Jordan Peele disagrees with his own fans about being “the best horror director”
The Nope director happily concedes the title to Halloween's John Carpenter

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With overwhelmingly positive reviews for Nope rolling in, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if Jordan Peele developed an inflated sense of self worth. Add on top of that fawning stans lauding his unprecedented genius, and, well, anybody would gain a healthy ego under those conditions.
But Peele is more than willing to humble himself and his own fans. Take this viral Twitter exchange for instance: On Wednesday, comic book creator Adam Ellis tweeted the certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes scores of the auteur’s films, writing, “I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time? Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row? I can’t.”