Spook Out! Day 29 ~ Us (2019)

Amazon Says...
"The visionary behind Get Out returns with an original nightmare, pitting an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves."

I Say...
^An accurate summary.

Horror Type...
Thriller

Main Players...
Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson (née Thomas)/Red (Mama Bear)
Winston Duke as Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson/Abraham (Papa Bear)
Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson/Umbrae (Sister Bear)
Evan Alex as Jason Wilson/Pluto (Brother Bear)

I liked...

• the undercurrent of wrongness from the very start
• the sustained tension from the moment Jason makes his startling announcement to his family
• how, and this was my favorite part, the family falls into its familiar bickering in one particular scene when peril's closing in around them
• the flashing back and forth from Adelaide's first encounter with the weird in 1986 to the present day madness
• that the menace was on a wider scale than I'd thought going into this film

The Meh...

• the first act is somewhat dry and runs longer than necessary to establish things
• there's a Big Reveal in the third act, which fits well, then a surprise twist at the end, which also fits well. However, the two don't, in my mind, fit one another for this movie--that is, given the twist, the way the Big Reveal took place doesn't make sense to me

Would I recommend it...?

Yeah, it's a great thriller for Halloween! There's some violence and a bit of gore but all appropriate and not overdone.

Miscellany...

I raved about Lupita Nyong'o in a previous review and must do so again here--she's fan-freaking-tastic and should be in All The Things, ever.

Ratings...

My Grade: B+
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: Tomatometer=93%, Audience Score=60%

Details, Schmeetails...

I Watched Us on Amazon (the Rotten Tomatoes page linked above provides links to other host sites)

Us' IMDb Page

Us' Wikipedia Page (Contains Spoilers)

This concludes day 29 of Spook Out!

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