Watch Jordan Peele Determine Out His Favourite Horror Film Ever

If there’s one factor people on the web love doing, it’s tournaments and making an attempt to resolve what “one of the best” of one thing is. And since we’re coming into October, that  means it’s time to increase that to horror movies. However as an alternative of holding a vote or making a submit for individuals to argue about within the feedback, Jordan Peele’s taking a barely completely different method to issues…after which, individuals 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 executed in a match bracket like in sports activities, with 16 films going head-to-head earlier than the highest two sq. off in the long run. These films largely embrace a variety of 80s and 90s classics (like Friday the thirteenth and Scream), more moderen 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, among the match-ups get a bit foolish—It Follows squaring off in opposition to Jaws is simply humorous to consider in a extra official capability—however in the long run, 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 unhealthy 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 may well result in some fascinating insights, even for the flicks individuals might know just like the again of their very own hand.

Agree with Jordan Peele’s decide, 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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