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‘Us’ Is a Masterful Horror and Racial Allegory

Over half of a decade later, Jordan Peele’s second horror outing stands as one of the most innovative and shocking horror movies of a generation

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Ben Ulansey
Oct 06, 2025
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The doppelganger characters standing mencingly in the movie Us / Universal Pictures
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This is another review I put together last year, and in the time since writing it, I think I might have to admit that “Get Out” has retaken the cake as my favorite of the Jordan Peele movies. But what I will say about “Us” is that it’s perhaps the only movie that can be fairly labeled “a slasher” that I’ve managed to love. As s…

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