Opening in 1986 we see a young Adelaide (Madison Curry) suffer a traumatic experience at a funfair in Santa Cruz. Flash forward to present day and a now grown Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o) and her family are heading down to Santa Cruz for a holiday. Her tension at returning to this place only gets worse when a family that look identical to hers appear on their driveway.

Jordan Peele’s follow up film to the excellent Get Out is an equally stunning piece of film making. As with Get Out it’s best to know as little of the plot as possible so I will refrain from saying more than I already have. Needless to say though there is as much subtext in this film as his debut and it makes for intriguing viewing. For me it felt very much a statement on privilege, but I’m sure there could be other interpretations.

Easily the most brilliant aspect of this film are the four central performances. Evan Alex plays the youngest of the family as a boy who likes to wear masks, Shahidi Wright Joseph plays the eldest child and sports a terrifically eerie smile as her character’s doppelgänger. Winston Duke plays the kooky dad and his bear like double. And Lupita Nyong’o gives what must be one of the best horror film performances in a very long time. As Adelaide she covers the stressed out mother looking to protect her children whilst as her doppelgänger she gives one of the most insanely freaky performances you will see. The way she moves is otherworldly and her voice bonkers.

A really great horror film.