As you probably spotted in the trailers, Jordan Peele’s Us partially filmed on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California, which memorably played the role of the fictional town of Santa Carla in The Lost Boys. In fact, there’s a portion of Peele’s new nightmare that takes place in 1986, and you’ll want to pay close attention to catch a fun nod to the ’87 vampire classic.
“We shot in Santa Cruz and the first scene of our movie is there,” Peele explained to Uproxx this week. “It’s the same beach, it’s the same amusement park. And it’s even 1986.”
He continues, “There is a reference to The Lost Boys shooting by the carousel. They’re walking down the Santa Monica boardwalk and the mother says, ‘You know they’re shooting a movie over there by the carousel.’”
Yes, what Peele is saying here is that the 1986-set events of Us are taking place at the very same time Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys is being filmed at the very same location!
Peele’s Us (read our review) arrives in theaters TONIGHT.
