‘Get Out': Watch Jordan Peele’s Much Darker Alternate Ending (Video)
What if Chris didn’t have someone coming to his rescue?
Jeremy Fuster | May 18, 2017 @ 4:26 PM
Last Updated: May 18, 2017 @ 4:32 PM
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WARNING: There are major spoilers ahead for “Get Out.”
Every horror movie fan knows about the bait-and-switch ending: The hero looks like he has escaped the danger, only for a shocking final twist to send him hurtling to his doom. Sam Raimi used it in both “Evil Dead” and “Drag Me To Hell,” “Black Mirror” makes frequent use of the trope, and, as it turns out, Jordan Peele almost used it for his breakout hit “Get Out.”
An alternate clip for Peele’s popular horror film shows how the comedy star-turned-horror filmmaker originally planned for Chris’ horrific visit to his girlfriend’s family to end. As “Get Out” fans know, the movie ends with Chris attacking his girlfriend, Rose, out of rage for luring him into her family’s deadly trap. Just as he decides not to kill Rose, a police car shows up, and Rose screams for help hoping that it will frame Chris as a killer. But instead of a cop, the police cruiser turns out to be Chris’ buddy, Rod, who comes to the rescue and drives Chris away.
But in Peele’s original ending (embedded here below), the cruiser does indeed contain police, who arrest Chris for murder. The scene then cuts to Rod visiting Chris in prison, who refuses to protest his innocence and is content in the knowledge that he stopped Rose’s family from hurting anyone else.
That ending would have been one final shot against police prejudice towards black men in a movie filled with statements on the injustices faced by African-Americans in 2017. But in an interview on BuzzFeed’s “Another Round” podcast, Peele said he ultimately felt it wasn’t necessary to have such a downer ending as the rise of Black Lives Matter movement had already forced the issue of police violence in black communities into the national spotlight by the time it came to film “Get Out.” Instead, he decided to put Rod in the car to provide catharsis for the audience.
“It was very clear that the ending needed to transform into something that gives us a hero, that gives us an escape, gives us a positive feeling when we leave this movie,” Peele said. “There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing the audience go crazy when Rod shows up.”
Watch the alternate ending in the clip above — that is if it’s still playing, seeing as it’s unofficial.
You can pick up “Get Out” on Blu-Ray when it hits stores everywhere May 25.
17 Movies With 100-Percent Fresh Ratings on Rotten Tomatoes (Photos)
It's harder to hold onto than you think: Rotten Tomatoes' 100-Percent Fresh rating. A movie that wins it needs to garner only positive reviews from the aggregate site, and that's no easy thing to accomplish. Even some of the best movies in history don't have a 100 percent rating. Here are 17 that do, with a few that might be unexpected.
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) A silent, creepy German horror film, "Dr. Caligari" is full of strange expressionist imagery. The story of a hypnotist who uses his gift to force a man to commit murders is considered a classic.
"Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) Frankenstein's monster needs a mate. That means murdering people and doing mad scientist in 1935 horror movie. It also invented some of the coolest hair ever on its way to becoming a monster movie classic.
"Pinocchio" (1940) "Pinocchio" was produced in the early days before Walt Disney's name became synonymous with an animation empire. It's still counted as a classic in animation, and its major influence on pop culture seems fitting given how well-regarded it is by critics.
"Citizen Kane" (1941) It makes sense that Orson Welles' opus would be sitting atop the heap with a 100-Percent Fresh rating. It's largely considered possibly the best film that's ever been made.
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952) The classic Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds musical still captivates audiences. It was also one of the first films chosen for induction in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
"Rear Window" (1954) Another Hitchcock classic thriller that enjoys the perfect percentage. Jimmy Stewart's paranoid panic about believing his neighbor murder his wife remains as unsettling today as it was in 1954.
"Seven Samurai" (1956) Akira Kurosawa's classic movie about heroes coming together to defend a town inspired quite a few films after it. All that critical love and influence has caused it to consistently rank on lists cataloging the best movies ever made.
"12 Angry Men" (1957) Set almost entirely in one room full of guys yelling at each other about the trial they're adjudicating is one of those movies that reminds you how the justice system is supposed to work. Its 100-Percent Fresh rating is just one of its accolades, and the American Film Institute considers it the second-best courtroom drama ever made -- after "To Kill a Mockingbird."
"North by Northwest" (1959) Who wouldn't love a movie where Cary Grant almost falls off Mount Rushmore? "North By Northwest" isn't the only Alfred Hitchcock thriller that enjoys a 100-Percent Fresh rating, but it is the one with the most giant president heads.
"The Lord of the Flies" (1963) A film adaptation of a novel about kids who get stranded on an island, "The Lord of the Flies" is upsetting. That's mostly because of the eventual child murders (and child murderers) that grow out of the lack of adult supervision.
"Mary Poppins" (1964) The beloved musical starring Julie Andrews mixes animation with live-action performances, which is why it's still a huge favorite with kids and adults. It was acclaimed when it was released, snagging 13 Academy Award nominations and five wins, and is highly regarded enough today that Disney is working on a sequel, coming in 2018.
"Cool Hand Luke" (1967) Nobody's as cool as Paul Newman was in "Cool Hand Luke." Fighting prisoners and testing the guards in a Florida prison, Newman's performance nabbed him a Best Actor Academy Award nomination.
"Blade Runner (Final Cut)" (1982) Ridley Scott's sci-fi cult classic has several versions floating around in the world. It's the 2007 definitive that grabbed the 100-Percent Fresh rating, although Rotten Tomatoes only tallied nine reviews.
"The Witches" (1990) Anjelica Huston and her witch coven friends really hate children. That's why they're planning to turn them all into mice in "The Witches," which still holds up as a funny children's movie -- especially thanks to its over-the-top, still-gross witch makeup effects.
"Toy Story" (1995) Pixar ushered in a phenomenal era of animation with "Toy Story." It also showed off the possibilities of high-quality computer-generated imaging as an animation medium.
"Toy Story 2" (1999) Landing one movie with a 100-percent Fresh rating is impressive, but Pixar did it again with its follow-up to "Toy Story." And it came extremely close once more with "Toy Story 3," missing the coveted pile of positive reviews by just 1 percent.
Off the list: "Get Out" (2017) Jordan Peele's horror film is one of the highest-rated movies of the year so far, and carried its 100-Percent Fresh rating through 143 reviews. It only takes one bad review to lose it, though. It came from notoriously contrarian critic Armond White, whose 144th review brought "Get Out" down to (still-great) 99-Percent Fresh.
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