A card at the beginning of the film mentions miles of underground tunnels, and the plot utilizes the kinds of spaces favored by the genre: Attics, basements, claustrophobic tunnels, hallways with multiple doors each inviting possibility of attack, and abandoned areas.īecause of Adelaide's paranoia, the family at least has a fighting chance. Those squeamish about gore should know that there's definitely some scissor snipping and stabbing, but the real terror of Us comes from suspense, watching the family move around the dark, catching glimpses of the killers they're trying to escape.
If we’re not asking how we got ourselves here, from all angles, we’re doomed to rinse and repeat." But we’re realizing that the terror is homegrown, too. "Right now we’re in a time where that fear is very thick in the zeitgeist: fear of North Korea making a bomb, fear of immigrants. "Invasion movies - whether it’s a home invasion or The Birds or UFOs - pull from fear of the outsider," Peele said to The Wall Street Journal. In the same EW article, Nyong'o described the attack, saying, "It turns into this relentless nightmare that taps into deepest fears and ours as well - the idea that we might be our own worst enemies."
When they descend on the Wilsons' house, the film veers into slasher territory. I wanted to do something that was more firmly in the horror genre but still held on to my love of movies that are twisted but fun.” The monsters in this case are The Tethered, doppelgängers of the Wilson family wearing red jumpsuits and bearing large, golden scissors. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Peele said, "For my second feature, I wanted to create a monster mythology. It all builds to the final night of their stay, when the lights cut out, revealing four silhouetted figures holding hands, standing silently outside the Wilsons' house. Flashing forward to present day, that little girl has grown up to be wife and mother Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o), whose family is returning to the same beach for vacation.Įerie moments accrue, including youngest son Jason (Evan Alex) encountering a man standing stiff and unresponsive on the beach, blood dripping from his hand. A thunderstorm breaks as she walks into a creepy mirrored funhouse challenging her to "find yourself." She does, and is traumatized to muteness by what happened in there we don't quite know what. The film opens with a disturbing flashback hitting some major horror tropes: A young girl leaves a sensorially overwhelming boardwalk and walks into the dark. Patterned after classic Hollywood horror with a thick layer of home invasion, Us will genuinely terrify you. 22, Peele seems determined that no nominating committee will make that mistake again. Warning: major spoilers for Us ahead! Jordan Peele's first feature Get Out garnered a Golden Globe Best Picture nomination.
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