Shout Out / Ghost (Band)

• Their album and merchandise artworks feature frequent homages to horror movies, as well as other bands, occasionally:
  • Opus Eponymous is based upon◊ 'Salem's Lot.
  • If You Have Ghost is based on◊ Nosferatu.
  • More homages include King Kong (1933), Jaws, Fright Night, and The Shining.
• Papa III's looks were based on Bela Lugosi while Papa II's were inspired by the founder of the Church of Satan himself, Anton LaVey.
• Cardinal Copia bears a striking resemblance to famous horror star Vincent Price, although after his plastic surgery this isn't so much the case anymore
• "Cirice"'s video features a nod to Carrie, as the girl the band is playing to suddenly develops telekinesis and begins causing havoc in the auditorium, although in a less violent way than Carrie.
• "Chapter Four: The Accident"
  • The sound effect of Papa Nihil inhaling from his oxygen is clearly from Darth Vader.
• "Chapter Seven: New World Redro":
  • The video is a Whole-Plot Reference to The Shining, featuring long silent shots of Cardinal Copia riding around on a tricycle and later seeing the eerie twins that accompany Papa Nihil in the same manner as the twins from the film. Also, Nihil is typing a letter to Sister Imperator only to realize that he's just been typing "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES PAPA BAD DAD" repeatedly. He later sees who he thinks is the young Imperator but who turns into his younger self (which is also a teaser for the next Chapter video). The video title even references the "REDRUM" bit.
  • Papa Nihil's letter to Sister Imperator (or at least, what he thinks he's typing) is a rewording of part of the lyrics of "Frankly Mr. Shankly" by The Smiths.
• The Impera album cover is directly inspired by a famous picture of Aleister Crowley, doing the exact same pose as on the cover. Addtionally, "Call Me Little Sunshine" is from a quote by Crowley about the meaning of his title "The Beast 666".
• The video for "Jesus He Knows Me" features a couple of prominent nods:
  • Father DeFroque's debauched evening ends with him getting bukakked by several men carrying hockey sticks. The following morning, he's combing his obviously still-gooped hair back into place, which hearkens to the "hair gel" scene from There's Something About Mary.
  • The concept of the video itself, from DeFroque being a shady televangelist down to the aforementioned scene, is based on a scene from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation where Clark and Cousin Eddie are shopping and Eddie bemoans the money that he and his wife sent to "that TV preacher that was screwin' the hockey players".

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