This week’s streaming picks will have you seeing double. Doppelgangers are inherently terrifying, or at the very least alarming, for a variety of reasons. In mythology, a doppelganger often acts as a foreboding harbinger of bad news or luck. On a biological level, there’s something unsettling about the discovery of an unrelated person or entity sharing your face.
Then there’s the matter of identity theft, something horror exploits when it comes to doppelgangers. It’s eerie enough to see what appears to be your clone in the wild, but it’s a whole new level of scary when they attempt to take over your entire existence as their own.
This week’s streaming picks highlight the perils of doppelgangers.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
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Body Snatchers – Criterion Channel
Abel Ferrara’s Invasion of the...
Then there’s the matter of identity theft, something horror exploits when it comes to doppelgangers. It’s eerie enough to see what appears to be your clone in the wild, but it’s a whole new level of scary when they attempt to take over your entire existence as their own.
This week’s streaming picks highlight the perils of doppelgangers.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Body Snatchers – Criterion Channel
Abel Ferrara’s Invasion of the...
- 12/18/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o will be president of the international jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale unveiled on Monday.
The star of 12 Years a Slave, Us and the Black Panther franchise will head up the jury that picks the Gold and Silver Bear winners of the 2024 Berlinale, which runs February 15-25, 2024.
“Lupita Nyong’o embodies what we like in cinema: versatility in embracing different projects, addressing different audiences, and consistency to one idea that is quite recognizable in her characters, as diverse as they may look. We are happy and proud she has accepted our invitation to be the jury president of the 74th Berlinale,” said Berlinale co-directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian in a statement.
Added Nyong’o: “I am deeply honored to serve as the President of the International Jury of the Berlin International Film Festival. I look forward to celebrating and recognizing the...
The star of 12 Years a Slave, Us and the Black Panther franchise will head up the jury that picks the Gold and Silver Bear winners of the 2024 Berlinale, which runs February 15-25, 2024.
“Lupita Nyong’o embodies what we like in cinema: versatility in embracing different projects, addressing different audiences, and consistency to one idea that is quite recognizable in her characters, as diverse as they may look. We are happy and proud she has accepted our invitation to be the jury president of the 74th Berlinale,” said Berlinale co-directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian in a statement.
Added Nyong’o: “I am deeply honored to serve as the President of the International Jury of the Berlin International Film Festival. I look forward to celebrating and recognizing the...
- 12/11/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With his 2017 directorial debut "Get Out," Jordan Peele firmly established himself as a horror filmmaker to watch. It was a box office sensation, making Peele a household name for more than his comedy. Viewers might have shown up expecting something in the vein of his sketch comedy work, anticipating a darker story out of the legendary run of "Key and Peele," in which he performed with Keegan-Michael Key. But "Get Out," while often darkly comedic in its skewering of a supposed "post-race" America, was an all-out horror movie, and was made with such brilliant technique and crackling tension that whatever Peele did next would have an audience. And this time, they'd be ready for the horror.
That follow-up was 2019's "Us." Altogether weirder, more sprawling, and more ambitious than his previous movie, "Us" follows a family on a vacation that goes violently wrong when an underground civilization of doppelgangers rises...
That follow-up was 2019's "Us." Altogether weirder, more sprawling, and more ambitious than his previous movie, "Us" follows a family on a vacation that goes violently wrong when an underground civilization of doppelgangers rises...
- 10/14/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Clockwise from top left: Fair Play (Netflix), Pain Hustlers (Netflix), Us (Universal), Get Out (Universal)Image: The A.V. Club
Jordan Peele fans rejoice—Netflix brings the horror hits Get Out and Us to its library just in time for Halloween movie marathons. Also on deck is the David Yates crime...
Jordan Peele fans rejoice—Netflix brings the horror hits Get Out and Us to its library just in time for Halloween movie marathons. Also on deck is the David Yates crime...
- 9/29/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Family is everything, for better or worse. The blood of friendship might be thicker than the water of the womb, but for these horror families, blood is the fundamental tie that binds them. Horror has historically reflected the contemporaneous fears of society, with early New French Extremity reflecting extreme violence in an enduringly unstable world, while American horror of the 1950s reflected the United States' insecurity in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape. Family remains as consistent as ever, the principal factor that shapes someone into either the best or worst version of themselves.
Horror families especially prioritize the worst. There might well be an entire horror subgenre of messed up families, the kind that encourages each member's worst impulses. Here, we'll be looking at 12 of the most terrifying horror movie families. These are the gaggles of kin that should reasonably send any audience member running for the hills. Home is where you are loved,...
Horror families especially prioritize the worst. There might well be an entire horror subgenre of messed up families, the kind that encourages each member's worst impulses. Here, we'll be looking at 12 of the most terrifying horror movie families. These are the gaggles of kin that should reasonably send any audience member running for the hills. Home is where you are loved,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Chad Collins
- Slash Film
A director needs a certain finesse when paying subtle homage to other films that may have influenced the movie they're making. References and easter eggs can add an extra layer of depth to a story, but if it isn't handled right, it can wind up being a distraction that takes the viewer out of the moment. Jordan Peele and Quentin Tarantino are two modern filmmakers who do it right, using film history to reveal personal connections that have meaning for them and to give credit to the movies that inspired them. Peele, in particular, peppers in references to horror films in an incredibly nerdy, fun way that reveals just how much of a genre fan he really is.
The very beginning of Peele's second film "Us" features a few strategically placed VHS tapes that are undoubtedly some of the director's favorite films. But they're also there for a reason. "The Goonies...
The very beginning of Peele's second film "Us" features a few strategically placed VHS tapes that are undoubtedly some of the director's favorite films. But they're also there for a reason. "The Goonies...
- 10/30/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Though he's only directed three films, Jordan Peele's cineliterate, socially conscious horror movies yield myriad Easter eggs and sometimes call attention to his influences outright. In "Nope," for instance, there's a motorcycle slide that had many "Akira" fans nodding along, thinking, "I understood that reference". The original "Akira" motorcycle was actually inspired by "Tron," so it's as if Peele and his forebears just have their arms linked in a "4,000-mile-long chain" of film homages à la the Hands Across America commercial in "Us."
Like the movie brats of the 1970s, the Oscar-winning "Get Out" writer and director is part of a continuum of auteurs who wear their hyper-referentiality as a badge of honor. Art begets art, and Peele begets "Jaws" references. Steven Spielberg's 1975 film gave rise to a new kind of spectacle, the summer blockbuster, so it should come as no surprise that — as Peele goes into blockbuster...
Like the movie brats of the 1970s, the Oscar-winning "Get Out" writer and director is part of a continuum of auteurs who wear their hyper-referentiality as a badge of honor. Art begets art, and Peele begets "Jaws" references. Steven Spielberg's 1975 film gave rise to a new kind of spectacle, the summer blockbuster, so it should come as no surprise that — as Peele goes into blockbuster...
- 9/9/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
The Jordan Peele-directed horror films "Get Out" and "Us" open with similarly eerie prologues. In "Get Out," a fellow named Andre Hayworth (Lakeith Stanfield) is chatting on his phone while strolling through the suburbs at night, only to be attacked and kidnapped by a masked individual. In "Us," a young girl named Adelaide Wilson (Madison Curry) is visiting the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with her parents when she wanders off, coming face-to-face with her doppelgänger.
From there, both movies jump ahead in time. Where "Get Out" shifts its focus onto a Black photographer named Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) about six months after Andre's kidnapping, "Us"...
The post How Jordan Peele Used Time to Terrify the Audience In Us appeared first on /Film.
From there, both movies jump ahead in time. Where "Get Out" shifts its focus onto a Black photographer named Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) about six months after Andre's kidnapping, "Us"...
The post How Jordan Peele Used Time to Terrify the Audience In Us appeared first on /Film.
- 4/6/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The 2020 SAG Awards have come and gone, with the first award of the evening going to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Tony Shalhoub for Male Actor in a Comedy Series and the last to “Parasite” for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series for “Fleabag,” while the Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series went to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Its star, Rachel Brosnahan paid tribute to Brian Tarantina, who played Jackie the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club and died in November at the age of 60.
Laura Dern won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Marriage Story.” Brad Pitt won for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” “The Crown” won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Lead Actor for “Joker,” while Renee Zellweger won Best Lead Actress for “Judy.”
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series for “Fleabag,” while the Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series went to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Its star, Rachel Brosnahan paid tribute to Brian Tarantina, who played Jackie the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club and died in November at the age of 60.
Laura Dern won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Marriage Story.” Brad Pitt won for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” “The Crown” won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Lead Actor for “Joker,” while Renee Zellweger won Best Lead Actress for “Judy.”
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- 1/20/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
No need to pull out your scissors just yet – voting for the 92nd Academy Awards is still underway, and the nominations won’t be unveiled until Jan. 13. So, don’t worry, voters can still check off Lupita Nyong’o for giving not one, but two, searing performances in Jordan Peele’s Us.” Nyong’o is already a Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” (2013) and could finally snag her second career nom, this time in Best Actress.
Of her two her characters in “Us,” we first meet Adelaide Wilson, a wife and mother of two, who is scarred by a 1986 incident in Santa Cruz; visiting with her parents, she wandered off into a funhouse, where she encountered a doppelgänger of herself, Red, in the hall of mirrors. In the present, Red then returns to terrorize Adelaide and her family. At the end of the movie,...
Of her two her characters in “Us,” we first meet Adelaide Wilson, a wife and mother of two, who is scarred by a 1986 incident in Santa Cruz; visiting with her parents, she wandered off into a funhouse, where she encountered a doppelgänger of herself, Red, in the hall of mirrors. In the present, Red then returns to terrorize Adelaide and her family. At the end of the movie,...
- 1/4/2020
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
The SAG Awards nominations are underway his morning for its 26th edition, with America Ferrera and Danai Gurira revealing the list in 15 film and TV categories in a ceremony at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center. Winners will be revealed in an ceremony January 19 live on TNT and TBS.
SAG AFTRA’s annual awards are a key stopping point in the awards season calendar, with its Ensemble awards on the film side a key barometer ahead of the Oscars. Last year, that honor went to Marvel’s Black Panther, which went on to get an historic Best Picture Oscar nom. Guild voters also matched eventual acting winners Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali.
On the TV side, NBC’s This Is Us and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel won top ensemble honors. Will This Is Us return to defend in a year when no broadcast network shows made the cut for the Golden Globes noms announced Monday?
Below are the this year’s SAG Awards categories.
SAG AFTRA’s annual awards are a key stopping point in the awards season calendar, with its Ensemble awards on the film side a key barometer ahead of the Oscars. Last year, that honor went to Marvel’s Black Panther, which went on to get an historic Best Picture Oscar nom. Guild voters also matched eventual acting winners Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali.
On the TV side, NBC’s This Is Us and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel won top ensemble honors. Will This Is Us return to defend in a year when no broadcast network shows made the cut for the Golden Globes noms announced Monday?
Below are the this year’s SAG Awards categories.
- 12/11/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a whole two days since the Golden Globes nominations came out and that means it’s time for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominees.
The contenders were announced Wednesday morning by America Ferrera and Danai Gurira, with “Bombshell,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite” competing for top film cast and the stars of “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Stranger Things” all in the running for TV’s drama ensemble prize.
On the funnier side of the small screen, the top cast category will come down to “Barry,” “Fleabag,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Schitt’s Creek.”
Also Read: Golden Globes 2020: The Complete List of Nominees
Find all of the nominees in each of the 15 categories below.
The 26th annual SAG Awards air live Sunday, Jan. 19, 2019 starting at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.
The contenders were announced Wednesday morning by America Ferrera and Danai Gurira, with “Bombshell,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite” competing for top film cast and the stars of “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Stranger Things” all in the running for TV’s drama ensemble prize.
On the funnier side of the small screen, the top cast category will come down to “Barry,” “Fleabag,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Schitt’s Creek.”
Also Read: Golden Globes 2020: The Complete List of Nominees
Find all of the nominees in each of the 15 categories below.
The 26th annual SAG Awards air live Sunday, Jan. 19, 2019 starting at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.
- 12/11/2019
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o was just named Best Actress of the year by New York Film Critics Circle for her performance in Jordan Peele’s Us. But despite her much-acclaimed performance as matriarch Adelaide Wilson and her tethered counterpart Red, as well as the film’s overall commercial and critical success, Nyong’o is not too interested in revisiting her characters.
“No thanks. Red is dead,” Nyong’o emphatically declared during her turn at Deadline’s Contenders New York.
While no sequel has been announced, it’s understandable why Nyong’o would not want to return as she describes tackling the duel roles as “was very very very challenging.”
“I had to hold down both sides of the argument,” she told audiences at the DGA theater. “I had to be the offender and the offended. It was about understanding the emotional landscape of each character but also having a very...
“No thanks. Red is dead,” Nyong’o emphatically declared during her turn at Deadline’s Contenders New York.
While no sequel has been announced, it’s understandable why Nyong’o would not want to return as she describes tackling the duel roles as “was very very very challenging.”
“I had to hold down both sides of the argument,” she told audiences at the DGA theater. “I had to be the offender and the offended. It was about understanding the emotional landscape of each character but also having a very...
- 12/7/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s note: This post and podcast contain spoilers for “Us.”]
Lupita Nyong’o’s scarily good performance anchors Jordan Peele’s horror film “Us.” Playing dual roles as the seemingly normal wife and mother, Adelaide Wilson, and Adelaide’s nefarious doppelgänger, Red, she had to be judge and advocate for both characters even as they were at odds. On any given day during the production, she was asked to switch from one to the other, and then back again. The daunting challenge amounted to a physical and psychological workout that took an immense toll on her — and now, following a surprise Best Actress win from the New York Film Critics Circle this week, it may score the Oscar-winning actress another nomination.
“When I was done with this film, I felt bent, quite physically, and I felt drained, emotionally,” Nyong’o said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I stretched my muscles and reached into the depth of my training and my...
Lupita Nyong’o’s scarily good performance anchors Jordan Peele’s horror film “Us.” Playing dual roles as the seemingly normal wife and mother, Adelaide Wilson, and Adelaide’s nefarious doppelgänger, Red, she had to be judge and advocate for both characters even as they were at odds. On any given day during the production, she was asked to switch from one to the other, and then back again. The daunting challenge amounted to a physical and psychological workout that took an immense toll on her — and now, following a surprise Best Actress win from the New York Film Critics Circle this week, it may score the Oscar-winning actress another nomination.
“When I was done with this film, I felt bent, quite physically, and I felt drained, emotionally,” Nyong’o said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I stretched my muscles and reached into the depth of my training and my...
- 12/6/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
The Oscars don’t usually care for horror movies, and they don’t usually remember movies that opened way back in February, but Jordan Peele overcame both of those factors with his 2017 sleeper hit “Get Out.” So are we underestimating his 2019 sleeper hit “Us,” which also received critical acclaim and was a box office success (more than a quarter of a billion dollars grossed worldwide)? Specifically, I think Lupita Nyong’o could ambush the Best Actress race — with or without her scissors.
Nyong’o was an awards darling for her breakthrough role as the enslaved Patsey in “12 Years a Slave” (2013), which ended up winning her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has worked steadily since there, both in front of the camera and in voice-over roles, but “Us” is arguably her juiciest acting showcase since that victory.
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Nyong’o was an awards darling for her breakthrough role as the enslaved Patsey in “12 Years a Slave” (2013), which ended up winning her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has worked steadily since there, both in front of the camera and in voice-over roles, but “Us” is arguably her juiciest acting showcase since that victory.
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- 11/26/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Universal Studios has announced a new horror movie themed maze for Halloween Horror Nights! This one will be based on Jordan Peele’s hit thriller Us. I enjoyed the film and it’s sure to make for a fun Halloween maze. Here are the details that were revealed for the maze:
Featuring the unnerving labyrinth of underground tunnels that stretch from coast to coast below America, to the disorienting and the ominous uprising of “The Tethered”— doppelgängers of every living man, woman and child in the country—the “Us” maze will place guests at the heart of this living nightmare where they quickly realize they are their own worst enemy.
The journey begins circa 1986 as guests follow in the footsteps of the young girl they first meet as Adelaide Wilson as she innocently ventures through a mirror funhouse at the Santa Cruz boardwalk and has a fateful and traumatic encounter with her tethered doppelgänger,...
Featuring the unnerving labyrinth of underground tunnels that stretch from coast to coast below America, to the disorienting and the ominous uprising of “The Tethered”— doppelgängers of every living man, woman and child in the country—the “Us” maze will place guests at the heart of this living nightmare where they quickly realize they are their own worst enemy.
The journey begins circa 1986 as guests follow in the footsteps of the young girl they first meet as Adelaide Wilson as she innocently ventures through a mirror funhouse at the Santa Cruz boardwalk and has a fateful and traumatic encounter with her tethered doppelgänger,...
- 8/11/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
With a boardwalk carnival and beachside funhouse being key components of Jordan Peele's Us, it's fitting that Halloween Horror Nights is bringing the haunting film to life in new mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort this fall!
Check out the artwork, official press release, and trailer below for more details about the Us mazes at Halloween Horror Nights, and go here to catch up on all of our Halloween Horror Nights 2019 coverage, from Creepshow to Stranger Things and beyond!
Press Release: Universal City, CA, Orlando, Fla., – The reality unearthed in Universal Pictures’ global horror film blockbuster, Us, from visionary Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele, becomes perilously tethered to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort in all-new terrifying “Halloween Horror Nights” mazes, debuting this September.
Featuring the unnerving labyrinth of underground tunnels that stretch from coast to coast below America, to the disorienting and the...
Check out the artwork, official press release, and trailer below for more details about the Us mazes at Halloween Horror Nights, and go here to catch up on all of our Halloween Horror Nights 2019 coverage, from Creepshow to Stranger Things and beyond!
Press Release: Universal City, CA, Orlando, Fla., – The reality unearthed in Universal Pictures’ global horror film blockbuster, Us, from visionary Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele, becomes perilously tethered to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort in all-new terrifying “Halloween Horror Nights” mazes, debuting this September.
Featuring the unnerving labyrinth of underground tunnels that stretch from coast to coast below America, to the disorienting and the...
- 8/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Us is available to own on 4K Ultra HD, DVD and Blu-Ray from Monday 29th July and to celebrate we are giving one lucky winner the chance to win a special edition of the Blu-Ray signed by the film’s Academy Award director, Jordan Peele.
Academy Award® winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit, Get Out, with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “Utterly brilliant” and “the scariest, smartest horror movie of the year so far” (Den of Geek). Fans around the world can now untether the truth with more than 50 minutes of bonus features delving deep into the mind of Jordan Peele, his filmmaking process and the symbolism behind Us. The global sensation arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on July 29, 2019.
Featuring incredible must-see performances from...
Academy Award® winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit, Get Out, with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “Utterly brilliant” and “the scariest, smartest horror movie of the year so far” (Den of Geek). Fans around the world can now untether the truth with more than 50 minutes of bonus features delving deep into the mind of Jordan Peele, his filmmaking process and the symbolism behind Us. The global sensation arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on July 29, 2019.
Featuring incredible must-see performances from...
- 7/26/2019
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Happy Friday, everyone! It may be hard to believe, but we have officially made it to the mid-point of the year, which means summertime is practically right around the corner. If you’re looking to escape the rising temperatures outside, here are more than 20 different reasons to stay parked on your couch throughout the month of June, as we have a ton of great horror and sci-fi titles hitting various digital and streaming platforms in the coming weeks.
Everything kicks off in a big way on June 4th, as Jordan Peele’s Us is celebrating its digital debut alongside a slew of indie horror titles, including The Cleaning Lady, The Bastards’ Fig Tree, The Odds, and Recovery. June 7th is yet another busy day, with I Am Mother hitting Netflix and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark Series, They Come Knocking, will be available on Hulu that day as well.
Everything kicks off in a big way on June 4th, as Jordan Peele’s Us is celebrating its digital debut alongside a slew of indie horror titles, including The Cleaning Lady, The Bastards’ Fig Tree, The Odds, and Recovery. June 7th is yet another busy day, with I Am Mother hitting Netflix and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark Series, They Come Knocking, will be available on Hulu that day as well.
- 5/31/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
With the digital and home video release fast approaching for Jordan Peele’s Us, the marketing campaign is pushing hard to let everyone know that one of this year’s most fascinating horror films will soon be available for everyone to watch. Below is a clip in which Lupita Nyong’o’s Adelaide Wilson tries to explain to her […] The post Us Clip Suggests Things Are Getting Weirder And Weirder appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/28/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Universal City, California, April 30, 2019 – Academy Award® winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit, Get Out, with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “a colossal cinematic achievement” and is “meant to be watched over and over”. Fans around the world can now untether the truth with more than 50 minutes of bonus features delving deep into the mind of Jordan Peele, his filmmaking process and the symbolism behind Us. The global sensation arrives on Digital on June 4, 2019, as well as on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on June 18, 2019.
Featuring incredible must-see performances from Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke (Black Panther), Emmy® winner Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker, Us is “the most out-of-the-box horror film of the past decade,”. Movie enthusiasts and horror fans alike can watch Us...
Featuring incredible must-see performances from Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke (Black Panther), Emmy® winner Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker, Us is “the most out-of-the-box horror film of the past decade,”. Movie enthusiasts and horror fans alike can watch Us...
- 5/2/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
After taking us into the Sunken Place in Get Out, Jordan Peele showed viewers that we are our own worst enemies in Us, and if you missed the horror film in theaters or you want to experience the Untethering again and again, you'll be pleased to know that Us is coming to digital on June 4th via Universal, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand release on June 18th, complete with a bunch of special features, including six deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage of Lupita Nyong'o's transformative performance.
From the Press Release: Universal City, California, April 30, 2019 – Academy Award® winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit, Get Out, with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “a colossal cinematic achievement” and is “meant to be watched over and over...
From the Press Release: Universal City, California, April 30, 2019 – Academy Award® winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit, Get Out, with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “a colossal cinematic achievement” and is “meant to be watched over and over...
- 4/30/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
In most movies, a fight with red-robed doppelgängers to the tune of N.W.A.’s “F— the Police” would be the showstopper. But Jordan Peele’s “Us” has an even better musical trick up its sleeve — its deft dissection of the 1995 Luniz hit “I Got 5 on It.”
“I Got 5 on It” comes from an underrated school of hip-hop that discusses low-stakes and even trivial problems with high-level musicality. The “5” refers to a five-dollar bill kicked in toward the purchase of marijuana. The song basically says, if you want to smoke some of my weed, please kick in some cash. It’s a gripe everyone’s had at some point about weed, gas, or french fries.
But the song remains such an earworm 24 years after its debut because nothing about its music sounds trivial. The music has overtones of hurt and betrayal, and may owe those qualities to its surprising and contentious origin story.
“I Got 5 on It” comes from an underrated school of hip-hop that discusses low-stakes and even trivial problems with high-level musicality. The “5” refers to a five-dollar bill kicked in toward the purchase of marijuana. The song basically says, if you want to smoke some of my weed, please kick in some cash. It’s a gripe everyone’s had at some point about weed, gas, or french fries.
But the song remains such an earworm 24 years after its debut because nothing about its music sounds trivial. The music has overtones of hurt and betrayal, and may owe those qualities to its surprising and contentious origin story.
- 3/28/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
“Get Out” was a horror classic, so Jordan Peele’s “Us,” his follow-up film, had big, scary shoes to fill. In the latest “Low Key” podcast, we talk about whether the latest addition to the Peeleverse lives up to our very high expectations. You can listen on Apple or right here:
Every week on “Low Key,” Keith Dennie, Aaron Lanton and I talk about pop culture moments we think other people might have missed. “Us” is a movie made for people who fixate on small details, like why Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is offbeat when she snaps her fingers, and why her son Jason’s lighter doesn’t seem to have any fuel in it. It’s a smorgasbord of low-key delights.
But the subtleties add up powerfully. The more you think about “Us,” the better it is.
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Every week on “Low Key,” Keith Dennie, Aaron Lanton and I talk about pop culture moments we think other people might have missed. “Us” is a movie made for people who fixate on small details, like why Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is offbeat when she snaps her fingers, and why her son Jason’s lighter doesn’t seem to have any fuel in it. It’s a smorgasbord of low-key delights.
But the subtleties add up powerfully. The more you think about “Us,” the better it is.
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- 3/27/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Us movie review is here. Written and directed by comedian-turned-horror-maestro Jordan Peele (brilliantly thought provoking Oscar winner for best original screenplay Get Out - his debut). Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker, the movie has opened with rave reviews in America. Us hits the Indian screens this Friday ? 29?th March 2019. Is Us worth the hype, let?s find out in Us movie review.
Immediate reaction when the end credits of Us roll
Us is beyond any doubt a modern day horror classic, the genius of Jordan Peele in this historic event in American mainstream horror cinema that witnesses a nucleus of African-American characters, is such an uncanny horror movie that tempts you to have multiple viewings. Repeated haunts are guaranteed for those who make a revisit and every visit promises a new revelation.
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Immediate reaction when the end credits of Us roll
Us is beyond any doubt a modern day horror classic, the genius of Jordan Peele in this historic event in American mainstream horror cinema that witnesses a nucleus of African-American characters, is such an uncanny horror movie that tempts you to have multiple viewings. Repeated haunts are guaranteed for those who make a revisit and every visit promises a new revelation.
(Also read:?Kesari Movie Review: A roaring tale of extraordinary bravery,...
- 3/26/2019
- GlamSham
Jordan Peele's Us creeps into theaters this weekend, but young fans of the Oscar-winning director may be scratching their heads about the opening scene, which takes place in 1986 and features a television commercial for Hands Across America.
Although modern critics deride its overall impact, Hands Across America was a real charity event designed to raise awareness about famine in Africa and homelessness in the United States. The event took place on Sunday, May 25, 1986, and involved 6.5 million people linking hands in a human chain across the continental United States. The benefit raised $34 million, although less than half that money went to the cause due to the rather significant promotional costs. Of course, Peele's motives for the commercial go much deeper than testing our pop culture knowledge.
Hands Across America is the thread that tethers the past to the present in Us and acts as the allegoric backbone for the doppelgänger...
Although modern critics deride its overall impact, Hands Across America was a real charity event designed to raise awareness about famine in Africa and homelessness in the United States. The event took place on Sunday, May 25, 1986, and involved 6.5 million people linking hands in a human chain across the continental United States. The benefit raised $34 million, although less than half that money went to the cause due to the rather significant promotional costs. Of course, Peele's motives for the commercial go much deeper than testing our pop culture knowledge.
Hands Across America is the thread that tethers the past to the present in Us and acts as the allegoric backbone for the doppelgänger...
- 3/25/2019
- by Andrea Johnson
- Popsugar.com
The Get Out writer-director splices sociopolitical satire with clever, full-blooded chills
“We’re Americans.” That phrase, delivered in a deathless, deadpan drawl, echoes through the twists and turns of a movie whose very title slyly evokes the common abbreviation for United States. Having taken a scalpel to the covert racism of gliberal America in Get Out, writer-director Jordan Peele turns his gaze inward for this rip-roaring follow-up, which is fearsomely entertaining, consistently thought-provoking and occasionally bloody scary. A Twilight Zone mashup of Dostoevsky’s The Double and Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, spiced up once again by a wit reminiscent of vintage Ira Levin, it’s a modern fable that locates our anxieties about outsiders in a guilty fear of ourselves. The result plays like a mirror-image riposte to the French-Romanian home-invasion horror Ils (Them), suggesting that, contrary to Sartre, hell is not other people; it is us.
“There...
“We’re Americans.” That phrase, delivered in a deathless, deadpan drawl, echoes through the twists and turns of a movie whose very title slyly evokes the common abbreviation for United States. Having taken a scalpel to the covert racism of gliberal America in Get Out, writer-director Jordan Peele turns his gaze inward for this rip-roaring follow-up, which is fearsomely entertaining, consistently thought-provoking and occasionally bloody scary. A Twilight Zone mashup of Dostoevsky’s The Double and Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, spiced up once again by a wit reminiscent of vintage Ira Levin, it’s a modern fable that locates our anxieties about outsiders in a guilty fear of ourselves. The result plays like a mirror-image riposte to the French-Romanian home-invasion horror Ils (Them), suggesting that, contrary to Sartre, hell is not other people; it is us.
“There...
- 3/24/2019
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Jordan Peele’s “Us” is on its way to scaring up one of the biggest debuts of 2019, with an estimated $67 million from 3,741 North American locations.
Should estimates hold, “Us” will be able to claim several milestones: the highest debut for an original horror movie (the biggest launch for any horror pic goes to 2017’s “It” with $123 million); the largest debut for an R-rated movie (topping “Ted” with $54.4 million); the second-highest debut of 2019 after “Captain Marvel”; and the third-highest opening day for a horror film with $29 million.
The current projection is above earlier estimates, which had placed it in the $38 million to $50 million range, and marks quite a leg up over Peele’s last film, “Get Out.” That horror pic debuted to $33 million in 2017 and eventually amassed $167 million Stateside.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their...
Should estimates hold, “Us” will be able to claim several milestones: the highest debut for an original horror movie (the biggest launch for any horror pic goes to 2017’s “It” with $123 million); the largest debut for an R-rated movie (topping “Ted” with $54.4 million); the second-highest debut of 2019 after “Captain Marvel”; and the third-highest opening day for a horror film with $29 million.
The current projection is above earlier estimates, which had placed it in the $38 million to $50 million range, and marks quite a leg up over Peele’s last film, “Get Out.” That horror pic debuted to $33 million in 2017 and eventually amassed $167 million Stateside.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their...
- 3/23/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Lupita Nyong’o went above and beyond to add scare-factors to her evil character in the new horror movie Us.
In the film, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Get Out), the Oscar winner plays two characters — a traumatized mother Adelaide Wilson and her deadly doppelgänger Red who terrorizes Wilson’s family. Nyong’o’s character Red has a particularly spooky way of speaking — a raspy, choppy-like sound as if her voice was stolen from her — which the Black Panther star says she developed after studying a real-life speech condition.
“The voice for Red was inspired by a condition known as spasmodic dysphonia,...
In the film, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Get Out), the Oscar winner plays two characters — a traumatized mother Adelaide Wilson and her deadly doppelgänger Red who terrorizes Wilson’s family. Nyong’o’s character Red has a particularly spooky way of speaking — a raspy, choppy-like sound as if her voice was stolen from her — which the Black Panther star says she developed after studying a real-life speech condition.
“The voice for Red was inspired by a condition known as spasmodic dysphonia,...
- 3/23/2019
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Not that anyone expected it, but Jordan Peele did not suffer a sophomore slump here. After making a highly praised and Oscar winning debut with Get Out, he’s back with another horror outing in Us. The success of the former was no fluke, ladies in gentlemen, as the latter is the real deal. At the same time, can a film be wildly overpraised and also be rather terrific? In this case, that’s what I found Us to be. Despite not sticking the landing, Peele shows us he’s an emerging genre master. The Academy Award chatter can wait for another day, but hitting release today, Us is a jolt of thought provoking horror. Us is a horror/thriller, though one with a lot on its mind. After an introduction to Adelaide Wilson as a child during a formative moment, we meet her again in the present day. Adelaide...
- 3/22/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Madison Curry, Ashley Mckoy, Napiera Groves, Lon Gowan | Written and Directed by Jordan Peele
Us is Jordan Peele’s second directorial feature after his highly successful and critical acclaimed Academy Award-winning directorial debut Get Out released in 2016. His latest, and miraculously only second, directing effort undoubtedly cements Peele as a true horror connoisseur in the same vein as Alfred Hitchcock, but to compare the two would be a travesty to the ever-evolving talents of Peele. His latest is a perfect combination of filmmaker evolution and understanding of the genre that he crafts so well, with a screenplay from the writer/director that is outrageously effective with leading actress Lupita Nyong’o putting in possibly the best performance we’ll be honoured to see this year, as...
Us is Jordan Peele’s second directorial feature after his highly successful and critical acclaimed Academy Award-winning directorial debut Get Out released in 2016. His latest, and miraculously only second, directing effort undoubtedly cements Peele as a true horror connoisseur in the same vein as Alfred Hitchcock, but to compare the two would be a travesty to the ever-evolving talents of Peele. His latest is a perfect combination of filmmaker evolution and understanding of the genre that he crafts so well, with a screenplay from the writer/director that is outrageously effective with leading actress Lupita Nyong’o putting in possibly the best performance we’ll be honoured to see this year, as...
- 3/22/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Daniel Kurland Mar 23, 2019
We answer all of your burning questions about the doppelgänger villains, “The Tethered,” that makes Us such a terrifying experience
This contains major Us spoilers.
Jordan Peele’s latest film, Us, is another brilliant example of a horror film that applies a very real social message to its grisly subject matter, especially when it comes to the film’s monsters, “the Tethered.” Us’ marketing hasn’t tried to hide the fact that the movie’s major threats are doppelgängers of Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) and her family, but the film proves that these monsters are even more complex than they appear.
As Adelaide’s double Red laments, the Tethered are basically living shadows who are forced to mimic their double’s actions and go through the motions, but with none of the proper context or joy. It’s a grim existence for these maladjusted creatures. Red eventually...
We answer all of your burning questions about the doppelgänger villains, “The Tethered,” that makes Us such a terrifying experience
This contains major Us spoilers.
Jordan Peele’s latest film, Us, is another brilliant example of a horror film that applies a very real social message to its grisly subject matter, especially when it comes to the film’s monsters, “the Tethered.” Us’ marketing hasn’t tried to hide the fact that the movie’s major threats are doppelgängers of Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) and her family, but the film proves that these monsters are even more complex than they appear.
As Adelaide’s double Red laments, the Tethered are basically living shadows who are forced to mimic their double’s actions and go through the motions, but with none of the proper context or joy. It’s a grim existence for these maladjusted creatures. Red eventually...
- 3/22/2019
- Den of Geek
Lupita Nyong’o’s mother will always be her daughter’s number one fan — even if it sometimes scares her.
Nyong’o, 36, tells People that her mother Dorothy’s steadfast support was recently tested at the premiere of Nyongo’s new horror movie Us, in which the Oscar winner plays Adelaide, a traumatized mother whose family is terrorized by deadly doppelgängers.
“My mom just came to the premiere of Us and Little Monsters the next day. She [had not seen] Us, so she sat in the audience,” Nyongo’o explains. “She hates scary movies, so she shut her eyes the whole time and blocked her ears.
Nyong’o, 36, tells People that her mother Dorothy’s steadfast support was recently tested at the premiere of Nyongo’s new horror movie Us, in which the Oscar winner plays Adelaide, a traumatized mother whose family is terrorized by deadly doppelgängers.
“My mom just came to the premiere of Us and Little Monsters the next day. She [had not seen] Us, so she sat in the audience,” Nyongo’o explains. “She hates scary movies, so she shut her eyes the whole time and blocked her ears.
- 3/22/2019
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Adelaide Wilson and her family are going to the summer house for a weekend of sun in Santa Cruz. Unfortunately the trip does not come without some emotional baggage. When Adelaide was just a girl she experienced a traumatic incident when she wandered off while at the boardwalk with her parents. The memory of that night has haunted her since and the nightmare may not be over. That first night another family appears at the end of the driveway to their home, dressed in red jumpsuits, together in silence. No sooner has Adelaide’s husband, Gabe, stepped up to scare them off and they are breaking into the home and terrorizing the Wilsons. Their worst fear in being realized. They will have to protect themselves. From...
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- 3/22/2019
- Screen Anarchy
“Us,” the horror follow-up to “Get Out” from director Jordan Peele and released by Universal, earned a massive $7.4 million in its Thursday box office previews from 3,150 screens. It opens on 3,741 screens this weekend.
Independent trackers have “Us” expected to earn between $45-50 million, though Universal is saying that the opening would be considered a success if it was within the range of “Get Out.” Peele’s previous film earned $33.3 million in its first weekend in 2017 following a Thursday preview total of just $1.8 million.
A $50 million opening for “Us” would also put it within the range of the opening for John Krasinski’s horror film “A Quiet Place,” which earned $4.3 million during its Thursday previews. It also eclipsed the total of last year’s horror prequel “The Nun,” which made an impressive $5.4 million on Thursday ahead of a $53.8 million opening.
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Independent trackers have “Us” expected to earn between $45-50 million, though Universal is saying that the opening would be considered a success if it was within the range of “Get Out.” Peele’s previous film earned $33.3 million in its first weekend in 2017 following a Thursday preview total of just $1.8 million.
A $50 million opening for “Us” would also put it within the range of the opening for John Krasinski’s horror film “A Quiet Place,” which earned $4.3 million during its Thursday previews. It also eclipsed the total of last year’s horror prequel “The Nun,” which made an impressive $5.4 million on Thursday ahead of a $53.8 million opening.
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- 3/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jordan Peele’s Us, his follow-up to 2017’s breakout hit Get Out, is projected to bring in $40 million-$48 million in its opening weekend, a number that would exceed what his freshman outing scored and further establish the director as bona fide at the box office.
The movie’s story follows parents Gabe and Adelaide Wilson (Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o) as they take their kids on vacation to Adelaide’s childhood home. It’s not too long after they arrive that mysterious figures appear at the edge of their property. When those strangers break into the house the ...
The movie’s story follows parents Gabe and Adelaide Wilson (Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o) as they take their kids on vacation to Adelaide’s childhood home. It’s not too long after they arrive that mysterious figures appear at the edge of their property. When those strangers break into the house the ...
- 3/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jordan Peele’s Us, his follow-up to 2017’s breakout hit Get Out, is projected to bring in $40 million-$48 million in its opening weekend, a number that would exceed what his freshman outing scored and further establish the director as bona fide at the box office.
The movie’s story follows parents Gabe and Adelaide Wilson (Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o) as they take their kids on vacation to Adelaide’s childhood home. It’s not too long after they arrive that mysterious figures appear at the edge of their property. When those strangers break into the house the ...
The movie’s story follows parents Gabe and Adelaide Wilson (Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o) as they take their kids on vacation to Adelaide’s childhood home. It’s not too long after they arrive that mysterious figures appear at the edge of their property. When those strangers break into the house the ...
- 3/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
by Chris Feil
With his Academy Award winning debut feature Get Out, Jordan Peele distilled an expansive theme into one formidable package. His follow-up Us - a film as giddy to scare us as the kind of carnival house of horrors that its young Adelaide wanders into in the film’s opening moments - does the exact opposite. Here Peele builds upon a single idea, one that doesn’t come into its clearest view until the final moments. Whether Peele is asking us to look inward or look outward, he has shown to be one of the sharpest modern storytellers when it comes to exploring an expanse of intertwined psychosocial ideas.
After her brief ominous prologue, we are reintroduced to the adult Adelaide Wilson, played by the immediately knighted scream queen Lupita Nyong’o. Adelaide is beginning a summer vacation with her husband Gabe and two children, Zora and Jason,...
With his Academy Award winning debut feature Get Out, Jordan Peele distilled an expansive theme into one formidable package. His follow-up Us - a film as giddy to scare us as the kind of carnival house of horrors that its young Adelaide wanders into in the film’s opening moments - does the exact opposite. Here Peele builds upon a single idea, one that doesn’t come into its clearest view until the final moments. Whether Peele is asking us to look inward or look outward, he has shown to be one of the sharpest modern storytellers when it comes to exploring an expanse of intertwined psychosocial ideas.
After her brief ominous prologue, we are reintroduced to the adult Adelaide Wilson, played by the immediately knighted scream queen Lupita Nyong’o. Adelaide is beginning a summer vacation with her husband Gabe and two children, Zora and Jason,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Alec Bojalad Mar 21, 2019
Jordan Peele's newest horror film, Us, uses Hands Across America as a commentary on what America is and what it could have been.
The following contains Huge spoilers for the movie Us. Do not read on unless you've seen the film.
On Sunday, May 25, 1986, America held hands.
Hands Across America was a massive charity and publicity event devised by music manager and non-profit consultant Ken Kragen. The idea was a simple one. Those sea-to-shining-seas you hear so much about? Let’s connect them by forming a human chain.
Of course, one single line of human beings stretched across the continental United States was impossible to pull off. There is impassible terrain to contend with as well as everyone’s busy schedules and eventual boredom. Instead Hands Across America opted to focus on the major cities, amassing a crowd of people who numbered high enough to connect both coasts in theory,...
Jordan Peele's newest horror film, Us, uses Hands Across America as a commentary on what America is and what it could have been.
The following contains Huge spoilers for the movie Us. Do not read on unless you've seen the film.
On Sunday, May 25, 1986, America held hands.
Hands Across America was a massive charity and publicity event devised by music manager and non-profit consultant Ken Kragen. The idea was a simple one. Those sea-to-shining-seas you hear so much about? Let’s connect them by forming a human chain.
Of course, one single line of human beings stretched across the continental United States was impossible to pull off. There is impassible terrain to contend with as well as everyone’s busy schedules and eventual boredom. Instead Hands Across America opted to focus on the major cities, amassing a crowd of people who numbered high enough to connect both coasts in theory,...
- 3/20/2019
- Den of Geek
Jordan Peele’s follow up to his critically acclaimed post-race horror debut Get Out is an equally chilling, thought-provoking, and metaphor laden doppelgänger horror mystery about the failure of the American dream. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss and Winston Duke, Us might lack the element of surprise and the coherence of its predecessor, but still manages to hit all the right notes when it needs to, further cementing Peele’s status as a brilliant innovator.
The film starts in the mid 80s with a young Adelaide Wilson (Madison Curry) who is seen enjoying an evening out with her bickering parents along the Santa Cruz boardwalk. After wandering off while her dad is elsewhere occupied, the young girl finds herself on the beach where she inadvertently enters a seemingly innocuous house of mirrors where she witnesses something no child of her age should ever have to.
Fast forward to the...
The film starts in the mid 80s with a young Adelaide Wilson (Madison Curry) who is seen enjoying an evening out with her bickering parents along the Santa Cruz boardwalk. After wandering off while her dad is elsewhere occupied, the young girl finds herself on the beach where she inadvertently enters a seemingly innocuous house of mirrors where she witnesses something no child of her age should ever have to.
Fast forward to the...
- 3/19/2019
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially-conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele returns with another original nightmare that he has written, directed and produced.
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway.
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover...
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway.
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover...
- 3/14/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jordan Peele's horror film Us, written and directed by him, is scheduled to release across theatres in India on March 29. Set in the present day, Us from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (actor Winston Duke), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway.
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
"The idea for this movie came from a deep-seated fear in doppelgangers," Peele said in a statement.?
"I love doppelganger mythologies and the movies that have dealt with them, and I wanted to make my offering to that pantheon of ?evil-double' films. I was drawn to this idea...
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
"The idea for this movie came from a deep-seated fear in doppelgangers," Peele said in a statement.?
"I love doppelganger mythologies and the movies that have dealt with them, and I wanted to make my offering to that pantheon of ?evil-double' films. I was drawn to this idea...
- 3/14/2019
- GlamSham
“Us,” Jordan Peele’s second outing as a director, following his 2017 critical and box office success “Get Out,” revisits similar psychological horror-thriller territory. But this time the stakes are, well, doubled.
In the new film, to be released by Universal on March 21, Adelaide Wilson, played by Lupita Nyong’o, returns to her childhood beachside home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex). Suddenly they find themselves clawing to stay alive, as four people who look just like them seem hell-bent on killing them.
The main challenge for the film’s below-the-line team was to keep the story grounded in realism while escalating the horror — and keeping the characters and their doppelgängers well defined.
For production designer Ruth De Jong, “Us” represented a collision of two worlds she previously created: the tragic reality of “Manchester by the Sea” and the strange uneasiness of “Twin Peaks.
In the new film, to be released by Universal on March 21, Adelaide Wilson, played by Lupita Nyong’o, returns to her childhood beachside home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex). Suddenly they find themselves clawing to stay alive, as four people who look just like them seem hell-bent on killing them.
The main challenge for the film’s below-the-line team was to keep the story grounded in realism while escalating the horror — and keeping the characters and their doppelgängers well defined.
For production designer Ruth De Jong, “Us” represented a collision of two worlds she previously created: the tragic reality of “Manchester by the Sea” and the strange uneasiness of “Twin Peaks.
- 3/13/2019
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Jordan Peele’s new horror thriller Us recently had its big premiere at SXSW and audiences and critics have been praising the hell out of it. I haven’t seen or heard anything bad about this movie yet so it looks like Peele will once again deliver the goods.
We’ve got two new clips from the movie to share with you today. The first is called “Gabe Retreats Online” and it features Winston Duke’s Gabe trying to scare the intruders away, but things don’t go the way he hopes.
The second clip is called "Adelaide Tries to Explain Her Fear" and in it Lupita Nyong’o is trying to explain her feelings regarding a strange increase of coincidences in her life.
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning...
We’ve got two new clips from the movie to share with you today. The first is called “Gabe Retreats Online” and it features Winston Duke’s Gabe trying to scare the intruders away, but things don’t go the way he hopes.
The second clip is called "Adelaide Tries to Explain Her Fear" and in it Lupita Nyong’o is trying to explain her feelings regarding a strange increase of coincidences in her life.
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning...
- 3/13/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Jordan Peele’s overnight launch into genre infamy is no fluke, readers. With Get Out, he proved horror could sting social relevance, redefine terror and entertain something fierce. His participation in Horror Noire: A History Of Black Horror then amplified the filmmaker’s wealth of rich screamer knowledge. Key & Peele’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch sketch? Only someone who basks under the midnight moonlight would come up with such niche hilarity. Why is all this important? Simple – Get Out is no random success story, and if you haven’t paid attention to the above examples, his newest home infestation nightmare Us is the golden ticket that proves it.
Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) retreat to their lakeside vacation residence for another family getaway. Daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) spends hours texting away, and son Jason (Evan Alex) tests his magic tricks. After a day of...
Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) retreat to their lakeside vacation residence for another family getaway. Daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) spends hours texting away, and son Jason (Evan Alex) tests his magic tricks. After a day of...
- 3/9/2019
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Two weeks before “Us” hits theaters, Jordan Peele’s follow-up to “Get Out” screened for the first time Friday night at SXSW in Austin, Texas. And judging by the early reactions from critics, it appears Peele isn’t suffering from any sophomore slump.
In her review for TheWrap, Yolanda Machado praised the performances of Lupita Nyong’o and Shahadi Wright Joseph, saying each brought something completely different to their dual roles the mother Adelaide Wilson and her daughter Zora, and then as their creepy doppelgänger personas. Machado also said that Peele — who wrote, directed and produced the film — cemented himself as the best horror filmmaker in the business.
“Nyong’o gives a master class in acting in dual roles and is almost unrecognizable as her doppelgänger persona. (Which is as much plot as will be revealed here.) Not only does she take on an entirely different voice, but her posture,...
In her review for TheWrap, Yolanda Machado praised the performances of Lupita Nyong’o and Shahadi Wright Joseph, saying each brought something completely different to their dual roles the mother Adelaide Wilson and her daughter Zora, and then as their creepy doppelgänger personas. Machado also said that Peele — who wrote, directed and produced the film — cemented himself as the best horror filmmaker in the business.
“Nyong’o gives a master class in acting in dual roles and is almost unrecognizable as her doppelgänger persona. (Which is as much plot as will be revealed here.) Not only does she take on an entirely different voice, but her posture,...
- 3/9/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Last night, over at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Jordan Peele’s latest movie Us had its first screening. SXSW represents the launching pad for this late March release, which hopes to be as big a critical, cultural, and financial smash as Peele’s debut Get Out turned out to be. Well, at least one part of the equation seems to be taken care of, as the word out of SXSW is that it’s a real winner. I won’t be seeing the flick for another week or two, but judging by the festival word, it’s an early year must see for cinephiles. As a reminder, up until now, the only hints about what this film was about came from the vague plot description. This is that synopsis, via IMDb: “A mother and father take their kids to their beach house, expecting to enjoy time with friends,...
- 3/9/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Examining the nature of humanity can be a dark and depressing venture, now more than ever. A world that feels divided, one which you fear, becomes your greatest enemy. These are the building blocks for “Us,” writer-director-producer Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated, thrilling and satisfactory follow up to his Oscar-winning 2017 debut “Get Out.” It’s also where he cements his place as one of the best horror creators of our time, knowing that life’s true horror stems from what humans are capable of doing to each other.
Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o), her husband, Gabe (Winston Duke), and their children Zora and Jason (Evan Alex) head to the beach town of Santa Cruz for their summer vacation. They’re an all-American family, with a father who has a degree in dad jokes, a mom who tends to the needs of all her family, a monosyllabic teenager who never looks...
Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o), her husband, Gabe (Winston Duke), and their children Zora and Jason (Evan Alex) head to the beach town of Santa Cruz for their summer vacation. They’re an all-American family, with a father who has a degree in dad jokes, a mom who tends to the needs of all her family, a monosyllabic teenager who never looks...
- 3/9/2019
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
There’s a new international trailer for Jordan Peele’s upcoming horror film Us that has been released, and it actually might be the most terrifying trailer for the film yet! It’s cut together really well and offers a good amount of creepy-ass new footage that is sure to give some people the chills.
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway.
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
After spending a tense beach day with their friends,...
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children for an idyllic summer getaway.
Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
After spending a tense beach day with their friends,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While Salem Horror Fest has become one of the most intriguing horror celebrations in October in recent years, the festival's hard-working creative team stay busy celebrating the genre all year long, and they'll continue to do so this March with a special screening of Jordan Peele's Us.
Taking place on Thursday, March 21st at the AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 in Danvers, Ma, Salem Horror Fest's screening of Us will feature an introduction by Ashlee Blackwell (co-writer/producer of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror and founder of Graveyard Shift Sisters), who was recently a special guest on our Corpse Club podcast!
This year's Salem Horror Fest will begin on Thursday, October 3rd and run through Sunday, October 13th. If you're looking to book a hotel or secure an Airbnb, then you'll want to do it here sooner rather than later, as space is limited.
Read on for additional...
Taking place on Thursday, March 21st at the AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 in Danvers, Ma, Salem Horror Fest's screening of Us will feature an introduction by Ashlee Blackwell (co-writer/producer of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror and founder of Graveyard Shift Sisters), who was recently a special guest on our Corpse Club podcast!
This year's Salem Horror Fest will begin on Thursday, October 3rd and run through Sunday, October 13th. If you're looking to book a hotel or secure an Airbnb, then you'll want to do it here sooner rather than later, as space is limited.
Read on for additional...
- 2/19/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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