The trailer for Get Out director Jordan Peele's new movie Us is the stuff of nightmares.

If you’re a horror movie fan, we’ve got a very exciting belated Christmas present for you.

The trailer for Jordan Peele’s upcoming film Us is here and it’s utterly terrifying.

Starring Black Panther stars Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o, the film follows a family as they head to their beach house to catch up with friends including A Handmaid’s Tale actress Elisabeth Moss.

The family’s holiday soon takes a turn for the worst when they discover their holiday home is haunted by some creepy unwelcome visitors.

The worst part? The terrifying figures look just like them.

“It’s us,” the family’s young son says as an identical (albeit, horrifying) family descend on their driveway.

“They look like us, they think like us, they know where we are. They won’t stop until they kill us – or we kill them.”

Watch the trailer for Jordan Peele’s upcoming film Us below. Post continues below…

Although Director Peele’s 2017 Oscar-winning film Get Out had a predominant focus on race, Peele said his decision to have a black family at the centre of Us was not “about” race.

“[It was] very important for me to have a black family at the centre of a horror film,” he said.

“But it’s also important to note this movie, unlike Get Out, is not about race. It is instead, about something that I feel has become an undeniable fact: the simple truth that we are our own worst enemies.”

According to Vulture, Peele told journalists at a press conference last week that Us is about creating “a new horror mythology and a new monster”.

“Stories about monsters are one of our best ways of getting at deeper truths and facing our fears as a society,” the director said.

The upcoming movie is already gaining a huge amount of traction on Twitter, with many fans trying to decode the meaning behind the film.

#USMovie looks so good ???? I’ve watched the trailer multiple times. I don’t like scary movies so I may be watching through my fingers ????????‍♀️ but I gotta see it!

— Kia Abrielle (@Kia_Abrielle) December 28, 2018

me trying to follow the #UsMovie theories pic.twitter.com/CFd43BCWXL

— Taylor Marmie (@taylormarmie) December 27, 2018

I accidentally got sucked into watching the #UsMovie trailer and now I will not sleep the rest of the night thank you Twitter

— Megan Lammers (@LammLamm5) December 27, 2018

I’m so gassed over this trailer for #UsMovie. I love horror films and this one looks super interesting. I love that they didn’t reveal too much. LOVE what they did with the music. Ugh, I’m going opening weekend.

— The Big Bag Wolf (@KidFury) December 25, 2018

Me rn trying to unpack all the symbolism and foreshadowing in the #UsMovie trailer pic.twitter.com/DGtqZwOD7H

— Mica Burton (@MicaBurton) December 25, 2018

Us is set for release in Australian cinemas in March 2019.

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