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* Mordecai is meant to be a homage to the "crazy old loner" archetype like the gas station attendant from ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes'' or Ralph Neeley from the early ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies. Speaking of, the lake near the cabin in the woods does strongly harken back to Camp Crystal Lake.
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* Mordecai is meant to be a homage to the "crazy old loner" archetype like the gas station attendant from ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes'' ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977'' or Ralph Neeley from the early ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies. Speaking of, the lake near the cabin in the woods does strongly harken back to Camp Crystal Lake.
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** The scarecrows that tear apart [[spoiler:Truman]] are actually from the 80's B-movie [[Film/{{Scarecrows}} of the same name]]. They even get taken out the same way.
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* ''Film/{{Halloween}}'': One of the Buckners does a sideways head tilt a few times, just like Michael Meyers.
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* The whole facility (as well as what's happening to it) is ''very'' [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Mesa-ish]].
* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'': College friends, cabin in the woods, evil basement, ominous book with ancient chant, and evil molesting trees. "Deadites" also show up on the betting board. The cabin itself looks almost identical to the one from the movie.
* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'': College friends, cabin in the woods, evil basement, ominous book with ancient chant, and evil molesting trees. "Deadites" also show up on the betting board. The cabin itself looks almost identical to the one from the movie.
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* The whole facility (as well as what's happening to it) is ''very'' [[VideoGame/HalfLife reminiscent of the Black Mesa-ish]].
Mesa Research Facility from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series.
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** College friends, cabin in the woods, evil basement, ominous book with ancient chant, and evil molesting trees. "Deadites" also show up on the bettingboard. board.
** The cabin itself looks almost identical to the one from themovie.movie. WordOfGod says this was intentional. Rumor has it that the filmmakers actually painstakingly built it from scratch because they couldn't track down the original house.
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** Additionally, the exterior of the titular cabin in the woods looks exactly like the abandoned cabin from the first two ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films. WordOfGod says this was intentional. Rumor has it that the filmmakers actually painstakingly built it from scratch because they couldn't track down the original house.
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* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': On a monitor during "The Carnage" you can see [[FeetFirstIntroduction the foot of a Xenomorph]] advance towards a cowering woman, the same way the shot happened in the first ''Alien'' film. Additionally the long-tailed alien monster that leaps onto a security soldier's head is similar to the Facehugger.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, a Tank and a Witch are seen among the various monsters. The production team even went so far as to use the in-game models in the film itself.
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}s are some doll-masked [[Film/TheStrangers strangers]], a torturer in a mask and leather apron straight from ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' and the scarecrows that tear apart [[spoiler: Truman]] are actually from the 80's B-movie [[Film/{{Scarecrows}} of the same name]], they even get taken out the same way.
* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The very end, [[spoiler: with the hand coming out of the ground, might be a reference to the ending of ''Carrie''.]]
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, a Tank and a Witch are seen among the various monsters. The production team even went so far as to use the in-game models in the film itself.
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}s are some doll-masked [[Film/TheStrangers strangers]], a torturer in a mask and leather apron straight from ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' and the scarecrows that tear apart [[spoiler: Truman]] are actually from the 80's B-movie [[Film/{{Scarecrows}} of the same name]], they even get taken out the same way.
* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The very end, [[spoiler: with the hand coming out of the ground, might be a reference to the ending of ''Carrie''.]]
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* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': On a monitor during "The Carnage" Carnage", you can see [[FeetFirstIntroduction the foot of a Xenomorph]] advance towards a cowering woman, the same way the shot happened in the first ''Alien'' film. Additionally the long-tailed alien monster that leaps onto a security soldier's head is similar to the Facehugger.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, aTank Tank, and a Witch are seen among the various monsters. The production team even went so far as to use the in-game models in the film itself.
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}sare some doll-masked [[Film/TheStrangers strangers]], a are:
** A torturer in a mask and leather apron straight from''Film/{{Hostel}}'' and the ''Film/{{Hostel}}''.
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* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The very end,[[spoiler: with [[spoiler:with the hand coming out of the ground, might be a reference to the ending of ''Carrie''.]]''Carrie'']].
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, a
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}s
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* ''Film/TheStrangers'': some of the villains in the carnage are a group of silent, well-dressed men and women with white porcelain masks. They are later seen dousing some bound technicians with gasoline and lighting them offscreen.
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* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'': [[spoiler: The Vampire Bat bursting through the plate glass window toward the end is pretty much exactly how the first fight in the first ''Silent Hill'' game begins.]]
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The unseen but unspeakably horrible [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_%28Sin_City%29 Kevin]].
** Or maybe [[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin this Kevin]].
** It could even be [[Film/HomeAlone this Kevin]][[note]]The Wet/Sticky Bandits could tell you that he may ''look'' sweet and innocent, but....[[/note]]
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The unseen but unspeakably horrible [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_%28Sin_City%29 Kevin]].
** Or maybe [[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin this Kevin]].
** It could even be [[Film/HomeAlone this Kevin]][[note]]The Wet/Sticky Bandits could tell you that he may ''look'' sweet and innocent, but....[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'': [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Vampire Bat bursting through the plate glass window toward the end is pretty much exactly how the first fight in the first ''Silent Hill'' game begins.]]
*''ComicBook/SinCity'': The unseen but unspeakably horrible [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_%28Sin_City%29 Kevin]].
** Or maybe [[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin this Kevin]].
** It could evenKevin is explained in the director's commentary to be [[Film/HomeAlone this Kevin]][[note]]The Wet/Sticky Bandits could tell you that he may ''look'' sweet and innocent, but....[[/note]]a reference to the character of the same name from ''Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin''.
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* The Scarecrows attacking Truman may have been a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood Doctor Who]].
* Jules's dance may strike some viewers as familiar. [[spoiler: It's from the original ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.]]
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* The Scarecrows attacking Truman may have been be a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood Doctor Who]].
the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]".
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* The amplified female voice attempting to reason with Marty and Dana as they enter the laboratory ([[spoiler:even if it's merely a distraction]]) recalls the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawling hand.]]
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall'' fired a similar grapple to take out an unsuspecting victim.
* [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice "We are not who we are."]]
* The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with a trowel, by a zombie.
** And [[spoiler: Truman]]'s death recalls Rhodes' death in ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''
* And of course, the '''true''' antagonists: [[spoiler: Creator/HPLovecraft's Ancient Ones]].
* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm: a helicopter flies over ruined buildings in a snowy terrain, which is very similar to the destroyed Norwegian Base from ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Of course this happens in Stockholm. That's the home country of those damned Swedes ([[RunningJoke Norwegians]]).
* Another [[spoiler: failed]] ritual in Buenos Aires shows a giant horned gorilla laying dead, which is a nod to ''Film/KingKong''.
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawling hand.]]
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall'' fired a similar grapple to take out an unsuspecting victim.
* [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice "We are not who we are."]]
* The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with a trowel, by a zombie.
** And [[spoiler: Truman]]'s death recalls Rhodes' death in ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''
* And of course, the '''true''' antagonists: [[spoiler: Creator/HPLovecraft's Ancient Ones]].
* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm: a helicopter flies over ruined buildings in a snowy terrain, which is very similar to the destroyed Norwegian Base from ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Of course this happens in Stockholm. That's the home country of those damned Swedes ([[RunningJoke Norwegians]]).
* Another [[spoiler: failed]] ritual in Buenos Aires shows a giant horned gorilla laying dead, which is a nod to ''Film/KingKong''.
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* The amplified female voice attempting to reason with Marty and Dana as they enter the laboratory ([[spoiler:even if it's merely a distraction]]) recalls the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
''VideoGame/Portal1''.
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawlinghand.]]
hand]].
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall''fired fires a similar grapple to take out an unsuspecting victim.
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** The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with atrowel, trowel by a zombie.
**And [[spoiler: Truman]]'s [[spoiler:Truman]]'s death recalls Rhodes' Rhodes's death in ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''
''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''.
*And of course, the '''true''' antagonists: [[spoiler: Creator/HPLovecraft's The true antagonists bring to mind [[spoiler:Creator/HPLovecraft's Ancient Ones]].
* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm:a A helicopter flies over ruined buildings in a snowy terrain, which is very similar to the destroyed Norwegian Base from ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Of course this happens in Stockholm. That's the home country of those damned Swedes ([[RunningJoke Norwegians]]).
* Another [[spoiler: failed]] [[spoiler:failed]] ritual in Buenos Aires shows a giant horned gorilla laying dead, which is a nod to ''Film/KingKong''.
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawling
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall''
* The ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'':
** The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with a
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* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm:
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* The ''betting board''. There were a slew of them in that one scene.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The symbol on the floor and the one on the controllers' talismans sure looks like the Circle of the Black Thorn...
* The whole facility (as well as what's happening to it) is ''very'' [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Mesa-ish]].
* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'': College friends, cabin in the woods, evil basement, ominous book with ancient chant, and evil molesting trees. "Deadites" also show up on the betting board. The cabin itself looks almost identical to the one from the movie.
** The scene where the basement trapdoor swings open is ''nearly identical'' to the scene from the original ''Evil Dead''. Watch them back-to-back and the recreation is strikingly faithful.
** Additionally, the exterior of the titular cabin in the woods looks exactly like the abandoned cabin from the first two ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films. WordOfGod says this was intentional. Rumor has it that the filmmakers actually painstakingly built it from scratch because they couldn't track down the original house.
* Mordecai is meant to be a homage to the "crazy old loner" archetype like the gas station attendant from ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes'' or Ralph Neeley from the early ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies. Speaking of, the lake near the cabin in the woods does strongly harken back to Camp Crystal Lake.
* ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': The pale guy in black bondage gear, holding a puzzlebox, with sharp metal things embedded in his head. They even use the franchise's iconic music to show him and the other monsters.
* ''Film/{{Halloween}}'': One of the Buckners does a sideways head tilt a few times, just like Michael Meyers.
* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': On a monitor during "The Carnage" you can see [[FeetFirstIntroduction the foot of a Xenomorph]] advance towards a cowering woman, the same way the shot happened in the first ''Alien'' film. Additionally the long-tailed alien monster that leaps onto a security soldier's head is similar to the Facehugger.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, a Tank and a Witch are seen among the various monsters. The production team even went so far as to use the in-game models in the film itself.
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}s are some doll-masked [[Film/TheStrangers strangers]], a torturer in a mask and leather apron straight from ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' and the scarecrows that tear apart [[spoiler: Truman]] are actually from the 80's B-movie [[Film/{{Scarecrows}} of the same name]], they even get taken out the same way.
* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The very end, [[spoiler: with the hand coming out of the ground, might be a reference to the ending of ''Carrie''.]]
* The shifting square containment cells might be a shout out to ''Film/{{Cube}}''.
* ''Film/TheRing'': The StringyHairedGhostGirl that attacks the Japanese class resembles Sadako.
* ''Film/TheShining'': The twin girls can be seen when all the containment cells are shown. Later a pair of elevator doors open to reveal a flood of blood.
* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'': A formerly heavily armed SWAT member crawls away from a CreepyChild.
* ''Film/TheStrangers'': some of the villains in the carnage are a group of silent, well-dressed men and women with white porcelain masks. They are later seen dousing some bound technicians with gasoline and lighting them offscreen.
* ''Film/FunnyGames'': The rather jarring title card at the beginning is the same effect (red block letters, sudden sound, quiet conversation leadup) in both films.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'': [[spoiler: The Vampire Bat bursting through the plate glass window toward the end is pretty much exactly how the first fight in the first ''Silent Hill'' game begins.]]
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The unseen but unspeakably horrible [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_%28Sin_City%29 Kevin]].
** Or maybe [[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin this Kevin]].
** It could even be [[Film/HomeAlone this Kevin]][[note]]The Wet/Sticky Bandits could tell you that he may ''look'' sweet and innocent, but....[[/note]]
* Dana and Marty sitting next to each other for OneLastSmoke after accepting their death is straight from ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''.
* The Scarecrows attacking Truman may have been a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood Doctor Who]].
* Jules's dance may strike some viewers as familiar. [[spoiler: It's from the original ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.]]
* Given TheReveal, Truman's name is likely a reference to ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.
* The Doctors are highly reminiscent of the Splicers from ''VideoGame/BioShock''.
* The "Giant Snake" appears to be a reference to ''Film/{{King Cobra|1999}}'', given that it's a cobra-rattlesnake hybrid.
* The amplified female voice attempting to reason with Marty and Dana as they enter the laboratory ([[spoiler:even if it's merely a distraction]]) recalls the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawling hand.]]
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall'' fired a similar grapple to take out an unsuspecting victim.
* [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice "We are not who we are."]]
* The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with a trowel, by a zombie.
** And [[spoiler: Truman]]'s death recalls Rhodes' death in ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''
* And of course, the '''true''' antagonists: [[spoiler: Creator/HPLovecraft's Ancient Ones]].
* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm: a helicopter flies over ruined buildings in a snowy terrain, which is very similar to the destroyed Norwegian Base from ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Of course this happens in Stockholm. That's the home country of those damned Swedes ([[RunningJoke Norwegians]]).
* Another [[spoiler: failed]] ritual in Buenos Aires shows a giant horned gorilla laying dead, which is a nod to ''Film/KingKong''.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The symbol on the floor and the one on the controllers' talismans sure looks like the Circle of the Black Thorn...
* The whole facility (as well as what's happening to it) is ''very'' [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Mesa-ish]].
* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'': College friends, cabin in the woods, evil basement, ominous book with ancient chant, and evil molesting trees. "Deadites" also show up on the betting board. The cabin itself looks almost identical to the one from the movie.
** The scene where the basement trapdoor swings open is ''nearly identical'' to the scene from the original ''Evil Dead''. Watch them back-to-back and the recreation is strikingly faithful.
** Additionally, the exterior of the titular cabin in the woods looks exactly like the abandoned cabin from the first two ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films. WordOfGod says this was intentional. Rumor has it that the filmmakers actually painstakingly built it from scratch because they couldn't track down the original house.
* Mordecai is meant to be a homage to the "crazy old loner" archetype like the gas station attendant from ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes'' or Ralph Neeley from the early ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies. Speaking of, the lake near the cabin in the woods does strongly harken back to Camp Crystal Lake.
* ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': The pale guy in black bondage gear, holding a puzzlebox, with sharp metal things embedded in his head. They even use the franchise's iconic music to show him and the other monsters.
* ''Film/{{Halloween}}'': One of the Buckners does a sideways head tilt a few times, just like Michael Meyers.
* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': On a monitor during "The Carnage" you can see [[FeetFirstIntroduction the foot of a Xenomorph]] advance towards a cowering woman, the same way the shot happened in the first ''Alien'' film. Additionally the long-tailed alien monster that leaps onto a security soldier's head is similar to the Facehugger.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': A Boomer, a Hunter, a Tank and a Witch are seen among the various monsters. The production team even went so far as to use the in-game models in the film itself.
* The third act is full of shout outs to a bevy of horror films from recent years, among the more generic zombies and {{Giant Spider}}s are some doll-masked [[Film/TheStrangers strangers]], a torturer in a mask and leather apron straight from ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' and the scarecrows that tear apart [[spoiler: Truman]] are actually from the 80's B-movie [[Film/{{Scarecrows}} of the same name]], they even get taken out the same way.
* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The very end, [[spoiler: with the hand coming out of the ground, might be a reference to the ending of ''Carrie''.]]
* The shifting square containment cells might be a shout out to ''Film/{{Cube}}''.
* ''Film/TheRing'': The StringyHairedGhostGirl that attacks the Japanese class resembles Sadako.
* ''Film/TheShining'': The twin girls can be seen when all the containment cells are shown. Later a pair of elevator doors open to reveal a flood of blood.
* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'': A formerly heavily armed SWAT member crawls away from a CreepyChild.
* ''Film/TheStrangers'': some of the villains in the carnage are a group of silent, well-dressed men and women with white porcelain masks. They are later seen dousing some bound technicians with gasoline and lighting them offscreen.
* ''Film/FunnyGames'': The rather jarring title card at the beginning is the same effect (red block letters, sudden sound, quiet conversation leadup) in both films.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'': [[spoiler: The Vampire Bat bursting through the plate glass window toward the end is pretty much exactly how the first fight in the first ''Silent Hill'' game begins.]]
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The unseen but unspeakably horrible [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_%28Sin_City%29 Kevin]].
** Or maybe [[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin this Kevin]].
** It could even be [[Film/HomeAlone this Kevin]][[note]]The Wet/Sticky Bandits could tell you that he may ''look'' sweet and innocent, but....[[/note]]
* Dana and Marty sitting next to each other for OneLastSmoke after accepting their death is straight from ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''.
* The Scarecrows attacking Truman may have been a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood Doctor Who]].
* Jules's dance may strike some viewers as familiar. [[spoiler: It's from the original ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.]]
* Given TheReveal, Truman's name is likely a reference to ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.
* The Doctors are highly reminiscent of the Splicers from ''VideoGame/BioShock''.
* The "Giant Snake" appears to be a reference to ''Film/{{King Cobra|1999}}'', given that it's a cobra-rattlesnake hybrid.
* The amplified female voice attempting to reason with Marty and Dana as they enter the laboratory ([[spoiler:even if it's merely a distraction]]) recalls the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
* The first kill [[spoiler:in the facility]] goes to [[Film/TheCrawlingHand a crawling hand.]]
* In a RewatchBonus, the first massacre of security guards includes one getting harpooned and dragged into buzzsaw range by the Killer Robot. One of the berserk security bots in ''Film/ChoppingMall'' fired a similar grapple to take out an unsuspecting victim.
* [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice "We are not who we are."]]
* The original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' famously involved someone getting dismembered with a trowel, by a zombie.
** And [[spoiler: Truman]]'s death recalls Rhodes' death in ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''
* And of course, the '''true''' antagonists: [[spoiler: Creator/HPLovecraft's Ancient Ones]].
* One of the locations on the monitors that show the other [[spoiler:failed]] rituals around the world is Stockholm: a helicopter flies over ruined buildings in a snowy terrain, which is very similar to the destroyed Norwegian Base from ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Of course this happens in Stockholm. That's the home country of those damned Swedes ([[RunningJoke Norwegians]]).
* Another [[spoiler: failed]] ritual in Buenos Aires shows a giant horned gorilla laying dead, which is a nod to ''Film/KingKong''.
