Connections
References
The betting board includes "mummy", and while this one is not the first mummy movie, it is *the classic* mummy movie.
The betting board includes "werewolf", and this one is *the classic* werewolf movie. The werewolves also make an appearance.
Mentions Reptilicus by name on the betting board.
both films end with an arm bursting through the soil.
Grady's Daughters can be seen in one of the chambers in the Elevator sequence
A monster betting pool includes an "angry molesting tree" and "Deadities."
Marty mistakes the wolf's head on the wall for a moose. In the cabin of the films "Evil Dead" there is a moose head on the wall.
One of the monsters is named Fornicus The Lord of Bondage & Pain, who holds a spherical puzzle "box", along with at least two others. These parody Cenobites from the Hellraiser mythos.
Truman is attacked by a group of animated scarecrows with knives.
The killer clown references.
The betting board includes "deadites".
The chambers in the elevator sequence move around like the cells in Cube.
A Sadako lookalike attacks a group of Japanese schoolgirls.
A Giant Frog/Toad can be seen in one of the elevators
The man who kills by suffocating his victims with a plastic bag is likely inspired by this movie, where the first victim is killed with a plastic bag over her head. (This happens in both Black Christmas movies.)
The title card *and* music jump at the viewer in exactly the same way. In the original Funny Games (1997), the music starts well before the title card appears.
The four masked people who get out of one of the chambers seem like the mysterious intruders from "The Strangers".
Three of the monsters seen in the film are a Boomer, a Tank, and a Witch; all 'special' zombies featured in the game.
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seen on sign at Blockbuster
"This is my favorite villain from the climax of"
Mentioned in dialogue.
Features
In the control room, the chopper attack on village is briefly seen playing on a monitor
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The movie was reviewed and the trailer was shown.
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Clips of mistakes shown
is a runner-up for FB's "best of 2012" list.
Spoofs
The Fifth Season episode "The Real Me" features another Joss Whedon death by unicorn.
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parody skit
"The Cabin in the Woods" is spoofed in this film.