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* Geoff's 'Very well, hit it' and general clothing reference Creator/ChristopherLee's Dracula and HammerHorror in general.

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* Geoff's 'Very well, hit it' and general clothing reference Creator/ChristopherLee's Dracula and HammerHorror Film/HammerHorror in general.
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* Fay's repetition of "Geoff Vampire killed my father, now he must die" is an obvious ShoutOut to {{The Princess Bride}}.

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* Fay's repetition of "Geoff Vampire killed my father, now he must die" is an obvious ShoutOut to {{The Princess Bride}}.''Film/ThePrincessBride''.



* Geoff's 'Very well, hit it' and general clothing reference Christopher Lee's Dracula and {{Hammer Horror}} in general.

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* Geoff's 'Very well, hit it' and general clothing reference Christopher Lee's Creator/ChristopherLee's Dracula and {{Hammer Horror}} HammerHorror in general.



* Van borrows heavily from {{Clint Eastwood}}, especially in earlier script drafts. Notably the coat and the smoking.

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* Van borrows heavily from {{Clint Eastwood}}, Creator/ClintEastwood, especially in earlier script drafts. Notably the coat and the smoking.



* Ford's 'Terminate with extreme tactfulness' echoes {{Apocalypse Now}}'s 'Eliminate with extreme prejudice'.
* Geoff being an alien, not a vampire is a {{Rocky Horror Picture Show}} reference (and was actually named as such in an earlier draft of the script).

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* Ford's 'Terminate with extreme tactfulness' echoes {{Apocalypse Now}}'s ''Film/ApocalypseNow'''s 'Eliminate with extreme prejudice'.
* Geoff being an alien, not a vampire is a {{Rocky Horror Picture Show}} ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reference (and was actually named as such in an earlier draft of the script).
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* Svetlana's preference for Roy Rodgers mirrors the line from {{Die Hard}}.
* One of Van's guns is a copy of the 'Auto-9' that {{RoboCop}} carried.

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* Svetlana's preference for Roy Rodgers mirrors the line from {{Die Hard}}.
''Film/DieHard''.
* One of Van's guns is a copy of the 'Auto-9' that {{RoboCop}} Franchise/RoboCop carried.
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* Fay's repetition of "Geoff Vampire killed my father, now he must die" is an obvious ShoutOut to {{The Princess Bride}}.
* Svetlana's preference for Roy Rodgers mirrors the line from {{Die Hard}}.
* One of Van's guns is a copy of the 'Auto-9' that {{RoboCop}} carried.
* Geoff's 'Very well, hit it' and general clothing reference Christopher Lee's Dracula and {{Hammer Horror}} in general.
* Van and Fay's shootout is ripped straight from a Western film.
* Van borrows heavily from {{Clint Eastwood}}, especially in earlier script drafts. Notably the coat and the smoking.
* Ford's 'Professor' title, along with Van Helsinki's name, is actually a reference to another film (also called 'Van Helsinki) made by some of the people in the movie when they were younger.
* Ford's 'Terminate with extreme tactfulness' echoes {{Apocalypse Now}}'s 'Eliminate with extreme prejudice'.
* Geoff being an alien, not a vampire is a {{Rocky Horror Picture Show}} reference (and was actually named as such in an earlier draft of the script).

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