On the set of "Gordy's Home," a '90s sitcom about a family raising a chimpanzee named Gordy, a balloon pops. The show's simian star completely loses it, wrecking the set and maiming and murdering most of his human co-stars. Jupe, a terrified child actor, hides behind a curtain, watching the scene unfold without making eye contact, which spares him from Gordy's wrath. Just as the boy and the ape do their signature fist bump through the curtain, the authorities show up and shoot the ape in the head.
The scariest scene in Jordan Peele's third film, "Nope," is one that feels like it came straight out of a nightmare — and that's because it was inspired by one that Peele had and tweeted about in 2014. In the movie, the now-grown Jupe can only process the horrific trauma of this tragedy through discussing the "Saturday Night Live" parody of it. He misinterprets the fact Gordy spared him to think he was capable of controlling wild animals... which costs him greatly when he thinks he can control the alien Jean Jacket later in the film.
