The Vile Horror Trope That Needs to Die
Briefly

Service workers behaving strangely has by now become a well-worn trope in horror, escaping from straightforward horror cinema to more pointed films interested in commenting on class or personhood.
In Get Out, protagonist Chris notices the maid, Georgina, behaving strangely as his first clue that something is amiss, making her annihilation a cruel point of the film.
Blink Twice features a housekeeper cryptically wailing 'red rabbit' at Frida, immediately indicating that this idyllic vacation is anything but normal, establishing a sense of foreboding.
Read at Slate Magazine
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