with so much going on beneath the
surface
this film deserves a closer look welcome
to watchmojo.com things you missed in us
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Channel and ring the bell to get
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this list we’re taking a look at little
details and references you might have
missed in Jordan peels 2019 work of
horror if you haven’t seen the film yet
keep in mind this video is one big
spoiler can’t believe you kept all this
inside for so long number 10
shut videotape although the audience’s
attention is drawn to the hands across
america commercial during the film’s
opening scene observant viewers will
also notice the movie shed grouped in
with several other videotapes on a shelf
while it may seem inconsequential at
first this 1984 sci-fi horror film
clearly had a great impact on Jordan
Peele the film centers on a police
officer who teams up with the manager of
a homeless shelter to find the culprits
behind several mysterious disappearances
their investigation takes them down a
manhole to the sewers where humanoid
creatures have been taking people this
mirrors numerous plot points and themes
presented in us from an underground
society rising up to how the homeless
are often overlooked and mistreated by
number nine down the rabbit hole when
the Wilson family sits across the room
from their tethered counterparts it’s
almost like being at the Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party even the cryptic way read
speaks is very Lewis Carroll asked the
most noteworthy nod to Alice in
Wonderland however comes during the
climax when Adelaide finds the entrance
to the underground facility Adelaide
essentially falls down the rabbit hole
to a world governed by madness thus it’s
only fitting that she would stumble upon
not just one but an entire population of
white rabbits just as the rabbits seem
to be multiplying the same can be said
about the doppelgangers joining hands up
above number eight Kitty cuts herself in
an interview with the Philippine Daily
Inquirer actress Elisabeth Moss
described her character Kitty Tyler as
quote someone who has a really good life
but feels like she never got to be who
she wanted to be jordan was so awesome
because there’s just no limit to how
weird you can get fearing that the best
years of her life have slipped away
Kitty tells Adelaide at the beach and
she had a little work done on her face
Kitty spends so much time clinging to
her youth however that she’s completely
blindsided when death casts its shadow
over her family after the Tyler clan is
murdered by their doppelgangers Kitty’s
shadow admires herself in the mirror and
cuts her own face this parallels Kitty’s
plastic surgery but instead of
preserving her looks the doppelganger
demonstrates that beauty is only
skin-deep
number 7 Reds vocal chords whereas the
other doppelgangers can only seem to
utter grunts and moans red stands out as
the only one who speaks fluent English
of course whenever red opens her mouth
it sounds as if her vocal cords got run
over by a car
everything comes together in the end
though as it’s revealed that red was the
real Adelaide all along years ago at the
house of mirrors Adelaide was strangled
by red who subsequently restrained her
double and took her place on the surface
this not only explains why she was the
only member of the tethered who could
speak but also why her voice was so
piercing
despite being chained down the real
Adelaide refused to remain silent
number six next stop the twilight zone
there is a fifth dimension beyond that
which is known to man it is a dimension
as vast as space and as timeless as
infinity watching us it becomes clearer
than ever why Jordan Peele was the ideal
candidate to helm the latest incarnation
of the twilight zone the film is full of
subtle touches that echo the works of
Rod Serling although one episode in
particular Peale has singled out as his
main inspiration is season One’s mirror
need some sleep or something the story
follows Millicent Barnes a young woman
stuck at a bus depot where she
encounters somebody who looks exactly
like herself Millicent is driven to
believe that this look-alike is from a
parallel universe and is going to steal
[Music]
in addition to mirroring Adelaide’s
dynamic with red the episode touches
upon themes of identity humanity and
what it truly means to be afraid of
one’s own shadow
where did you go what do you want
number five corey feldman home alone may
get a shout-out but this movie actually
has more references to corey feldman
than Macaulay Culkin the first nod to
Feldman comes early in the film when
young Adelaide’s mother mentions that
they’re shooting a movie by the carousel
on the boardwalk the film she’s talking
about is 1987’s The Lost Boys which
starred Feldman and was mostly shot in
Santa Cruz California at the carnival
Adelaide receives a thriller t-shirt
featuring Michael Jackson who had been
friends with Feldman during his days as
a child star finally when Redd confronts
Adelaide years later in a classroom
she tells her it’s our time now taking a
page from Feldman’s co-star Sean Astin
in 1985 s The Goonies number 4 Black
Flag t-shirts the Thriller t-shirt isn’t
the only significant article of clothing
in the film when Adelaide is at the
carnival with her parents a man by the
whack-a-mole game is wearing a black
flag shirt consisting of four black
lines the shirt foreshadows the
importance of 1111 another man at the
carnival holds a sign reading Jeremiah
11:11 which refers to a Bible verse
about an inescapable great evil then
when the tethered ultimately emerge in
the present they commence their attack
roughly around 11:11 p.m. one of Kitty’s
daughters also dons a black flag shirt
except the logo is now white instead of
black
in retrospect this should have been a
red flag that something sinister was
about to rise above Black Flag’s logo
originated by one Raymond Pettibon the
amazing artist that became synonymous
with unrest chaos rebellion and those
pushing against anything you got number
three
ain’t got rhythm when the audience’s
first introduced to the Wilsons we’re
led to believe they’re a run-of-the-mill
American family through the time
yes detail however it’s hinted that
something isn’t quite right driving to
their vacation home Adelaide and Gabe
exposed their children to some classic
90s music Adelaide sings and snaps along
with the hip-hop tune I got five on it
trying to get her son Jason and rhythm
getting rhythm
here’s the thing though she’s totally
off tempo knowing that Adelaide was
actually read puts a new perspective on
this scene although she’s managed to
blend in with society red will never
entirely fit in no matter how hard she
tries to maintain a normal appearance
she’ll always be just a little off I
think I feel like it means like she’s
getting closer
number two scissors the doppelgangers
plan to untether themselves from their
shadows with scissors this weapon was
not chosen at random as Jordan Peele
explained in an Entertainment Weekly
interview that scissors have a duality
that ties into the film’s deeper meaning
a pair of scissors is essentially a
single entity containing two parts not
unlike a set of look-alikes this isn’t
the first time scissors have been used
to convey such themes scissors
frequently pop up in 1991’s dead again
or Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
[Music]
in the Austrian film goodnight mommy
twin boys glue a woman’s mouth shut and
then cut it open with scissors also in
Hitchcock’s dial M for murder a woman
being strangled uses scissors to fend
[Music]
number one cuz this is thriller standing
together as a symbol the doppelgangers
all wear matching red jumpsuits and
brown gloves while not as flashy their
clothing is very similar to the jumpsuit
Michael Jackson wore in the music video
for thriller after red imprisoned
Adelaide she stole her thriller t-shirt
in order to pass herself off as the real
deal the image of Michael Jackson’s
iconic outfit obviously stuck with
Adelaide for all those years as she
modeled the tethered ‘s wardrobe after
it of course is film critic Tasha
Robinson pointed out on Twitter
maybe Pele was just trying to find a
middle ground between thriller and
invasion of the body snatchers dr. David
Kidner Elizabeth would you please tell
me in your opinion exactly what is
happening much like the Thriller music
video it seems like the nightmare is
over when the Wilson’s drive off in the
end as Jason looks into his mother’s
eyes however we can see that something
evil is still lurking in the dark do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to
be notified about our latest videos [Music]
surface
this film deserves a closer look welcome
to watchmojo.com things you missed in us
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re taking a look at little
details and references you might have
missed in Jordan peels 2019 work of
horror if you haven’t seen the film yet
keep in mind this video is one big
spoiler can’t believe you kept all this
inside for so long number 10
shut videotape although the audience’s
attention is drawn to the hands across
america commercial during the film’s
opening scene observant viewers will
also notice the movie shed grouped in
with several other videotapes on a shelf
while it may seem inconsequential at
first this 1984 sci-fi horror film
clearly had a great impact on Jordan
Peele the film centers on a police
officer who teams up with the manager of
a homeless shelter to find the culprits
behind several mysterious disappearances
their investigation takes them down a
manhole to the sewers where humanoid
creatures have been taking people this
mirrors numerous plot points and themes
presented in us from an underground
society rising up to how the homeless
are often overlooked and mistreated by
number nine down the rabbit hole when
the Wilson family sits across the room
from their tethered counterparts it’s
almost like being at the Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party even the cryptic way read
speaks is very Lewis Carroll asked the
most noteworthy nod to Alice in
Wonderland however comes during the
climax when Adelaide finds the entrance
to the underground facility Adelaide
essentially falls down the rabbit hole
to a world governed by madness thus it’s
only fitting that she would stumble upon
not just one but an entire population of
white rabbits just as the rabbits seem
to be multiplying the same can be said
about the doppelgangers joining hands up
above number eight Kitty cuts herself in
an interview with the Philippine Daily
Inquirer actress Elisabeth Moss
described her character Kitty Tyler as
quote someone who has a really good life
but feels like she never got to be who
she wanted to be jordan was so awesome
because there’s just no limit to how
weird you can get fearing that the best
years of her life have slipped away
Kitty tells Adelaide at the beach and
she had a little work done on her face
Kitty spends so much time clinging to
her youth however that she’s completely
blindsided when death casts its shadow
over her family after the Tyler clan is
murdered by their doppelgangers Kitty’s
shadow admires herself in the mirror and
cuts her own face this parallels Kitty’s
plastic surgery but instead of
preserving her looks the doppelganger
demonstrates that beauty is only
skin-deep
number 7 Reds vocal chords whereas the
other doppelgangers can only seem to
utter grunts and moans red stands out as
the only one who speaks fluent English
of course whenever red opens her mouth
it sounds as if her vocal cords got run
over by a car
everything comes together in the end
though as it’s revealed that red was the
real Adelaide all along years ago at the
house of mirrors Adelaide was strangled
by red who subsequently restrained her
double and took her place on the surface
this not only explains why she was the
only member of the tethered who could
speak but also why her voice was so
piercing
despite being chained down the real
Adelaide refused to remain silent
number six next stop the twilight zone
there is a fifth dimension beyond that
which is known to man it is a dimension
as vast as space and as timeless as
infinity watching us it becomes clearer
than ever why Jordan Peele was the ideal
candidate to helm the latest incarnation
of the twilight zone the film is full of
subtle touches that echo the works of
Rod Serling although one episode in
particular Peale has singled out as his
main inspiration is season One’s mirror
need some sleep or something the story
follows Millicent Barnes a young woman
stuck at a bus depot where she
encounters somebody who looks exactly
like herself Millicent is driven to
believe that this look-alike is from a
parallel universe and is going to steal
[Music]
in addition to mirroring Adelaide’s
dynamic with red the episode touches
upon themes of identity humanity and
what it truly means to be afraid of
one’s own shadow
where did you go what do you want
number five corey feldman home alone may
get a shout-out but this movie actually
has more references to corey feldman
than Macaulay Culkin the first nod to
Feldman comes early in the film when
young Adelaide’s mother mentions that
they’re shooting a movie by the carousel
on the boardwalk the film she’s talking
about is 1987’s The Lost Boys which
starred Feldman and was mostly shot in
Santa Cruz California at the carnival
Adelaide receives a thriller t-shirt
featuring Michael Jackson who had been
friends with Feldman during his days as
a child star finally when Redd confronts
Adelaide years later in a classroom
she tells her it’s our time now taking a
page from Feldman’s co-star Sean Astin
in 1985 s The Goonies number 4 Black
Flag t-shirts the Thriller t-shirt isn’t
the only significant article of clothing
in the film when Adelaide is at the
carnival with her parents a man by the
whack-a-mole game is wearing a black
flag shirt consisting of four black
lines the shirt foreshadows the
importance of 1111 another man at the
carnival holds a sign reading Jeremiah
11:11 which refers to a Bible verse
about an inescapable great evil then
when the tethered ultimately emerge in
the present they commence their attack
roughly around 11:11 p.m. one of Kitty’s
daughters also dons a black flag shirt
except the logo is now white instead of
black
in retrospect this should have been a
red flag that something sinister was
about to rise above Black Flag’s logo
originated by one Raymond Pettibon the
amazing artist that became synonymous
with unrest chaos rebellion and those
pushing against anything you got number
three
ain’t got rhythm when the audience’s
first introduced to the Wilsons we’re
led to believe they’re a run-of-the-mill
American family through the time
yes detail however it’s hinted that
something isn’t quite right driving to
their vacation home Adelaide and Gabe
exposed their children to some classic
90s music Adelaide sings and snaps along
with the hip-hop tune I got five on it
trying to get her son Jason and rhythm
getting rhythm
here’s the thing though she’s totally
off tempo knowing that Adelaide was
actually read puts a new perspective on
this scene although she’s managed to
blend in with society red will never
entirely fit in no matter how hard she
tries to maintain a normal appearance
she’ll always be just a little off I
think I feel like it means like she’s
getting closer
number two scissors the doppelgangers
plan to untether themselves from their
shadows with scissors this weapon was
not chosen at random as Jordan Peele
explained in an Entertainment Weekly
interview that scissors have a duality
that ties into the film’s deeper meaning
a pair of scissors is essentially a
single entity containing two parts not
unlike a set of look-alikes this isn’t
the first time scissors have been used
to convey such themes scissors
frequently pop up in 1991’s dead again
or Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
[Music]
in the Austrian film goodnight mommy
twin boys glue a woman’s mouth shut and
then cut it open with scissors also in
Hitchcock’s dial M for murder a woman
being strangled uses scissors to fend
[Music]
number one cuz this is thriller standing
together as a symbol the doppelgangers
all wear matching red jumpsuits and
brown gloves while not as flashy their
clothing is very similar to the jumpsuit
Michael Jackson wore in the music video
for thriller after red imprisoned
Adelaide she stole her thriller t-shirt
in order to pass herself off as the real
deal the image of Michael Jackson’s
iconic outfit obviously stuck with
Adelaide for all those years as she
modeled the tethered ‘s wardrobe after
it of course is film critic Tasha
Robinson pointed out on Twitter
maybe Pele was just trying to find a
middle ground between thriller and
invasion of the body snatchers dr. David
Kidner Elizabeth would you please tell
me in your opinion exactly what is
happening much like the Thriller music
video it seems like the nightmare is
over when the Wilson’s drive off in the
end as Jason looks into his mother’s
eyes however we can see that something
evil is still lurking in the dark do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to
be notified about our latest videos [Music]
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