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Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$256 022 707
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Director
Actors
Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Ruth de Jong
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Editing
Nicholas Monsour, Corey Sklov
Whole Team (176)
Whole Team (176)
Short description
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
What's left behind the scenes
- To prepare for her role, Lupita Nyong'o worked with tutors and specialists – an otolaryngologist, a speech therapist, and others – due to fears of losing her voice.
- Jason Blum was one of the producers of Jordan Peele's previous film. He was offered the role of producer for this film as well, but his company, Blumhouse Productions, was unable to provide the required budget, so Universal Pictures hired Blum as a producer.
- Between takes, Lupita Nyong'o remained in character, which the other actors and the film crew found frightening.
- Jason Blum was one of the producers of Jordan Peele's previous film. He was offered to become a producer on this film as well, but his company Blumhouse Productions was unable to provide the required budget, and Universal Pictures brought Blum on as a hired producer.
- Before filming, Jordan Peele tasked the actors with watching 10 horror films: "The Birds" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963), "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), "Dead Again" (Kenneth Branagh, 1991), "Funny Games" (Michael Haneke, 1997), "The Sixth Sense" (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Kim Jee-woon, 2003), "Martyrs" (Pascal Laugier, 2008), "Let the Right One In" (Tomas Alfredson, 2008), "The Babadook" (Jennifer Kent, 2014), "It Follows" (David Robert Mitchell, 2014).
- Filming took place from late July to early October 2018 in Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.
- In Red's speech, as performed by Lupita Nyong'o, spasmodic dysphonia (a strained, intermittent, trembling voice) is audible, as Red has not spoken for many years.
- While preparing for the role, Lupita Nyong'o worked with tutors and specialists—including an otolaryngologist and a speech therapist—due to fears of losing her voice.
- Spasmodic dysphonia (a strained, intermittent, trembling voice) can be heard in the speech of Red, played by Lupita Nyong'o, as Red had not spoken for many years.
- Before filming, Jordan Peele instructed the actors to watch 10 horror films: "The Birds" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963), "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), "Deadly Spring" (Kenneth Branagh, 1991), "Funny Games" (Michael Haneke, 1997), "The Sixth Sense" (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Kim Jee-woon, 2003), "Martyrs" (Pascal Laugier, 2008), "Let the Right One In" (Tomas Alfredson, 2008), "The Babadook" (Jennifer Kent, 2014), and "It Follows" (David Robert Mitchell, 2014).
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