Us (2019)
Figures
Objects & symbols
- The recurring motif of "Jeremiah 11:11"
- The "Hands Across America" motif
Form & technique
- The film's musical score, specifically the use of "I Got 5 on It"
- The home invasion sequence → The Abject Borderline
Tropes
- The Tethered as a collective social class
- The doppelgängers (The Tethered) → The Uncanny
- The relationship between the surface world and the underground tunnels
- The movement and physicality of The Tethered
- The lifestyle and possessions of the Wilson family → The Commodity Fetish
- The character dyad of Adelaide Wilson and Red → The Monstrous-Feminine
Films most connected to Us
- M3GAN (2022) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Uncanny, The Monstrous-Feminine
- Parasite (2019) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Uncanny, The Abject Borderline
- Hellraiser (1987) — via The Uncanny, The Monstrous-Feminine
- Double Lover (2017) — via The Uncanny, The Abject Borderline
- Interview with the Vampire (1994) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Monstrous-Feminine
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Abject Borderline
- The Neon Demon (2016) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Abject Borderline
- Unforgiven (1992) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Abject Borderline