‘Us’ (2019)
What it’s about: Jordan Peele’s sophomore feature is easily the scariest in his horror canon, a doppelganger tale that pits an ordinary family against a mysterious band of murderous duplicates. At the film’s center is a vicious dual performance from Lupita Nyong’o as both the protective mother Adelaide and her theatrical, horrifying duplicate Red.
Who it’s for: Lupita Nyong’o stans, horror heads, people with traumatic memories at amusement park fun houses, and everyone critical of the American Dream/capitalism.
What it says about motherhood: Your mother loves you no matter what — even if she’s actually a clone who stole your mother’s identity as a child. —WC