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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Buñuel took the title from a line in an unfinished play his friend José Bergamin had been writing. When Buñuel asked it he could use it, Bergamin said yes since he couldn't claim credit for it, since he took it from ''[[Literature/BookOfRevelation The Book of Revelation]]''.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Buñuel took the title from a line in an unfinished play his friend José Bergamin had been writing. When Buñuel asked it he could use it, Bergamin said yes since he couldn't claim credit for it, since he took it from ''[[Literature/BookOfRevelation The Book of Revelation]]''.Revelation]]''[[labelnote:*]]The phrase is actually from Exodus 12:23 to refer to the angel who kills firstborns, also known as Abaddon, and it is usually translated in english as "The Destroyer"/"Destroying Angel"[[/labelnote]].
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This film was one of the inspirations for Creator/StephenSondheim's final musical ''Theatre/HereWeAre''.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Though, considering what had happened before and who the writer/director is...
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* HereWeGoAgain: Though, considering Finally, after Leticia prompts everyone to replay what had happened before and who they did the writer/director is...night they were able to leave the salon, everyone is able to walk out. They attend a church service the next day--and after the service is over no one is able to leave the church. TheEnd.
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* MatchCut: From an ornate chandelier inside the mysterious mansion, to a bunch of balloons that a balloon vendor is selling outside the mansion, in the crowd of onlookers.
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* DreamSequence: A feverish Leonora has a bizarre nightmare in which she is chased by a disembodied hand.
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** The people outside can't seem to get in, either. Days later, the police are on the street outside and there is a large throng of onlookers. But no one can bring themselves to walk through the open gate.
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** Julio, the majordomo, was the only servant to stay in the house but did not go into the salon with the party guests. The next morning he brings them all coffee in the salon--and then once he's inside, he can't leave either.
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* AnswerCut: Lucia says to Julio the majordomo, after all the other servants have left, "I trust you and the two waiters will be able to serve." They exit the kitchen. Cue the two waiters, in civilian clothes, leaving like all the other servants.
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* JumpCut: The film deliberately depicts the guests arriving at the front door ''twice'', a hint of the MindScrew to come.
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* MindScrew: Check the page quote.
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* MindScrew: Check From the page quote. beginning, things happen that make little sense. The guests arrive at the party, and then they arrive at the party again. Eduardo rises and makes a toast, and then he rises and makes the same toast again. The servants are all desperate to leave, for no obvious reason. When the waiter trips and spills a plate of appetizers, everyone thinks it's planned entertainment. The hostess, Lucia, keeps a bear and three sheep upstairs!
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/TheDiscreetCharmOfTheBourgeoisie''. In ''that'' film, dinner is served, but the guests are mysteriously unable to eat. In ''this'' one, the guests are able to eat, but can't leave afterwards.
