1 THE TAGLINE
“A new terror” is reminiscent of the tagline from the legendary poster for The Thing (“The ultimate in alien terror”). But it’s telling that the only descriptor for this film is “terror”, not “horror”. Jordan Peele has previously chosen to describe his earlier films as “social thrillers”; expect Nope’s scares to come with a point to make.
2 THE CLOUD
The centrepiece of the poster is this curious image of a cloud, with a string of flags trailing underneath. Theories abounded online, with some noting a similarity to the DeLorean in Back To The Future Part II (time travel?); others thought they spotted faces in the clouds (...God?); while someone is convinced that’s Thomas The Tank Engine you can see there. Peele is keeping schtum, obviously.