10 Horror Movie Endings No One Understands

Probably the most dissected flick on this list, Get Out helmer/ former sketch comedy icon Jordan Peele’s socially conscious horror Us is a thornier and harder to decipher work of satire than his triumphant but unabashedly unsubtle debut.

When the film's action comes to a close, the viewer discovers that our heroine isn't a "normal person" but rather one of the experimented-upon Tethered, an underclass who have just pulled off a pretty brutally bloody global uprising. Her young son seems to know, but chooses not to divulge his mother's secret origins as the camera swoops out for an aerial view and Minnie Ripperton sings on the soundtrack.

Huh?

So, as a slice of satire which warns the the working class may well rise up and demand equality, is the film implying that leaving behind your humble roots is evil, or necessary for survival, or that a revolution is imminent, or must be avoided, or what?

The film’s stance seems difficult to discern, but the anti-heroine’s young son pulling down his mask in the film’s closing moments after learning her true nature could be seen to imply that this uprising will be of little consequence when members of the Tethered are still willing to leave their origins behind in order to win social status.

He's happy to maintain the status quo out of fear of the consequences if he doesn't, which is what allowed his mum to sneakily replace her double in the first place.