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Trivia: Was originally meant to be a theatrical release in the US, but it was shifted to a straight-to-VOD release due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, with a DVD/Blu-ray release later on. It did get a limited theatrical release in select international markets, however.

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Trivia: The mural seen at the beginning of the film actually foreshadows the main plot of the entire movie. Pause and give it a look next time you watch.

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Trivia: The flower dress Dani wears at the end of the film took weeks to build, and included over 10,000 artificial flowers. The crew wanted to use real flowers, but it would have been impossible to keep them all alive. It was reportedly incredibly heavy and unwieldy, and actress Florence Pugh could barely move in it.

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Trivia: Near the end of the film, as Dani is lifted and being carried to the dinner table, if you look closely, you can see the ghostly image of her deceased sister's face (with the exhaust hose in her mouth) in the background. It's been superimposed over the trees in the distance. It's very subtle and easy to miss, but if you know where to look, it's there.

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Trivia: The school scenes were originally meant to be filmed in the Santa Rosa High School. However, right before filming began, the school officials pulled out of the project. The crew was forced to scramble to find another school at the last second. Director Wes Craven was furious at the school board, and decided to poke some fun at them in the credits. If you wait around long enough, you'll see the message "No thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa City School District Governing Board."

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Trivia: All the vintage baseball cards in the film are actually modern reprints from the 80's and 90's that were aged by the prop team to look more vintage.

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Trivia: Four major members of the cast are all known for their roles in multiple films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Appearing in three or more films each). Josh Brolin played Thanos, Elizabeth Olsen played Wanda Maximoff, Samuel L. Jackson played Nick Fury and Pom Klementieff played Mantis.

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Continuity mistake: In the first movie, Mathayus has an older brother named Jesup who is killed by the villain. However, in this prequel, Mathayus has a younger brother named Noah who is killed by the villain, and there is no mention of Jesup whatsoever. Given that Mathayus and Jesup were supposed to both be warriors with the same tribe, it makes absolutely no sense that he isn't at least mentioned in the film, and the movie seems to pretend he never even existed.

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Trivia: The film features the Love Spit Love cover of the song "How Soon is Now." The very next year, the series "Charmed" premiered, which used the exact same cover of the song as its theme song. The series "Charmed" is also about a group of young witches. (And in fact, several cast and crew members of "The Craft" have alleged that the series "Charmed" was a complete rip-off their movie, and the fact it used the same song is further proof of that).

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Trivia: Angelina Jolie was reportedly considered for one of the main characters, but was ultimately not cast.

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Trivia: One of two films to co-star Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich released in 1996. The other was the trailblazing horror-satire "Scream."

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Trivia: Some strange things happened on set during production. Particularly during the beach ritual scene - every time they'd start filming the scene, the tide would go crazy... and then immediately settle down when the director called "Cut!" A flock of bats also mysteriously appeared and hovered over set. Finally, when Nancy screamed the line "Manon, fill me!", all the power on set went out.

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Trivia: Fix-It Felix was originally meant to be the main character early on in the writing process. However, director Rich Moore eventually shifted the focus to Wreck-It Ralph because everyone involved thought Ralph seemed like a much more fun character to follow.

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Trivia: The film was in one form of development or another since the late 1980's. The film's original title back then was "High Score." Other titles considered for the film were "Joe Jump" and "Reboot Ralph."

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Trivia: Screenwriter David Koepp originally intended for the film to feature Gwen Stacey, whom he planned on killing off in the second film. However, as the script progressed, it was decided that Stacey would be left out in favor of Mary Jane Watson, whom is Peter Parker's main love interest in the comics.

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Trivia: Luke Goss plays the villain Nomak. Six year later, he would play the villain Prince Nuada in "Blade II" director Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." Both characters have some notable similarities, including pale skin, the fact they both kill their fathers, and the fact that their sisters team up with the heroes.

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Trivia: In the original script by David S. Goyer, the Reapers were much larger, more intricate in design and had many more monstrous features. Director Guillermo del Toro eventually reworked them into being much simpler creatures that were similar to regular vampires save for their pale skin and split jaws. He felt this made them scarier since they could blend in better.

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Trivia: The vampire Morbius was originally meant to be the main villain, but Marvel vetoed the idea as they wanted to save him for a solo-film. A Morbius movie is finally set to be released in 2022, exactly twenty years after the release of "Blade II."

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Trivia: The original script for the film had a scene where Blade and Nyssa have sex, but it was ultimately decided that their attraction should be more subtle and implied.

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Trivia: The giant puppet body that makes up the body of Pearl the record keeper reportedly weighed almost 700 pounds and had to be moved via forklift.

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