Writer and director Jordan Peele has a new horror hit that’s smashing box office records and stirring socio-political commentary. The movie’s called Us. Like its predecessor it’s expertly performed and exquisitely shot and features horrific villains. This time: gruesome doppelgangers. Who are they?

In a creepy bit of exposition, one of them reveals, “We’re Americans.”

I wasn’t the only one in the theater to laugh at that line. Us—get it? The U.S., America! Peele’s horror movie goes on to make clear it’s concerned with big societal issues: class privilege, economic disparity, and subjugation. But the thing is, those aren’t

uniquely American things...

By Geoff Line