Us (2019)

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  d_riptide

  9 / 10

  Jordan Peele further escalates horror on a psychological level, elevating “Us” to a funny, thought-provoking and mentally terrifying exhibit of a well-crafted, dread-inducing, slow burning Tethered nightmare. There are so many ways that one person can interpret the events that transpired in this movie and it proves how so much can be accomplished with the right amount of leverage and creativity. Peele manages to find the right amount of horror and comedy and blend them in seamlessly to where no aspect really outshines the other. The crazy level of suspense has an infinite buildup literally up to the last stretch of the movie with a story that keeps subverting expectations and antagonists that are bound to give me nightmares every time I have to look at myself in the mirror. The cast was really good but it was Lupita Nyong’o who delivered an Oscar worthy performance here. I would be surprised if she does not, at least, get nominated for an Oscar after what she did here. My only gripe about this film is that M.Night Shymalan ending twist.
  
  
  
  With this massive success, Jordan Peele proves that Get Out was no fluke. He could very well be the new face of modern-day horror cinema if he keeps this up. And this is the same guy who’s hosting the new Twilight Zone and considering a live-action Gargoyles movie. Sign me up right now, please.

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