#About us movie movie

“The idea behind Us came from when he was a student in upstate New York. According to Darus, Peele got the inspiration from his midnight train rides in New York and that moment in his life influenced both his characters behavior and the meaning of the movie, Alex Darus, writer of Jordan Peele Details Explanation Behind ‘Us’ Inspiration**, talked to Peele about the inspiration behind his movie. Not only was he inspired by other horror film, but he was also inspired by his own personal experiences and thoughts. “To prepare his leading lady, Lupita Nyong’o, for Us, Peele assigned the actress a list of films to watch in order to create, as he told Entertainment Weekly, “a shared language.” These films included: The Birds (1963), The Shining(1980), Dead Again (1991), Funny Games (1997), The Sixth Sense (1999), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), Martyrs (2008), Let the Right One In (2008), The Babadook (2014) and It Follows (2014).” said Newby.

Peele made leading actress Lupita Nyong’o watch some recommended horror films to study for her characters role:

#About us movie movie

As night falls, Adelaide and her family encounter four strangers in the driveway, but then they soon discover that those strangers are evil doppelgängers of themselves called “The Tethered”.ĭirector and writer of the movie Jordan Peele is a horror movie fan and according to Richard Newby, writer of the article The Films That Inspired Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’*, Peele got all of his inspiration from other horror movies. When she spends time on vacation with her family and friends at the beach, Adelaide’s paranoia takes over and minor coincidences lead her to believe that her and her family aren’t safe anymore. On March 22, thriller and horror film Us played in movie theaters throughout the United States.Īdelaide Wilson, played by actress Lupita Nyong’o, struggles living through her life due to an unsolved and terrifying trauma she experienced during her childhood that left her traumatized throughout her life.