An Instant Horror Classic

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2019)

Us Review:
A family's serenity turns to chaos when a group of doppelgÃ¤ngers begins to terrorize them in Jordan Peele's new nightmare. After the success of Get Out and the creepy looking trailers, I had to see Us. I actually saw it twice: once on the Thursday opening and the second being tonight. Needless to say, I really liked this movie. Jordan Peele is one of the best writer/directors out there right now. His story is very interesting. It starts out as a home invasion movie like The Strangers, but then turns into something new that we haven't seen before. There were some chilling scenes throughout but he has a way of putting humor in it. What's great is it's not forced and it just comes off naturally. I would say Get Out wasn't as scary and more funny than Us. Though Us is more creepy there were more laughs at the humorous parts since most of the audience needed a way to cool down for a sec. The climax of the film is hands down one of the best scene I've seen in a horror movie in a long time. It wasn't scary or anything but it's the way Jordan executed it and made it into art. That's all with the help of Oscar winning Lupita Nyong'o. If she doesn't at least get a nomination for both the Globes and Oscars I'm going to be furious. She plays two different characters and does so well that I forgot that it's just her playing both. The two contrasting personalities make her performance on par with her Oscar winning role in 12 Years a Slave. Winston Duke provided most of the humor in the movie and I loved him. He's turning his fear into little one liners that made the audience roar in laughter. Their two children were very good for being children actors. Evan Alex's other person named Pluto was literally the creepiest part of the movie. I think it's great that he did that well. Once again this is all with the help of Jordan Peele. You can tell he's been writing his scripts and analyzing them for quite some time. Michael Abel composed the score and I think it's creepy and pretty at the same time. It's surprising that it's only his second score, Get Out being his first. I think his score will at least make the Oscar shortlist. The cinematography was really pretty. There's highlights with reds and blues and whites contrasting with dark surroundings which I liked. Mike Gioulakis's cinematography also better make the Oscar shortlist. The editing was pretty good, again especially with the climax of the film. I just really liked this movie. It was original and gripping. One thing I will say is the first time I saw it I felt anxiety throughout and my heart was racing. For the second I watched it I only felt that once. Really good horror movies keep that anxiety and will make your heart race every time in my opinion. I'm not saying this isn't a really good horror movie but I wish I could feel that every time I watch it. Also there's a twist at the end that I called from even before I watched the movie. I liked the twist and it's interesting to watch it from a different point of view the second time if you didn't predict it. I have some questions still with the film but I kind of like that. Still a few things could've been explained. I think Us is a very good movie. It is currently my favorite movie so far of 2019. I like it just a little more than Get Out. I think this will go down in horror classics with Get Out and would definitely recommend seeing it!
My Grade: A