Jean Jacket, Nope
By now, horror fans know Jordan Peele excels at—and delights in—subverting any genre expectations you might have when you sit down to watch one of his movies. Nope shifted into the sci-fi realm with an alien-invasion story that was both familiar and completely startling and shocking, thanks in no small part to its extraordinary extraterrestrial. At first mistaken for a ship rather than a ship-shaped (and shape-shifting) organism, Jean Jacket plays very neatly into the film’s take on “spectacle” by targeting people who gaze at it, but any complaints about the theme feeling too heavy-handed are easily forgiven when you see the gruesome way Jean Jacket slurps up and digests its prey. Keep watching the skies… but don’t you dare stare too long. – Cheryl Eddy
