Most filmmakers are able to hide behind a heavy blanket of anonymity when making their early movies. Unless you’re someone like Quentin Tarantino, chances are you didn’t exactly explode onto the scene with your first film, and more often than not you’re not an actor who led a popular comedy sketch show prior to your first feature. But, of course, that’s exactly how things were with Jordan Peele.

Not only was he a successful comedy actor, but his first film, Get Out, blew up in an unexpected way. With its fun concept, slick execution, and timely social commentary, it managed to perform beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. Of course, this has since put pressure on his next film: what would it be? Would it live up to that first film? While the latter is still out for judgment on Peele’s latest movie, Us, we do have a couple minor details for the film, more specifically, we have an idea of what Peele was going for with it.

“For my second feature, I wanted to create a monster mythology,” Peele told EW. “I wanted to do something that was more firmly in the horror genre but still held on to my love of movies that are twisted but fun.”

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Monster mythology, eh? That’s interesting, mostly because when we hear about the film, it doesn’t seem like it lends itself to a typical “monster.” And in regards to the plot, we’ve had an official synopsis in the past, but EW managed to get a more in-depth one forus to pore over:

The story is set in the present day and follows Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke) as they take their kids to Adelaide’s old childhood beachside home in Northern California for the summer. After a day at the beach with the Tyler family (which includes Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker), Adelaide — who’s haunted by a lingering trauma from her past — becomes increasingly more paranoid that something bad will happen to her family. As night falls, the Wilsons see four figures holding hands and standing silently at the bottom of their driveway…

Well, if you have someone you were able to take to Get Out who normally hates horror movies, it certainly sounds like this film will have that same accessibility — for better or worse.

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SOURCE: EW