Us: parents' guide
Best for ages 16 and up. Rated R for violence/terror, and language.
A smart, frightening horror film for older teens who can handle bloody violence. A family's beach vacation becomes a fight for survival when red-clad doubles of themselves appear in their driveway carrying gold scissors. The doubles slash, bludgeon and strangle people, and the family, kids included, kills back in bloody ways. A neighboring family, including teenage twin girls, is murdered, and news reports point to mass killings. There are about 40 f-words, many from a song, and adults drink heavily for laughs, but no real sexual content. Sixteen fits the gore and sustained terror.
What's in it
Violence
StrongMany bloody killings with scissors, a golf club, a poker, a bat, a boat motor and a car. A woman slashes her own cheeks, children fight and kill, the doubles eat raw rabbits, and bodies later litter the streets and beach.
Language
StrongPlugged In counted about 40 f-words, many in a rap song played during a killing, around 15 s-words, and the n-word in that song. A young boy says 'bullshitty' and tells his sister to kiss his anus.
Sex and nudity
MildNo sex or nudity. A husband playfully poses on the bed hoping to seduce his wife, couples ask each other for kisses, and a teen wears a bikini top at the beach.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateA neighbor couple drinks wine, vodka and whiskey heavily for comic effect, a father drinks beer in a flashback, and a song the family dances to references buying marijuana.
Scary or intense scenes
StrongSustained dread and jump scares from the opening, when a young girl wanders into a funhouse and meets her double. Children are stalked, the mother is handcuffed to a table, and the doubles' grins, rasping voices and jerky movements are deeply unsettling.
Sensitive topics
- Death of a child
- Animal death
Worth talking about
The doubles live underground, unseen by the people above them. Talk about what the film suggests about privilege, and who in our society gets kept out of sight.
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, movieguide.org, classificationoffice.govt.nz, bbfc.co.uk, Kids-In-Mind. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.