* AwardSnub: The film received four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations and went home empty-handed. It wasn't nominated for Best Picture or Adapted Screenplay.
* FoeYayShipping: The homosexual undertones present in the original are made much more explicit by the remake:
--> '''Black''': You gave him... a ''pat''... on the bum?\\
'''Wyke''': Metaphorically.\\
'''Black''': You gave him a metaphorical ''pat'' on the bum?
** Even in the original they were pretty obvious, especially in the second act when Andrew asks Milo to come live with him:
--> '''Tindle''': But what about Maggie?\\
'''Wyke''': Forget her. Let her rot. Stay with me. You're my kind of person.
* HilariousInHindsight: The first film is definitely not the last time those dressing-and-heavy-makeup ways got Michael Caine [[Film/DressedToKill in huge trouble...]]
* NightmareFuel: Those ''[[CreepyDoll freaking toys.]]'' They constantly show shots of Andrew's various toys and automata he has around the house, being far more menacing than dolls have a right to be.
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