Genre Research: Us

The movie Us is a horror and thriller film. It is about a woman and her family who returns to a beachfront house from her childhood. Having a traumatic experience here in her childhood, the main character Adelaide feels as if something bad is going to happen. Despite her wishing nothing would go wrong, her feeling was true. One day mask strangers came into their house and this forced them into survival mode. As if all odds were not already against them, it turns out the four mask strangers were doppelgangers of each member of the family. As the movie plays on the family is on the run from the doppelgangers and the doppelgangers are killing anyone they want to. One family the doppelgangers killed was Adelaide and her family's longtime friends. 

Elements in this film that I would use for my final task are anxiety, anticipation, and suspense. The plot twist is something I would have also used if the film was longer than the opening scene. The anxiety watching this show gave me, made me scared but wanting to know what happens next. It also added to my frequent scare jumps as I was already flowing with tension and at the edge. The anticipation is what almost made my heart jump out of my chest as I was scared of what was going to happen to the family. The suspense also added to the thrill of the movie as I watch the characters fight for their lives. May I add that when I saw the doppelganger’s son's face that I was terrified but felt bad for him at the same time. I mean honestly imaging burning your face. There were no specific elements that I didn't like in this movie. Unless, of course, the ending in which it turns out that Adelaide and her doppelganger switched places when she was little. Her doppelganger, Red, had kidnapped her in 1986 when Adelaide had wandered from her family and went into the funhouse on the beach. Adelaide had seen red in the mirrors and red kidnapped her, brought her to the underground, handcuffed her, then took her place in the real world.

 

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