From the bottomless depths of the Sunken Place to a mysterious laboratory in Baltimore, 2017 was a monumental year for horror, sci-fi, and fantasy on the big screen. Back in January, several landmark genre movies from the past year were nominated for Academy Awards, and that celebration continues under the big lights at the Oscars tonight, with Jordan Peele winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Jordan Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in a category that featured four other impressive titles, including The Big Sick, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. A masterclass in psychological, physical, and socially relevant horror, Get Out's award is a huge win for the horror genre and puts the icing on Peele's breakout year behind the camera. We can't wait to see the thought-provoking projects he'll bring to the big screen in the future, and we're pleased to see the hard work of the movie's cast and crew celebrated on Hollywood's biggest night.

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.