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Trivia: Spoilers: The film reveals that Jack suffers from a form of dissociative identity disorder (DID) and began hallucinating and acting out the "roles" of his siblings after they were murdered by their father. That makes this the second movie in as many years in which actress Anya Taylor-Joy plays a protagonist character who must contend with a man who has DID. The other film was "Split" in 2016. Albeit, Jack is a much more sympathetic figure than Kevin from "Split."

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Trivia: Shortly after this film's release, fans of the series began half-jokingly, half-seriously campaigning for a crossover "Knives Out" movie featuring Benoit Blanc and Jim Henson's The Muppets. Series creator Rian Johnson actually seriously considered the idea for a period of time because it's so funny. But he ultimately realised it wouldn't work because of the (rather massive) stylistic and tonal differences between the two franchises.

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Revealing mistake: At the end of the final battle, when Sean rips the Guyver unit out of Crane's head and delivers his one-liner ("this model... has been recalled!"), you can see Sean's previously rigid, metal-like mask bending like rubber as his right shoulder rubs against it in the close-up. Particularly noticeable is the vent where steam sometimes shoots out, which bends nearly 45 degrees for about a half-second. (Revealing it's likely some sort of latex "stunt mask" for the actor to wear during fight scenes.)

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Trivia: The titular secret society is called "The Ivy Society." This is both a reference to the original movie and also the idea of Ivy League schools.

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Trivia: Every film has a lead character named after a plant: Ivy in the original, Lily in the second film, Violet in the third film, and Daisy in this film. This film also contains a secondary character named after a plant - the villainous character Azalea.

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Trivia: Unlike the first three movies, which were all theatrical or direct-to-video movies, this fourth "Poison Ivy" film was actually made as a Lifetime Original TV movie. (Albeit one that later got an extended, unrated video release containing a great deal of nudity.)

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Trivia: Jamie Pressley stated that the producers and director asked her to do more nude scenes for the movie after seeing her body during her first nude scene. She has said one of her regrets was that she was new to the industry and didn't realise she could have said "no," but still credits the movie as helping her "pay the bills."

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Trivia: Star Alyssa Milano once humorously quipped in an interview that her "Poison Ivy days are over!" It is believed that she was referring to taking roles that are overly erotic in tone or require nudity.

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Trivia: Jamie Pressly, who would later go on to star in the third film, appears uncredited as the body double for the photographs and brief flashes we see of Ivy's body. (Although her face is never shown because Drew Barrymore played the role in the first film.)

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Trivia: The only film in the franchise where the "Ivy-equivalent" character is a protagonist and not an antagonist.

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Other mistake: In the unrated cut, during the bathroom sex scene, there are several very noticeable, unnatural jump cuts that make it clear where the extended footage was spliced in. Ex. Characters will suddenly move several inches instantaneously despite it being the exact same angle. While jump cuts can be used to artistic reasons, this is very much a clear case of unintentional "jumps" due to the footage being spliced in after-the-fact and there being a few frames missing.

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Trivia: To date, the last feature film directed by Brett Ratner. A few years after its release, he was hit by several sexual harassment allegations, effectively ending his Hollywood career. His only work since has been producing a small biopic and directing an as-yet-unreleased documentary about Melania Trump.

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Trivia: This film underperformed so poorly at the box office that it led to Disney indefinitely halting production on their planned live-action remake of "Tangled."

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Trivia: The film was primarily shot on "prosumer" grade digital camcorders due to how fast and cheap they were and for the visual style. This is part of what gives the film its unique and extremely gritty visual aesthetic. In contrast, the final scene was actually shot on proper film to give it a much cleaner aesthetic and a sense of finality.

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Trivia: Actor Danny Pudi has a cameo in one scene, where he's seen sitting in the background watching the characters before dramatically running away. It might have seemed random and out of nowhere, but it's actually a pay-off to a joke set up in the show "Community," on which Pudi co-stars. In an episode of that series, Pudi's character Abed mentions that he appeared as a background extra on "Cougar Town," but got nervous during a take and soiled his pants, explaining why he suddenly runs away.

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Trivia: The film was envisioned as being an "alternative" to the James Bond series for a younger, hipper crowd. As a joking reference to this, the secret agent in the opening scene was purposely made to resemble James Bond, including having gadgets and a tuxedo on under his uniform. However, once he stumbles into a modern rock concert, he becomes confused and ends up getting quickly shot and killed. This was to (presumably) show he wasn't "extreme" enough to fight the bad guys in this story.

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Trivia: Bill Skarsgård, who portrays Count Orlok, also famously portrayed the evil clown Pennywise in the two theatrical "It" movies. A rule he had for himself with those films was that he didn't want to frighten his co-stars or the crew, so he always went out of his way to be friendly and joke around with everyone between takes. He repeated that tradition here. Many crew members, including producer Chris Columbus, were initially terrified of him in his costume... until he started cracking jokes.

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Trivia: To make Count Orlok more imposing, the already 6'4" tall Bill Skarsgård wore heeled shoes that made him nearly 7', and worked with a vocal coach who helped him train to lower his voice a full octave.

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Trivia: Harry Styles and Anya Taylor-Joy were originally cast to star in the film in 2017, but both had to bow out because production was pushed back considerably and scheduling conflicts arose.

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Trivia: Tina Fey's 2021 series "Mr. Mayor" was originally meant to be a spin-off centering on Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy as he starts a political career. However, Baldwin ended up having to leave the project, and it was rewritten to be a stand-alone show.

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