Her character, Adelaide Wilson, spends the movie defending the family she built from evil doppelgängers of themselves who want to kill and replace them. Lupita N’yongo carries the movie, crafting a performance that is equal parts intense, fearful, and campy. But the primary driving force instead comes from character, plot, and the typical set pieces inherent in the genre.įor any horror movie, the suspense and tension is contingent on the audience caring about the characters. While Get Out took its influences from The Stepford Wives and its message was a condemnation of a very specific type of racism, Us has more in common with horror classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and Night of the Living Dead: The social commentary exists, but it’s obliquely referenced and open to interpretation (though we definitely have our theories). It’s just that the themes and metaphors are less transparent. That’s not to say that the film is devoid of commentary, mind you. Unlike Get Out, which was equal parts horror movie and caustic social satire, Us’s script focuses primarily on genre thrills. We were huge fans of writer-director Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we also loved his recent follow-up, Us.
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