‘Them : New Amazon Prime Series Is a Lot of Things … But It’s Not ‘Us’
There are similarities to Jordan Peele’s thriller due to marketing, but that’s where the comparisons endAndrea Towers | April 11, 2021 @ 8:51 PM
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(This article contains some light spoilers for the new Amazon horror series “Them”)
Even before “Them” premiered, comparisons were already being drawn to a popular horror film: Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed 2019 horror film “Us.” Sure, the 10-episode Amazon Prime series from creator Little Marvin and executive producer Lena Waithe is definitely similar both films follow Black families, are about home invasions, and even use the same actor (Shahadi Wright Joseph). And even the marketing implies that the two are alike, as the posters and trailer and even the font used in the title invoke Peele’s work.
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A young Black family s move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood of Los Angeles puts their bond to the test in the first trailer for Amazon Studios Them.
The show was first announced back in July 2018, when Amazon Studios picked up two seasons of this anthology series from new creator Little Marvin.
The first season of the anthology series, entitled Them: Covenant, is set in Los Angeles in 1953, when a family moves as part of a time known as The Great Migration, when the city of Compton was a predominantly white neighborhood.
Trailer: A young Black family s move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood of Los Angeles puts their bond to the test in the first trailer for Amazon Studios Them