Two years ago comedian Jordan Peele released his directorial debut Get Out, a disturbing horror subtly satirising liberal racism. The low budget indie was a huge hit with both the critics and the box office, before being nominated for four Oscars the year after – with Peele winning Best Original Screenplay. Now the director is back with a brand new psychological horror, one that’s just as meticulously crafted as its predecessor. Us stars Black Panther and Star Wars actress Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, who goes on holiday to Santa Cruz with her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and their two children Jason and Zora (Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph).
However, everything soon turns creepy when a family appear outside their beach house one night in red boiler suits, holding pairs of scissors.
But this isn’t just any family, it’s them – their unhinged doppelgängers – who have an unexplained and malicious intent on murdering their other-selves.
Just who are they and what do they really want from the Wilson family? Well, to go into such details would spoil the film’s twists, turns and ultimate mystery.
But what can be said is that Lupita steals the show.
Us movie REVIEW: Lupita Nyong’o is TERRIFYING in Jordan Peele’s intelligent new HORROR (Image: BP)
