The Scariest Thing is 'Us'
10/27/20 • 42 min
Horror movies are always about reckoning with something we have suppressed or believed gone for good--a demon, vampire, werewolf, etc. But when you think about it, the scariest thing that we ever have to reckon with is ourselves. Jordan Peele explores this concept in the movie Us by having literal doubles of the main characters appear with a choice: either deal with your dark side or be destroyed by it.
Horror movies are always about reckoning with something we have suppressed or believed gone for good--a demon, vampire, werewolf, etc. But when you think about it, the scariest thing that we ever have to reckon with is ourselves. Jordan Peele explores this concept in the movie Us by having literal doubles of the main characters appear with a choice: either deal with your dark side or be destroyed by it.
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