Us

[unspeakablehorror]

Watched Jordan Peele's Us movie recently.  This is probably one of my favorite movies and easily my favorite horror movie.  It's also the movie where he draws the most on horror genre elements and easily the scariest of the Peele movies I've seen.  Which is interesting because I also don't watch much horror in general, so I wouldn't expect to like the most horror-steeped film the most.  But it's also such a fascinating story to think about, and I think that's why I enjoy it so much.  I think you can probably interpret it in a lot of ways, but there are clearly themes relating to social class, superficiality, and Americans being their  own worst enemies, an allegory made literal by the dopplegangers in the film.  It's a story that explores the vacuousness of the American Dream.  If I ever get enough energy and focus, I'd love to write a long meta essay on it.