New US Poster is Deliciously Creepy

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Feb 6, 2019

Jordan Peele has just released a new poster for his upcoming horror film US (see to the right) and it’s just magnificent. From the sight of Lupita Nyong’o wearing a mask of herself to both faces sharing one eye, it’s the kind of poster that creeps under your skin the more and more you look at it. I also wonder if there’s a purposeful recreation of Comedy and Tragedy at play here, especially considering that both elements are rather vital to the horror genre.

“Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us follows 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 (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) 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 (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.“

Written and directed by Jordan Peele, Us was also produced by Peele, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Ian Cooper. It will hit theaters on March 15, 2019.

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