkers.

I know what to do about
mother, some sort of accident.

No!

I've got no control over
myself when I'm with JD.

I don't really like my friends.

I don't really like
your friends either.

[glass shattering]

Are we going to prom or to hell?

[suspenseful music]

Eli.

[suspenseful music]

If you were smart,
you'd stay away from me.

I'm designed to k*ll.

I've k*lled people before.

- I wanted to k*ll you.
- I don't care.

[suspenseful music]

I like watching you sleep.

Do you do that a lot?

Just the past couple of months,

it's kind of fascinating to me.

I don't like these movies.

I mean, I don't know
much about movies.

This is not so bad.

Take me to a place like this
is about, as exciting to me,

as saying let's f*ck.

[suspenseful music]

Terror Train has
one of the worst

hookups in any horror movie.

Maybe, the worst, in
which, nobody in the hook

up is m*rder*d.

Basically, think early


where the really cool
kids love to make

fun of the unpopular kids.

And the nerd, Kenny, has a
huge crush on Jamie Lee Curtis.

And the rest of the cool
kids come up with this idea

that they're going to play
a horrible prank on Kenny.

So they're going to tell
him that Jamie Lee Curtis

wants to have sex with him.

Anher, like in this dorm room.

And it's not Jamie Lee
Curtis is in the bed,

it's a corpse, that
they stole from,

like the biology department.

And, oh, my god!

What happens next
is, like really...

Like the way they filmed
this is just crazy.

He...

The character starts
screaming hysterically

and he stands up on
the bed, and he starts

turning around in
circles, and the bed

decor gets caught around him.

And it's like he's turning...

It's really weird and
unsettling, like they didn't

have to do that, you know.

They could have just
been like, ha, ha, Kenny.

You know, whatever.

But for some reason,
artistically, and story wise,

they decided that they needed
something viscerally disturbing

to watch, like it's
very disturbing.

It also, I think stops
like in slow motion.

[suspenseful music]

And you're like, huh.

And then the next thing you
know, you're on a train,

like it's like the
graduation party train.

And Kenny, may or may not
have come back on the train

to k*ll people, because of
the prank with the dead girl.

[train whistle]

And then, there's also
a love triangle, possibly.

With Alana at the center
where Doc is in love with Mo.

And he's angry at Alana
for taking Mo from him.

And that's why, when Mo
is inevitably m*rder*d,

Doc, who's just been this
misogynistic, insensitive jerk,

suddenly feels.

Oh, come on, Mo!

He's holding him, he's
crying, he's so devastated.

And we're like, man, Doc was
in love with Mo all the time.

And, you know, maybe, that's
even why he was messing around

with Kenny and kind
of trying to shame him

sexually at the
beginning of the movie,

because Doc felt ashamed.

So, Terror Train is really
basically a Chekhov play.

Now is the time.

This is the hour.

Ours is the magic.

Ours is the power.

[suspenseful music]

Sarah is the new girl in school

and she develops a
flirtation with Chris.

Oh, sh*t.

It's the b*tches of Eastwick.

What?

They're witches.

Witches?

But Nancy has her
own history with Chris.

And Chris is like,
not a good guy.

He spreads disease.

I speak from
personal experience.

And they start
doing witch stuff.

Light a feather,
stiff as a board.

Light as a feather,
stiff as a board.

They put a love spell on Chris.

[suspenseful music]

And it goes a little
too far, because he

won't stop pursuing her.

I think you should take me home.

No.

Get back.
Come back here.

God, damn it!

He attempts to r*pe her
and she manages to escape.

Ah!

And when Nancy sees what has
happened to her, what Chris has

tried to do to her,
she becomes infuriated

and incredibly dangerous.

Just leave her alone.

Don't go, you're not
going to help anything.

I want to go play.

So Nancy goes to this
house party to seek him out.

And it's really interesting,
because when she enters

that scene, her rage is very
righteous, but it shifts,

when Nancy gets him alone.

We see in her still this
desire for his validation.

[suspenseful music]

To sort of be chosen by him.

She transforms
herself into Sarah.

And that escalates.

[suspenseful music]

And it escalates,
and it escalates.

You don't even exist to me!

She keeps telling him
he's nothing, he's nothing,

he's nothing.

And the repetition of
the words become a spell.

You are nothing.

And it's this sick trombone
shot that plays with the space.

are sh*t.

You don't exist.

And he's backing up and
Sarah is watching in horror.

I'm sorry.

He's sorry.

Oh, he's sorry, sorry, sorry.

He's sorry.

He's Sorry.

He's sorry.

Sorry, my a*s!

[screams]

And then, he goes out
the window and crashes

to the ground and dies.

And Sarah didn't
even want any of it.

In all storytelling
about love spells,

there's always a warning.

No love spell can
actually reproduce love,

because love is
entirely predicated

on free choice and free will.

And a love spell
necessarily takes that away.

It's the danger of putting
someone's attention

and someone's validation
on a pedestal,

and making that the most
important thing about yourself.

And the kind of violence that,
that reads in its own way.

[suspenseful music]

[Speaking in Japanese]

I guess the ultimate
bad date movie would be

Audition, Takashi Miike's film.

It's in a sense
about video dating,

which was just
starting to become

a thing back at the time.

And, basically, a
guy who gets into it

kind of with ulterior motives,
which aren't very healthy.

And then he gets the
tables very, very violently

turned on him.

[suspenseful music]

With the help of his
film producer friend,

they auditioned a bunch of women
to essentially become his wife.

And they pick Asami, who,
if you look at a checklist,

she's perfect.

She's beautiful, she
cares about you a lot,

she only cares about you.

[phone ringing]

Unfortunately, for them, if you

are not 100% devoted to
Asami, you're in big trouble.

[groan]

I think that's what
makes it interesting

is when you see Audition,
you think this woman is,

just know, a sweet,
innocent actress

who's looking for a part.

And it's like, oh,
this kind of predatory

like, director is going to
like take advantage of her

or lure her into a trap.

And then it flips
it on its head.

[suspenseful music]

Where this movie ends is
the ultimate date gone wrong.

[suspenseful music]

Where he finds himself
tied to the floor,

completely immobilized.

Piano wire, needles,
the whole night.

But, honestly,
did he deserve it?

He may have deserved it.

[suspenseful music]

What makes it work is I
think the universality of it,

like we still have that
behavior in society,

where people in power
will corrupt somebody

young or innocent or put them
in a position, where they

have to question themselves.

[suspenseful music]

It's good to see human universal
element thathink that's the kind of core

really makes this
movie stand out.

Aside from the extremely gory
methods that she uses on him.

[suspenseful music]

Horror and romance
have a very long standing

relationship with one another.

When I'm dead, I think
I'll come and haunt you.

Ah!

Because of the Gothic literature

that the genre stemmed out of.

May you not rest
while I am living.

Cathie?

The romance that's
featured in Jennifer's body

is really fun, because
it's a coming of age story.

And it's really about
the romance between,

Jennifer and her
best friend Needy.

The horror kicks in on
this night, where Needy

is on a date with
Jennifer, but Jennifer

is trying to date these dudes
in this band from New York.

In that situation
goes terribly wrong.

[suspenseful music]

It ends very, very, very poorly.

Everyone's traumatized.

Is dangerous out here.

You want to head someplace
safer, like my van?

So after this terrible night,
Jennifer comes back different.

[scream]

Through a kind of backwards
demonic possession, Jennifer,

ends up becoming this
voluptuous, sex goddess.

She's a little bit crueler,
a little more beautiful.

And she finally goes
on a date with Colin,

who's kind of the little
emo kid of the high school.

Who previous to this,
she's been really

declining all of his advances.

There's a midnight showing
of Rocky Horror at the Bijou,

next weekend.

I don't like boxing movies.

Colin, bless him, thinks he's
going out with his dream girl.

And he arrives in a
strange abandoned building.

There's candles everywhere
and it's very creepy.

You made it.

This isn't really
your house, is it?

No, baby.

This is our house.

We can play mommy and daddy.

The scene is really interesting

and really horrifying.

It's cut between Needy
and her boyfriend's date.

And there's this kind
of telepathic connection

between Needy and Jennifer,
where Needy is experiencing

Jennifer's experience of Colin.

What we see here is the
overlay of sex and consumption.

And when you think about
women's experience of dating

and the anxieties that
like, a cis het woman would

have going out with
a man is like, well,

are they going to k*ll me?

Like, what horrifying thing
are they going to do to me?

But then the subversion
happens, where he needs

to be really afraid of her.

We have so many male
characters as murderers

that it's always kind
of refreshing to see

like female murderers.

Personally, I'm like, yeah,
let's spread the wealth around,

you know.

Like exorcism possession movies.

It's a spirit that's
possessing, but it's usually

in a female body
that's commanding

all of this fear and
respect, which is fun to see.

It's funny, I used
to daydream about being

old enough to go on dates.

It Follows is so haunting.

Maika Monroe's
character goes on a date

and it's a very sweet date.

playing this game pointing
out somebody that you would

want to trade places with.

And her date says.

How about the girl
in the yellow dress?

And she's like.

I don't see her.

And then her date,
totally like goes pale

and leaves the theater even
before the movie starts.

She sees him again, they
have a very romantic night,

they sleep together in his car.

The sex scene in It Follows was

kind of shock, A little
awkward and a little,

like there was
something off about it.

[suspenseful music]

And then, suddenly
out of nowhere,

she's tied to a wheelchair
and he tells her

that she is completely cursed.

She is now going to be
followed by this entity

that she is going to
have to be constantly

running away from, unless she
has sex with somebody else.

I mean, that is a
hell of a predicament

to be put in on a first date.

It has its tempo,
but it's relentless.

It Follows.

It's that slow,
but constant thing.

It's like the tone of the whole
movie feels like the curse.

And it has so much
good stuff in it.

It's like the camera,
the rotating camera

moves the, the thing
that it's following

them taking different
shapes, which

is like such a great idea.

And how it makes you be
looking into the background

of every shot to see if,
well, if it's following.

The whole movie
seems to be about STDs

and the fear of having sex
with people the first time.

That you're truly putting
yourself and your body

out there without really
knowing what to expect

and then what the
repercussions could be.

[scream]

The underlying message is a
very, very old one that horror

fans are familiar with.

About the dangers of sex,
of having a sexual life.

I mean, the message of
the film almost genuinely

seems to be f*ck
around and find out.

[suspenseful music]

Say, young lady,
I think that you're

about ready for another one
of my famous cherry coolers.

I think I've had enough.

Nonsense, you've
never had enough.

Vicki?

[suspenseful music]

Now, we take Masterchard,
Visa, American Express,

but not for tips.

[suspenseful music]

[roar]

Oh, my god!
[suspenseful music]

I'm sorry.

Hi.

[moaning]

[suspenseful music]

Ah!

[suspenseful music]

I got good news
and bad news, girls.

The good news is
your dates are here.

What's the bad news?

They're dead.

[suspenseful music]

Going on a date in real life is

one of the most vulnerable,
kind of humiliating things,

you can do.

It's never super fun.

You know, you're
the most beautiful

woman I've seen since my mom.

And on top of that, the
intersection of horror and sex,

sexuality, romance.

Cathie?

It's been there
since the beginning.

Bride of Frankenstein
is such a great example

for a great date movie.

Frankenstein is a
troubled monster.

[suspenseful music]

But he is so lovable.

He just needs love,
hope, home, peace.

He needs everything
that all of us,

as humans, ask for every
single day of our lives.

Cuddle me a little bit.

You know, I could
use a hug today.

Could you say something
nice to me, please?

The inciting action in a
bunch of these other movies

is the bad date happens
pretty early on,

and then we're all dealing with
the fallout of the date, right?

In Frankenstein is the
anticipation of a date that's

going to happen at
the end of this movie

and how is it going to go?

[suspenseful music]

And then, of course, it
goes badly, so quickly.

[scream]

Can you imagine your
arranged marriage the person

you're going to spend the
rest of eternity with,

looks upon you and
shrieks in utter horror.

We've all had that feeling,
been desperate, unhinged even,

with the hopes that this
person that is going to come

into our lives is
going to love us,

is going to look upon
us with just joy.

[hiss]

When she hisses at
him and he's terrified,

it's totally relatable
of what could

happen on a really bad date.

She hate me.

Like others.

But then, to his
credit, he doesn't react

with violence towards her.

His solution is to
be, like, all right,

we need to shut
all of this down,

which I actually thought
was surprising for a movie

like that.

I was like, oh, you would think
a more traditional Frankenstein

movie would be like,
rejection, me mad now,

burn castle, which kind
of does happen, anyway.

Get away from that leaver,
you'll blow us all to atoms.

But it's more to
stop the whole process.

Go, you live.

Freeing them.

We belong dead.

[suspenseful music]

It's utterly heartbreaking.

There couldn't be a worse
date in the history of movies.

[suspenseful music]

You know what I mean?

It's like after hours.

After Hours is a horror movie.

Oh, God.

Oh.

It's a classic bad date
movie where everything goes

wrong, that could go wrong.

Martin Scorsese
is a big horror fan

and After Hours is kind of
like, his covert horror film.

It's very, very funny,
but you don't realize

just how much your
stomach is kind of

Griffin Dunne, plays this guy
who has this meet cute moment

with Rosanna Arquette.

They're going to go have
a date that night in Soho.

[suspenseful music]

Oh, my god!

He gets down there.

Like something incredible is
really going to happen here.

She gives him her whole life
story, which just gets stranger

and stranger and stranger.

I'm scared.

My husband was a movie freak.

He took his time, six hours.

Do you live with him?

No, he's in Turkey.

I just can't deal
with it tonight.

He just scream out,
surrender, Dorothy.

I'm glad you came.

And, spoiler
alert, then she dies.

He finds her dead
in her apartment.

Marcy!

Oh, Jesus!

And it turns into,
basically, a manhunt.

The whole neighborhood,
for various reasons,

winds up out to
k*ll Griffin Dunne.

Oh sh*t!
[suspenseful music]

And he, basically,
gets chased back

the rest of the film at night.

You know, if you ever
walk down the street

and you're just, like,
what if everybody

really was out to get me?

And this movie says, this is
exactly what it would be like.

[suspenseful music]

What do you want from me?

There you go.

The fair went up to $1
and a half as of midnight.

Its is a perfect snapshot
of New York in the 80s.

[g*nshots]

Yes, before ATMs
and cell phones,

this could happen to you.

Would you just give me a break.

I really just want to go home.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

I could lose my job.

Who would know, exactly?

I could go to a
party, get drunk,

talk to someone, who knows.

That whole movie would
be solved by an ATM,

but he's stuck.

[expl*si*n]

What I thought was
interesting about Scream 2,

is they took the
meta idea of someone

having made a film about the
events of the first movie.

So, you know, Maureen and her
boyfriend, go to see Stab.

And that date goes
really f*cking bad.

It was such a fun
intro, because the movie

just completely created what we
all did for the first Scream.

We all went together
with a group of friends

or on a date to
go see that film.

We all knew what
that feeling was.

Then having it be a date from
hell, where you're going to be

targeted, you're not going to
make it out of this theater

alive, you might not even
want to go to this movie,

to begin with.

I hate scary movies.

All of those
things just run amok

and that doesn't
end well for them.

The horror genre is
historical for excluding

the African-American element.

in black cinema, Sister Souljah?

She's kind of
calling out the tropes,

tbathroom and hears some noise,

and he kind of curiously puts
his ear up to the bathroom

stall, which tickled me,
because I was like, who

puts their ear up
to a stall to hear

what's going on over there?

And then he gets stabbed and
then Ghostface comes back.

You came back just
in time, it looks

like she's about to get it.

And stabs Maureen
to death in front

of the whole audience, who
thinks it's part of the movie

and cheers it on.

[scream]

[loud cheering]

When she goes up to that
screen and everyone sees

that she's bleeding,
it became a little

too real, because no
one will understand

what's wrong with her.

Is it part of the film, is
she reenacting something

or is that girl just super
passionate about the movie

that she's acting it out.

Because of the fandom and
how excited people get,

no one's going to help her.

So it became really, really dark
and that's definitely a date

that went wrong really fast.

American Psycho is one
of these films that's

almost impossible to
watch without feeling

deeply, deeply uncomfortable.

The Christian Bale character
is a portrait of 80s indulgence

and narcissism.

- You're late. - Hey, I'm a child
of divorce. Give me a break.

[scream]

Something horrible is
happening inside of me.

I think my mask of
sanity is about to slip.

His main motivator is he is
so upset by the shallowness

of everyone around him.

He's not self-aware at all.

I don't think he
realizes that he's

just as bad as everyone else.

I can't believe
that Bryce prefers

Van Patton's card to mine.

He thinks he's kind
of the only person

in a world full of sheep.

It's sort of
f*cking loser you are.

What?

[dog barking]

Patrick has a secretary
that is just enamored of him.

You look nice today.

Don't wear that outfit again.

If you don't like
this, I take it.

Come on, you're
prettier than that.

But she's kind of
plain and ordinary,

and she just doesn't
think that he'll

ever take an interest in her.

But one night, he
actually asks her out.

And they go to his
beautiful apartment,

and they're hanging out.

And it looks like,
oh, my god, like they

might actually hook up.

But he actually just
wants to m*rder her.

I guess, you could
say, I just want

to have a meaningful
relationship

with someone special.

He snapped out of
it by a voicemail

that ends up being left on
his phone, kind of breaks him

out of his trance that he's in.

Patrick, Patrick.

I hope you're not out there
with some little number

you picked up, because
you're my Mr Bateman.

My boy next door.

And he lets Jean go
and says to get out.

One of the things it does is it

plants that seed in your
brain every time you

sit down to dinner.

What is that person thinking.

It doesn't have to be that I'm
going to cut off your breasts

It could be something as simple
as, like I truly hate you

and I don't want to be here
or even, I love you completely

and I want to marry
you, which could be

just as scary on a first date.

I don't think we should
see each other anymore.

Why?
What's wrong?

I need to engage in homicidal
behavior on a massive scale,

but I have no other way
to fulfill my needs.

It has something to say
about modern dating, which

is he better not be more
in love with himself

than he is with you or
you could be at risk.

Don't touch the watch.

[suspenseful music]

Because I really, really wanted
to be the one to k*ll you.

Wasn't that hard for me
to find you in Modesto.

It wasn't that hard for
me to f*ck you either.

f*ck you.

Well, now you're just
quoting the original.

I'll do anything you want.

The blood brought me this far.

I need more.

[suspenseful music]

We have something
that everybody wants,

but nobody has.

[screams]

All I saw was some guy
with his paws all over you.

[suspenseful music]

When two people love each
other and can't make that work,

that's the real tragedy.

Total abandonment causes
serious deviant behavior,

certainly f*cked you up and made
you have sex with a psychopath.

f*ck you!

[suspenseful music]

[g*nsh*t]

Are you ready for this?

Oh, f*ck no.

[suspenseful music]

Meeting anyone's parents is,
I don't know, I don't like.

Who would like a glass of wine?

I'll take some wine.

I feel like I'm under
scrutiny in a weird way

and it's not a good
position to be in.

Like a stiff family
dinner, I don't

like the sound of clinking
on a plate, while someone

says, so, what do you do?

I'm a filmmaker.

Is that right?

Do you do commercials,
because those are my favorite.

That's why... And you know,
it's better than the shows now.

You don't really know
who your partner is.

Come on.

Before you've met their family.

Hello, there.

You have to meet
their family and then

youif you won't cooperate.ly.
You're in very bad trouble

And then you learn
more and more and more.

It's a horror movie in life.

So it lends itself to
being a perfect setup

for a horror film.

Once things like internet
dating literally gotten big.

There was kind of
this feeling that

like the way that
people were connecting

wasn't quite the way
that it used to be.

Well, I think
it's better to meet

people online first sometimes.

People's faces lie.

Does my face lie?

There was always
kind of a threat

involved whenever
you tried to make

a new connection with somebody.

And to films that really I
think capitalize on that well

are Your Next and Ready or Not.

Your next is actually, one
of my favorite bad date movies.

And it is about a woman named
Erin, who comes to visit

her boyfriend's family.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

They have a nice little
house out in the woods.

You're folks seem cool.

I mean, for people with
money, you're lucky.

Yes.

But somebody starts
hunting them down.

[screams]

Get away from the window!

[screams]

And the first twist is
you don't realize that Erin

was raised as a survivalist.

I had kind of a weird childhood.

I grew up on a
survivalist compound.

That's crazy.

So she's actually
really f*cking smart

and the last person you'd
want to be going up against.

[suspenseful music]

But then, the other
twist is you realize

that some of the family
members have actually set

this whole thing up,
because they want to get

their family's inheritance.

Excuse me?

I just had to k*ll my own
brother, because you guys keep

getting beat up by some girl.

It's an extremely violent
film, it's very gory,

but it also has a really
good sense of humor.

It's not even the
heart, you dumb b*tch...

[suspenseful music]

She beat that family's a*s.

[suspenseful music]

[screams]

I really love when a
character gets the upper hand

and are making choices
that shows I want to live.

Same with Ready or
Not, like the, the turn

did a great job at
subverting the like, damsel

in distress trope.

Ready or Not stars
Samara Weaving.

Oh, sh*t.
Holy f*ck.

You're my husband!

And she marries into
this wealthy family.

And there's some weird family
tradition that she has to take

part in on her wedding night.

At midnight you
have to play a game.

What does it say girl?

It says hide and seek, are
we really going to play that?

The game is actually one
where they hunt her down

in the house with weapons,
because all rich people are

insane, like it's just a fact.

Like if you know someone
with money, they're crazy.

[suspenseful music]

So she is running
through this mansion

and has to find ways
to defend herself

against this psychotic family.

[g*nsh*t]

And if she can
survive the night, well,

then she's worthy of being rich.

Sort of a metaphor for
regular life, I think.

Well, Samara Weaving's
character is a lot tougher

than they gave her credit for.

And she ends up putting
up quite a fight.

Samara Weaving, once we
met her for the first time,

we knew that what
she would bring

to the role of Grace
McCauley is just

another level of embodiment.

Having that innocence and then,
also having that eye roll.

Jesus!

As to the craziness of
what's happening around her

at the very end of the
movie, when the family

finally gets their comeuppance.

And their bodies are
exploding left and right.

Samara came to us, and she
said, I feel like I should be

laughing during all of
this, like I am winning,

I should be happy.

And from there on, that was the
take that we knew was right.

[suspenseful music]

I think that Get Out is
the best worst date film.

It is a reminder that meeting
your girlfriend's family

is scarier than 90%
of all horror films.

At the start of the
film, before they've

left to go to her
family's house,

Chris asks Rose if her
parents know he's black.

She says no, but
then, does the very

standard thing, the thing
that we've all heard of like,

they're...
They're not r*cist.

My dad would have
voted for Obama

The standard, of course, we
aall know the story of Get Out.

and that's not the case.

Such a privilege to
be able to experience

another person's culture.

You know what I'm saying.

Aha.

Such an intense movie, like how

it begins planting everything,
how it builds the tension.

We're thrilled to have
you up here for the,

for the big get together.

Because you just know that
he's walking into a minefield.

- How bad can it be?
- They are so white, so white.

It's just uncomfortable, and
I say that as a Latino guy.

And I have been in those
situations where I look around,

and it's just a bunch of white
people, and I'm like, oh, boy.

This is where you have to be
careful with what you say.

Fair skin has been in
favor for the past, what?

Couple of hundred of years.

But now the pendulum
has swung back.

Black is in fashion.

Get Out is like the best
example of meeting the parents

and having it be the worst
thing to ever happen.

For having them be too cool.

By the way, I would have
voted for Obama for a third term

if I could.

And then, very much, not cool.

We are the gods
trapped in cocoons.

Who knew that they were mad
scientists doing some brain

swaps.

There is this moment when
he discovers everything

he believes, he knows about
his girlfriend is false,

that she has been luring
men into this trap

her family has built for years.

- Hey.
- Have you got the keys?

Yeah, they are
in here, somewhere.

Let's do this on the move.

Rose.

Rose, the keys.

I'm looking.

Where are those keys, Rose?

[suspenseful music]

You know I can't
give you the keys.

Right, babe?

That is such a
knife to the heart.

Easily, one of the great
twists in modern horror cinema.

For some folks,
it's kind of like,

well, what were you expecting?

We know the history
here, why would

you expect anything different?

Oh, my girl.

Oh, they get you every time.

Part of the horror is in
the fact that we don't know.

You don't know until that trap door opens
and swallows you, and then you're in it.

You were one of my favorites.

That, to me, is always
the like the core horror

of romance.

Is that it doesn't
matter how many years

you spend with
someone, you can never

truly know another person.

And that's because people
are always changing.

We're not static,
we evolve over time.

And the promise to love somebody
forever, in all of their forms,

is a giant one, Because
you don't know what

heads they're going to grow.

[suspenseful music]

Oh, that was wonderful.

[thunder]

[suspenseful music]

As we sit here chatting,
there are important papers

because I don't have anything
to hold them down with.

[suspenseful music]

Here it comes.
[suspenseful music]

To a new world of
gods and monsters.

[suspenseful music]

It's true what they say,
the rich really are different.

[suspenseful music]

How are we supposed
to know that you were

really good at k*lling people.

Now you're in the sunken place.

Get out!

What exactly is supposed
to be following you?

[suspenseful music]

- They're all
gonna laugh at you.

Man: Every horror fan has
their own little secret movie

that only they know about.

Woman: There are a lot
of obscure movies out there

that a lot of people love.

That movie wasn't
pulling any punches.

And it became this thing
of legend.

[Screams]

What did I just watch?

[suspenseful music]

We're not through yet.