It's US!

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2019)

Us, the newest horror creation written and directed by Jordan Peele, is an extremely odd, unsettling, darkly humorous, and suspenseful mind trip of a film that for some, may provide more questions than it gives answers for, nevertheless I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Two sequences in particular, the opening sequence before the credits, and the scene in the Tyler family's house, I found to be extremely eerie and disturbing, and for a seasoned horror veteran like myself, that's no easy feat.
The film itself stars Lupita N'yongo as Adelaide Wilson, who after an incredibly surreal, nightmarish experience with a "mirror girl" as a child, is now a grown woman with a husband Gabe, played by Winston Duke, daughter Zora, played by unknown actress (at least I've never seen her before) Shahadi Wright-Joseph, and son Jason, who is played by the similarly unheard of Evan Alex. Rounding out the cast are Tim Heidecker and Elizabeth Moss playing the Tylers, another affluent white couple who are friends of the Wilsons.
The basic premise follows Adelaide and her family confronting a sinister group of doppelgangers called "The Tethered" who attack them brutally one night after returning from a day at the beach, the EXACT same beach where Addie had her experience as a child, and has seemingly been haunted about ever since. She is extremely hesitant to go but eventually agrees after being persuaded by her husband. After arriving strange "coincidences" or signs begin to occur one after the other, and Addie is convinced something bad is going to happen, and that something eventually does happen, although in a far more horrific manner than she probably could have imagined.
Unlike Get Out, which had a strong satirical thriller vibe in the vein of "The Stepford Wives" Us is a far more straightforward horror film that can be enjoyed as such, or if you prefer you can watch the film numerous times in order to go back and see things, little Easter eggs thrown in very clever, often subliminal ways, much like Get Out. All of the actors in the film, especially Lupita but also the children and even the Tylers put forward great performances portraying their original selves and their sinister "tethered" doubles. Highly recommended!