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1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Obviously with Trent, like [[spoiler: if he's a fictional character within another fictional story or just a guy who's mentally insane and little to none of the movie actually happens.]]
2	* CriticalDissonance: Critics gave this film an average reception, receiving only 51% on Website/RottenTomatoes. Fans and viewers called it Carpenter's best film of TheNineties, receiving 73% on the website.
3	* HilariousInHindsight:
4	** In this movie, a Creator/StephenKing {{expy}} reveals that his novels are just him channeling the wishes of an eldritch being. A decade later, the ''real'' King wrote himself into his Dark Tower series, claiming that his novels are just him channeling the wishes of an eldritch being. Then again, this might be more of an {{Homage}} to this film, since Carpenter and King tend to feed off each other's work.
5	*** Cane also holds an uncanny physical resemblance to [[{{Creator/NeilGaiman}} another best-seller author]] who would become prominent not long after the movie's release.
6	** David Warner plays a shrink who evaluates Sam Neill's character, which is interesting considering both actors were part of ''Film/TheOmen'' trilogy (which like this film also had an apocalypse theme). Ironically, Warner had played the ill-fated photographer and TheLancer Keith Jennings in ''Film/TheOmen1976'', while Neill had played the adult Damien Thorn in ''Film/TheFinalConflict''.
7	** Both Creator/SamNeill and Creator/PeterJason appear in this film, as both actors are part of the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' films, Neill played Dr. Alan Grant in ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', while Jason appeared in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.
8	** [[Film/EventHorizon This isn't the only time]] Creator/SamNeill goes insane in a CosmicHorrorStory, either.
9	** During an infamous incident in 2017, people actually rioted anticipating the release of a fandom-related product, like in this movie. The product in question wasn't an apocalyptic book ''or'' its cinematic adaptation, though: it was packets of Szechuan sauce that UsefulNotes/McDonalds released to promote ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
10	* MemeticMutation:
11	** The "Did I ever tell you my favorite color is blue" scene is a minor meme on the net.
12	** Trent {{Laughing Mad}}ly while he sits in the theater at the end has also been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dh0vpBbs0 intercut with different footage online]], not unlike the now-infamous "Turn it off!" scene from ''Film/{{Hardcore}}''.
13	*** [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection The Criterion Channel]]'s website's homepage cheekily featured a screenshot from this ending for a chunk of October 2023 when the film was prominently included in a '90s horror retrospective. After all, the streaming service ''is'' "A movie lover's dream"!
14	* {{Narm}}:
15	** Wilhelm von Homburg's heavy accent and deep, throaty delivery makes his line when he confronts Cane at the church a lot funnier than intended:
16	-->"''Junny! Junny bouy!''"
17	** When Trent punches [[spoiler: the possessed Styles,]] his punches make cartoony sound effects.
18	** Stiles shouting "I'm losing me! I'm losing me!"
19	* NightmareRetardant: From the scene mentioned under {{Narm}}, after Cane appears behind the doors set to a chilling wail in the background, he summons a pack of dobermans to attack the angry mob. That's right, a man with godlike power in service to {{Eldritch Abomination}}s chooses to summon some decidedly unthreatening attack dogs.
20	* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/CharltonHeston, both of whom have only a few minutes of screen time. Creator/DavidWarner and Creator/JohnGlover may also qualify.
21	* ParanoiaFuel:
22	** Your life could be [[spoiler: a product of an insane author. The color of your eyes are just his favorite color.]]
23	** The movie adaptation of the Sutter Cane's book that slowly makes you insane and turns you into a monster? [[spoiler:You just watched it.]]
24	* RetroactiveRecognition: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyRvL-oVR0g paper boy who Trent meets]] [[spoiler:after he leaves Hobb's End]]? Yep, that's Creator/HaydenChristensen.
25	* SpecialEffectFailure:
26	** [[spoiler:Linda]]'s bloody tears.
27	** When Sutter Cane [[spoiler: collapses reality]], the Great Old Ones appear... as a bunch of obvious rubber costumes.
28	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: It's pretty obvious that Creator/JohnCarpenter wanted to use "Enter Sandman" in the film, because the main theme is about as close as he could get to it without giving Music/{{Metallica}}'s lawyers a conniption.
29	* VindicatedByHistory: As usual with many John Carpenter films, but a longer case than usual. It received mixed reviews at the time of release and was typically associated with John Carpenter’s fall from grace in the nineties. Around the mid-2010’s, however, the film gained an increase in interest and praise for its atmosphere and meta elements, with some going as far as to label it Carpenter’s last great film. This was further bolstered by it receiving a special collecter’s edition Blu-ray in 2018.

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