Interesting Details In Our Favorite Kid Horror Movies

From Redditor u/Tokyono:

In Addams Family Values, Joel says that he has all the serial killer trading cards, except for “Jack The Ripper and that Zodiac Guy.” Both are serial killers that have never been formally caught or identified. Just like law enforcement, he can’t catch them.

From Redditor u/Numerous-Lemon:

In Sleepy Hollow, the windmill is an homage to the burning windmill scene in Frankenstein.

From Redditor u/SirHermiOdle:

In Beetlejuice, during Beetlejuice’s metamorphism into the carnival creature, the skull atop the merry-go-round hat is the skull that would later inspire Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas; complete with the bat that would become Jack’s bow tie.

From Redditor u/Ravenclaw_14:

In Monster House, after Nebbercracker is assumed dead by the characters, a small crack forms in the house’s windows as it groans sadly. But the crack suddenly changes direction and cuts across DJ’s neck, and the groan turns into a low growl, symbolizing the house’s vendetta on him and his friends.

From Redditor u/huxley75:

In the movie The Witches, the grandmother (Helga) is seen wearing Thor’s Hammer (Mjölnir) earrings as protection against the magic of the witches.

From Redditor u/pizzaazzip:

In Casper, when the Lazarus is introduced, Casper mentions his dad would drop everything to play pirates with him. During the Halloween dance at the end of the film Casper is dressed as a pirate.

From Redditor u/Numerous-Lemon:

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, the scene in which Lock, Shock and Barrel remove their masks was based on a season five episode of The Twilight Zone called “The Masks,” which had a huge impact on Burton as a child.

From IMDb:

In Tower of Terror, every time the hotel is seen from the outside, the Hollywood sign is seen behind it. In the 1939 sequence, the sign reads “Hollywoodland” which was the what the sign said back in those times.

From Redditor u/ham_beast_hunter:

In Hocus Pocus, it is explained that the witches couldn’t set foot on hallowed ground. This is why Winifred turns to stone before blowing up, unlike her sisters which were in the air and never touched the cemetery grounds. That’s why the “petrification” starts at her feet, while she is standing in the cemetery holding up Max to suck out his soul in a very dementor fashion.

From Redditor u/DrAneurysm:

In It, Pennywise changes the color of his eyes from yellow to blue, which are the same color as Bill’s, to lure Georgie.

From Redditor u/SteveMK88:

In Goosebumps 2, the kids dress up as a witch, a pumpkin and a skeleton. A reference to the masks from Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

From Redditor u/ilovewater100:

In Coraline, when Coraline says “What rain?” and it begins to thunder, you can see the lightning forming the other mother’s hand.

From IMDb:

In Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire, Dimitri and Lynette go to a restaurant called “Renfield’s.” Renfield is Dracula’s crazy, bug-eating sidekick.

From Redditor u/stevrosb:

In Gremlins, when Billy’s mother discovers the record player has been turned on you can clearly see gremlin footprints in the dust on the unit next to it.

From Redditor u/Ravenclaw_14:

In Corpse Bride, when Victor accidentally marries Emily, there is a flock of crows where he finds her. A flock of crows is called a murder.

From Redditor u/culb77:

In Chinese cinema, flocks of crows/birds are used to signify death.

From IMDb:

In The Little Vampire, the family name “Sackville-Bagg” in this film is a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins are related to the Sackville Bagginses.

From a Redditor:

In Ghostbusters, after the explosion in Dana’s apartment, they find the staircase leading up to the roof top for the final scenes with Goza. This staircase was in fact located behind Dana’s fridge, which is why the hell dog appeared in the fridge and why her chair was dragged into the kitchen.

From Redditor u/adamilm:

In Return to Oz, Tik-Tok, the Royal Army of Oz, has Emerald eyes.

From IMDb:

In Phantom of the Megaplex, the clips that are shown as “Glimpses of Genevieve” are actually from Alice, Sweet Alice, a horror film previously released by Allied Artists in 1976.

From IMDb:

The 3 siblings in Don’t Look Under The Bed: Bert, Francis, and Darwin could be named after famous geniuses, inventors, scientists and visionaries. Bert is short for Albert, could be named after Physicist Albert Einstein. Frances could be named after Philosopher Sir Francis Bacon since her first name is the feminine form and her middle name is the same as Sir Francis’s last name. Finally, Darwin could be named after Naturalist Charles Darwin.