When the first trailer was released, Jordan Peele spoke about how Us isn't about race, but he believes it makes its own statement.
It was important for Peele to have a black family at the centre of his follow-up to Get Out, since it's still a rarity in horror movies.
"Obviously, my first film had a black lead and it was very much about race, but I think it’s just as much of a statement to make a horror movie with a black family at the centre of it and to just have that be so," he told Digital Spy.
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"There’s a great many reasons you could pose for why that hasn’t happened yet, but probably the systemic failure of getting black auteurs is one of them, and nurturing black talent behind the camera.
"I think I realised it would be new for that reason, but this is really the movie that I can make that no-one’s made yet."
Get Out was a huge statement of intent from Peele, earning critical acclaim, big box office numbers and an Oscar for Peele himself.
He admitted feeling a bit of pressure for the follow-up, but he also used Get Out in an interesting way.
"I think a certain clarity of what an audience is expecting, I was able to use and focus on because then I could subvert those expectations. Yes, it was a lot of pressure, but it was also my greatest advantage in having something established to work off of," he added.
Peele has also spoken about how he isn't too worried about spoilers for Us leaking ahead of its release.
Us is released in cinemas on March 22.
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
