Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Us and Scream.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Us from 2019 and Scream from 1996.
Us is a 2019 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker.
The film follows Adelaide Wilson (Nyong'o) and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers.
The project was announced in February 2018, and much of the cast joined in the following months.
Peele produced the film alongside Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick (the trio previously having collaborated on Get Out and BlacKkKlansman), as well as Ian Cooper.
Filming took place in California, mostly in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Santa Cruz, from July to October 2018.
Us premiered at South by Southwest on 8 March 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on 22 March 2019, by Universal Pictures.
It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $255 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million, and received praise for Peele's screenplay and direction, Nyong'o's performance, and Michael Abels' musical score.
Directed by: Jordan Peele.
Written by: Jordan Peele.
Produced by: Jason Blum, Ian Cooper, Sean McKittrick, and Jordan Peele.
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker.
Cinematography: Mike Gioulakis.
Edited by: Nicholas Monsour.
Music by: Michael Abels.
Production companies: Monkeypaw Productions, Perfect World Pictures, and Blumhouse Productions.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release dates: 8 March 2019 ( SXSW), and 22 March 2019 (United States).
File Length: 116 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $20 million.
Box office: $255.2 million.
Scream is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson.
The film stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore.
Released on 20 December it follows high school student Sidney Prescott (Campbell) and her group of friends in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, who become the targets of a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume known as Ghostface.
The film satirizes the clichés of the slasher genre popularized in films such as Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980) and Craven's own A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
Scream was considered unique at the time of its release for featuring characters aware of real-world horror films who openly discussed the clichés that the film attempted to subvert.
Inspired by the real-life case of the Gainesville Ripper, Scream was influenced by Williamson's passion for horror films, especially Halloween (1978).
The screenplay, originally titled Scary Movie, was bought by Dimension Films, and was retitled by the Weinstein brothers just before filming was complete.
The production faced censorship issues with the Motion Picture Association of America and obstacles from locals while filming on location.
The film received positive reviews and was a financial success, earning $173 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing slasher film until the release of Halloween (2018).
It remains the highest-grossing slasher film in adjusted dollars.
It received several awards and award nominations.
The soundtrack by Marco Beltrami was also acclaimed and was cited as "[one] of the most intriguing horror scores composed in years".
The score has since earned " cult status".
Scream marked a change in the genre as it cast already established and successful actors, which was considered to have helped it find a wider audience, including a significant female viewership.
Scream was credited with revitalizing the slasher genre in the 1990s, which was almost dead following an influx of direct-to-video titles and numerous sequels to established horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s.
Scream's success spawned a series of sequels.
Directed by: Wes Craven.
Written by: Kevin Williamson.
Produced by: Cathy Konrad, and Cary Woods.
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore.
Cinematography: Mark Irwin.
Edited by: Patrick Lussier.
Music by: Marco Beltrami.
Production Company: Woods Entertainment.
Distributed by: Dimension Films.
Release dates: 18 December 1996 ( Los Angeles), and 20 December 1996 (United States).
File Length: 111 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $14–15 million.
Box office: $173 million.
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