All right, aside from the ones you all ready list:
- The venus fly trap is actually a pod person from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" throughout most of the movie.
- The mad lumberjack is probably meant to be a catch-all reference to slasher movies.
- The sideshow freak/snake man is probably a reference to the seventies movie, "SSSSSS." The sideshow motif might also be a homage to "Freaks."
- During the big reveal sequence at the end, we see a guy in a lab coat with a syringe and an ape-like face. This is almost certainly Mr. Hyde.
- The guy with the muschaste in the Victorian clothing is suppose to be Jack the Ripper, I think.
- We do see a multi-eyed alien on an ice set. The ice is assuredly a reference to "The Thing" but the alien itself looks a lot like the Mut-Ant from "This Island Earth."
- The baby monster is a homage to "It's Alive," as somehow else all ready point out.
- We also breifly see a wrinkled green skin creature with pointy ears in a black hood. I've always assumed this was a goblin type thing. But after just rewatching, I heard it cackling, so it might be a stereotypical witch.
- Finally, the one that stumped me for years is the big guy standing at the top of the stairs. Everyone always told me it was meant to be the Hunchback of Notre Dame, except the character doesn't look like that at all. Rewatching the movie tonight, I paused the DVD on one of the times we see this monster, and I notice a Star of David on its chest. So, I'm assuming its a golem. It certainly looks and acts more like a golem then the hunchback.
- The disembodied hand is probably an "Evil Dead II" reference.
- Of course, the title and concept are superfacially similar to the old German silent movie, "Waxworks."
That's every thing I've been able to catch.
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tobias_lane-1
16 years ago
The pod is a reference to Little Shop of Horrors. When Deb Foreman picks up the midget and feeds him to it. You can distinctively hear, "Feed Me."
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jjturley
16 years ago
I just saw this great movie over the weekend.
I am curious about the exhibit with a 1930's car in it. There is a man holding an old-fashioned gas pump. He is about to put the nozzle into a woman's mouth. She is sitting against the car, in total fear.
Anyone know what that is a reference of?
John
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Rockhound6165
16 years ago
I am curious about the exhibit with a 1930's car in it. There is a man holding an old-fashioned gas pump. He is about to put the nozzle into a woman's mouth. She is sitting against the car, in total fear.
It's the Invisible Man.
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