A rising star in its own genre

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2019)

After the so acclaimed debut in Get Out, Jordan Peele returns stablishing himself as the new horror revolutionist introducing the audience to a new genre that combines humour and terror adding a satiric social comment on top. Jordan Peele is on a quest to end boredom in Horror films. No more jumpscares and evil spirits. No more haunted houses. And no more predictable plotlines.
In this thrilling and epic tale, Jordan tells us a story of how the scariest creature we can be afraid of is ourselves. Through great characterization and great performances we are introduced to the family doppelgangers, each with their own twisted characteristic that creates a feeling of strangeness and restlessness that stretches not only to the entire Wilson family but also the audience. The duality of the original and doppelgangers personality is beautifully represented by Lupita Nyong'o's performance (one of her top performances so far).
The film doesn't rely on jumpscares and ghosts to be scary, instead it uses a psychological horror to inflict fear upon the viewer. Everyone has a copy of themselves, so everyone has someone set to kill them. A path of destruction set in motion by no other then ourselves.
The social critic becomes explicit with doppelganger Adelaide Wilson explanation of how the underground world came to be. It was the surface people who created them, forced them to live underground, segregating and subjecting them to those conditions. For ones to thrive, ones must be sacrificed, and that's how this world and our world operate. Shadows of the surface people, continue to survive, mimicking their original selves, mentally challenged, inferior beings. And it's only when the major plot twist is revealed that the second social critic comes to light. Turns out, surface and underground people weren't so different, just a product of their own environment.
Although the argument being mined with a few plot holes, I think the film does an excellent job on entertaining the audience, combining horror and humour in a subtle and innovating way. Ultimately it passes its message and due to its ambiguity, will certainly inspire hours of debates among fans and talked over through years to come.