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Halloween II - S2-E1

Trivia: When the bomb goes off, if you pay attention, the green smoke that billows into the sky subtly takes on the image of Chucky's face for a few seconds.

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Trivia: John Franklin, who plays the villainous Isaac, was actually a full-grown man in his mid-20s. He had a growth hormone deficiency when he was growing up, and as a result, he never grew taller than 5' and had a slightly lighter voice. This made him perfect for the role as he looked and sounded the part, and also didn't have to deal with the restrictions that come with child labour laws.

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Trivia: Some supporters of the film attempted to spread misinformation by claiming that theatres were purposely cancelling and "sabotaging" shows in an attempt to "silence" it due to its religious nature and associations with the Q-Anon movement. However, the studio behind the film stated that these stories were untrue.

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Trivia: The film uses a "pay it forward" campaign in which audiences could pay for a ticket to be donated and claimed by another person. Shortly after its release, there were reports that many people attended screenings that were labelled as sold-out or nearly sold-out, only for there to be many empty seats in the theatre. This has called the film's box office success into question, as many believe its gross was artificially padded by people over-buying "pay it forward" tickets that were never claimed.

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Trivia: Paul Reubens' final scripted film/television performances as his iconic character Pee-Wee Herman before he tragically passed away from cancer in 2023.

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Trivia: Paul Reubens revealed that, in addition to old makeup tricks, digital effects were used to de-age him for the film, to make him look more like he did in the previous films. Reubens remarked that when he was told how expensive the de-aging effects were during post-production, he realised it would have actually been significantly cheaper for him to have just gotten extensive plastic surgery to make himself look younger before filming.

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Trivia: Director Christopher Nolan usually prefers using practical effects when possible. For the scene where the nuclear bomb is tested, a more manageably-sized explosion was created by a pyrotechnics team. The explosion was actually fairly close to the actors, but was filmed at specific camera angles to make it seem further away and thus bigger (a technique called "forced perspective"). Super-slow-motion was also utilized, as it subconsciously creates the illusion of a larger scale.

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Trivia: In the original video game, the town of Silent Hill is getting unseasonable snow. However, the film reinterpreted the snow as ash. This caused a "Mandela Effect", where people began to mistakenly think that the snow in the original game was also ash. This misconception became so widespread, many people actually argued with the creators about it online and tried to explain their own game to them. (The same goes for the film using the town of Centralia as inspiration, which the game didn't.)

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Trivia: The characters Heather and Josh, originally had a much more antagonistic relationship during filming, much like Heather and Mike do in the final film. However, most of Heather and Josh's arguments were cut during editing because the directors felt it came across as too mean-spirited to have both men constantly "ganging up" on Heather and arguing with her.

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Trivia: The film was originally meant to be a full-on fake documentary, with the "found footage" only being part of it, and the rest of the film being interviews with family, friends, and authorities. However, the "found footage" was so chilling, the directors decided it would be the entire film. The original "fake documentary" concept was then turned into a tie-in TV special called "Curse of the Blair Witch," which aired around the same time the movie came out.

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Trivia: Heather Donahue reportedly snuck a knife to set and would carry it on her because her family was convinced that the movie was secretly a snuff film, and were creeped out at the fact she'd be sharing a tent with two men she barely knew.

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Trivia: When Heather screams "What the f*** is that?", you can't see anything in the darkness. This was unintentional. They had a crewmember wrapped head-to-toe in white, and as Heather ran by, he charged towards her. The theory was that in the dark, the cameras would only just barely see his white clothes, making him look like a spectral figure. But it was so dark the cameras didn't pick him up. The directors decided it was far scarier to not see anything, so they didn't reshoot it.

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Trivia: The creators and producers reportedly weren't too keen on the finished film, and have said that while an eighth film is planned, the franchise will likely go on an indefinite hiatus after it is released, as they feel the franchise became too stale, drawn out with too many sequels too quickly, and needs time to rest.

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Trivia: The first entry in the series not to be released in theaters. It was originally meant to be a theatrical release but due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, studio Blumhouse decided to release it as a Paramount+ original film in October 2021. It was subsequently given a Blu-Ray release one year later in October 2022, exclusively as part of a box set containing all seven films.

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Trivia: The climactic scene at Stu's house lasts 42 minutes and accounts for 40% of the movie's screen time (if you don't count the closing credits). It was shot at a real house over 21 days - an unusually long time to shoot in a single location for a film this size - and was reportedly so tedious to shoot that everyone in the cast and crew were given T-shirts that read "I survived scene 118" after it was finished. It has jokingly been referred to as "the longest night in horror history" by the cast.

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Trivia: Spoilers! There are two credit scenes. In a mid-credit scene, a miniaturized Bowser tries to play his "Peaches" song again, only for a Toad guard to yell at him. In a post-credit scene, it is revealed that a Yoshi egg is in the sewers of New York. It begins to crack and the familiar voice of Yoshi is heard as the screen cuts to black.

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Trivia: When Mario and Luigi crash through the wall in the sewers, the hole they leave is the exact same shape as the original 8-bit sprite of Mario's head in the NES game "Super Mario Bros."

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Trivia: In Mario's bedroom, not only is he playing the game "Kid Icarus" on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, but there's also a model of an Arwing from the Nintendo video-game "Starfox" hanging from the ceiling, and multiple posters with subtle references to different Nintendo video games on his walls.

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Trivia: You can see the Crazy Cap store from "Super Mario Odyssey" in the background for a few seconds when Mario and Toad first arrive and are walking through the streets of the Mushroom Kingdom. It happens around the time Toad says the lines, "This guy's brother is going to die imminently, out of the way please! Just trying to clear a path, that's all I'm doing! He's gonna be fine!"

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Trivia: When Mario and Luigi go to their plumbing job at the start of the film, when we first see the dog, the camera dramatically zooms out. If you look closely, most of the books on the bookshelves have titles like "Interior Design" or "Architecture", but there are a few random books mixed in that appear to have nonsense titles like "None" or "Nothing." I have to assume this is a background joke the animators added for people who would pause the movie.

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