The best thing a filmmaker can do is subvert an audience's expectations. It has been two years since Jordan Peele’s Us hit theaters. Us is a straightforward horror film that loosely tethers itself to a subgenre of horror. It evokes true fear and dread at points. In the moments where the film lacks, there are true gems that make Peele’s second film a great movie. Although it might fail to scare, Us doesn’t fail to do the one thing horror is meant to do—subvert the audience’s expectations. Most films fail to deliver a payoff that the audience does not see coming a mile away, but Peele and his team carefully crafted a film that plants seeds throughout the plot and continues to escalate the narrative by subverting expectations and giving the audiences a satisfying payoff. Check out Filmento’s breakdown of the brilliant consistency that creates tension in Us in the video below. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 27 October, 2021