Jordan Peele Credits "Mirror Image" for "Us"
The new horror/thriller film "Us" is getting rave reviews, and its writer/director,
Jordan Peele, has stated he was "inspired" by Rod Serling's ep, "Mirror Image."
How dandy. Except that "Image" is just a complete REMAKE of Alfred Hitchcock's
"The Case of Mr. Pelham", which he himself directed with Tom Ewell. And in my
opinion, it is superior to "Image", although both are superb. Curiously, "Pelham's"
final scene is bone-chilling in its dialogue, and "Image" is super scary in its
visual conclusion.
While I highly doubt "Pelham" is original ("Invasion of the Body Snatchers" comes
to mind, along with many other "double" short stories), Serling always seems to
get credited with his many "ideas", despite the fact that he borrowed liberally and
constantly.