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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The key plot twist of [[spoiler:the police officer turning out to be a terrorist, and the titular Doom House being built over a terrorist burial camp]] instantly dates this back to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror; indeed, the film was released just a few months after the invasion of Iraq.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The key plot twist of [[spoiler:the police officer turning out to be a terrorist, and the titular Doom House being built over a terrorist burial camp]] instantly dates this back to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror; indeed, the film was released just a few months after the invasion of Iraq.
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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs here.]]
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** In an early scene, Linux is seen reading Barry Glassner's ''Fear'', which is intended to be a {{Foreshadowing}} of the fear that will soon find its way into the heart of Reginald P. Linux.
** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.
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* NoBudget: According to IMDb, this was filmed on a meager, shoestring budget of only [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496277/business $60,000 (estimated)]]

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* NoBudget: According to IMDb, Website/IMDb, this was filmed on a meager, shoestring budget of only [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496277/business $60,000 (estimated)]]
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* ShoutOut
** In an early scene, Linux is seen reading Barry Glassner's ''Fear'', which is intended to be a {{Foreshadowing}} of the fear that will soon find its way into the heart of Reginald P. Linux.
** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.
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* ShoutOut:
** In an early scene, Linux is seen reading Barry Glassner's ''Fear'', which is intended to be a {{Foreshadowing}} of the fear that will soon find its way into the heart of Reginald P. Linux.
** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.



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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs here.]]
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* ThrowItIn: Actor Rich Kyanka has some minor difficulty opening the back door of the doom house when filming the scene just prior to Linux throwing the doll out in his backyard, but director and cinematographer Kevin Bowen thought it was so realistic that new homeowners like Kyanka's character would have trouble opening the back doors of their new homes, and decided to keep it in the final film, anyway.

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* ThrowItIn: Actor Rich Kyanka has some minor difficulty opening the back door of the doom house when filming the scene just prior to Linux throwing the doll out in his backyard, but director and cinematographer Kevin Bowen thought it was so realistic added depth and realism, noting that new homeowners like Kyanka's character would have trouble opening the back doors of their new homes, and homes all the time, so he decided to keep it in the final film, anyway.
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* {{Blooper}}s:
** When Linux first arrives outside his new house, he is seen carrying a suitcase to the front door when outside. Inside, he appears to be carrying a rolled up piece of carpet.
** Actor Kevin Bowen accidentally calls the doom house a "murder house".
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* NoBudget: According to IMDb, this was filmed on a meager, shoestring budget of only [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496277/business $60,000 (estimated)]]
* ShoutOut:
** In an early scene, Linux is seen reading Barry Glassner's ''Fear'', which is intended to be a {{Foreshadowing}} of the fear that will soon find its way into the heart of Reginald P. Linux.
** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.
* ThrowItIn: Actor Rich Kyanka has some minor difficulty opening the back door of the doom house when filming the scene just prior to Linux throwing the doll out in his backyard, but director and cinematographer Kevin Bowen thought it was so realistic that new homeowners like Kyanka's character would have trouble opening the back doors of their new homes, and decided to keep it in the final film, anyway.

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