The third VHS owned by Adelaide’s parents is The Right Stuff, a movie about aspirant feelings as warm as Hands Across America. Both Goonies also conclude aroun the beach. Instead her double is a misunderstood threat who ruins the original Adelaide’s life. Hers, sadly, turns out much darker as she’s dragged down by someone who maybe should be like Goonies’ Sloth, a misunderstood friend in the making. It is easy to imagine young Adelaide watching The Goonies and then seeing a derelict funhouse on the beach of Santa Cruz and getting the idea that there is a mysterious quest to be found inside. Read more: The Horror Movie Undertones of The Goonies It is in those tunnels where the adventure really begins. Eventually they find themselves dragged below into the tunnels (not unlike C.H.U.D. This movie is about children going on an adventure to find buried treasure, however that quest begins in part on them going to an abandoned, derelict restaurant on an empty beach. In an opaque way, one can also see it inspiring Peele in much subtler ways here. This Ambilin Entertainment production, directed by Richard Donner, is a touchstone to children of the ‘80s and one of many influences on Netflix’s Stranger Things. The GooniesĪnd as a genre film that’s diametrically opposed to C.H.U.D., Adelaide’s family also owns a tape of The Goonies (1985). The VHS tape of this being present in the first shot is an instant wink that the “us” of the title will be hailing from the tunnels below. Now these humanoids are starting to eat the rich people above ground too, so our erstwhile hero has to take them out a decade before Giuliani Time. That’s of course because they’re being eaten by those who’ve become C.H.U.D.s, a fact that the government is conspiring to hide. This hilarious uber-‘80s flick hails from 1984 and stands for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.” In that movie, the monsters were actually once the New York City homeless population but after being exposed to radioactive toxic waste, they’ve been mutated into cannibalistic monstrosities.Įven tapping with far less sophistication into the politics of Us, the film centers around a former fashion photographer turned liberal bleeding heart (John Heard) who photographs the city’s homeless population, but notices there’s been a massive disappearance of many who live in the sewers and subways of NYC. To her left are several VHS cassette tapes (already indicating she comes from a home of relative privilege by 1986 standards), one of which is C.H.U.D. After a cryptic description of thousands of miles of tunnels in America that allegedly serve “no known purpose,” we transition to the startling POV of a young girl named Adelaide watching television. While the marketing for Us has blessedly remained tightlipped about the actual premise of the film, Peele then immediately tips his hat to horror aficionados in the first shot. Perhaps the best place to start is among the more amusing and on-the-nose. Below we’ve rounded up all the influences and inspirations we spotted on first viewing of Us-another captivating socially conscious thriller, here about income inequality-as well as references he visibly namechecks in the picture.
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