I Definitely Wanted To Do A Movie That Started With This Sense Of Invasion — This Sense Of The Fear

I definitely wanted to do a movie that started with this sense of invasion — this sense of the fear of other, the fear of the stranger from outside, which I think is a common fear in society these days — and then sort of force the characters to realize the invaders have their faces.

I didn’t want to make just a home invasion, though I utilized that imagery. I wanted the sense of an adventure that was not necessarily a claustrophobic one — that’s a feeling that turns me off watching. I wanted to make this expansive, I wanted it to have themes of night and day.

— Jordan Peele breaks down the frightening first Us trailer