Us streaming: Can you watch Us online? Is it legal?

Us, the sophomore film from Oscar winner Jordan Peele, currently holds a highly impressive 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The horror movie debuted in UK cinemas on Friday, March 22, 2019 and is still available to watch on the big screen. But some fans want to watch from the brightly lit safety of their living rooms.

Can you stream Us online? Is it legal?

No, there is no way to stream Us online as of writing and any website purporting to have the movie to stream is illegal.

With Us still in cinemas, the DVD and Blu-ray edition will likely be out in June 2019.

Likewise, a digital download version should be available at the same time.

Get Out, Peele’s critically acclaimed directorial debut, is available to stream on Netflix.

This means there is a slightly higher likelihood of Us appearing Netflix, as opposed to Amazon Prime or Now TV.

Us still has not made its debut in South Korea, Australia, Russia, Slovakia, India, Italy, nor Mexico.

The plot of Us follows the story of a normal African-American family that returns to the childhood beach home of the family’s mother on vacation.

But despite the idyllic setting, matriarch Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is still haunted by a mysterious traumatic experience from her past.

When a group of masked strangers break into the home and hold the family hostage, they have to fight for their own survival.

When those strangers take off their masks to reveal that they’re perfect doppelgangers of the family, the Wilsons have to confront their past traumas and examine who they really are.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Peele described what inspired him to make a classic horror hit.

He said: “I’m such a horror nut that the genre confusion of Get Out broke my heart a little.

“I set out to make a horror movie, and it’s kind of not a horror movie.”

“As a horror fan, I really wanted to contribute something to that world.”

Peele also explained the role race played in Us, adding: “It’s important to me that we can tell black stories without it being about race.

“I realised I had never seen a horror movie of this kind, where there’s an African-American family at the centre that just is.

After you get over the initial realization that you’re watching a black family in a horror film, you’re just watching a movie.”

Us is now playing in cinemas.