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Trivia: "Gremlins" star Zach Galligan has a "blink and you'll miss it" cameo as one of the dead bodies in the nightclub after the massacre. He's only on-screen for a second, but if you know where to look, you can see him. (He's impaled with a pool stick.) Evidently the director asked him to make a cameo as they had worked together before on the "Waxwork" films, and Galligan accepted.

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Trivia: The original draft of the script was reportedly much bleaker in tone. It didn't have the pseudo-cenobites such as "Barbie" and "CD Head," and the ending of the film involved Joey willingly becoming Pinhead's "bride" in exchange for fortune and success.

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Trivia: Peter Jackson was reportedly asked to direct, and while he entertained the notion, he ultimately turned down the opportunity as at the time he mainly worked on broad comedic horror films and felt he would not be a good fit for the material.

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Trivia: The film was originally directed by Kevin Yagher. However, after filming was initially completed, Miramax demanded reshoots to restructure the film, give it a happier ending, introduce Pinhead earlier and alter the storyline to make it more mainstream. Yagher strongly disagreed with these changes and walked away from production. An uncredited Joe Chappelle stepped in to direct the reshoots, and the film was ultimately credited to "Alan Smithee," as Yagher felt the finished film strayed too far from his original vision.

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Trivia: Though it's not made 100% clear in the film, the character Eugene was originally intended to be the killer from the original "Black Christmas."

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Trivia: The puzzle-box from the "Hellraiser" movies can be seen on an end-table in Eugene's living room. It can easily be seen about 23 minutes into the film while Leslie is talking to Eugene. (In fact, Leslie puts his drink down right next to it).

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Trivia: At the beginning of the film, Taylor is standing in front of a bar called "Rabbit in Red." This is a reference to the movie "Halloween," in which Dr. Loomis finds a matchbook for a lounge called the "Rabbit in Red."

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Trivia: Leslie's turtles are named "Church" and "Zoe." These are references to the original two "Pet Semetary" films. In "Pet Semetary," there is a re-animated cat named "Church." And in "Pet Semetary 2," there is a re-animated dog called "Zoe."

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Trivia: Ryan Reynolds has half-jokingly, half-seriously said that the studio could probably make an R-rated cut of "Detective Pikachu" if they wanted, because of all the jokes he improvised during the voice and motion-capture sessions. He described the process as "you throw a billion things up against the wall...", and said he'd sometimes come up with dozens of different variations for any given joke, which would range from child-friendly to for adults only.

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Trivia: Was the final "Critters" movie for 27 years. A fifth film, "Critters Attack," was finally released direct-to-video in 2019.

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Trivia: Shot back-to-back with "Critters 3."

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Trivia: Shot back-to-back with "Critters 4."

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Trivia: The first feature film for future megastar Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Trivia: The last "Critters" movie released in theaters. All three films that came after were released direct-to-video.

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Trivia: Director Mick Garris reportedly did many of the critter voices himself. (Albeit his voice was heavily altered).

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Trivia: Lin Shaye has a small role in the film. She frequently appears in small roles and cameos in New Line Cinema releases, as her brother Robert Shaye was one of the company's founders and producers.

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Trivia: The name of the town in the film is "Grover's Bend." This is a bit of a reference to the town of "Grover's Mill," which was the town where the aliens supposedly first landed in Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.

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Trivia: One of the Krites is biting the head off an "E.T." doll. Dee Wallace coincidentally co-starred in both "Critters" and "E.T." as the mother of each film's respective young protagonist.

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Trivia: While the film is often viewed as a knock-off the movie "Gremlins," the script had actually been written some time before "Gremlins" came out, based on a nightmare the writer had when he was child about being chased by tiny creatures.

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Trivia: "Before I Fall" shares some pretty interesting parallels to the movie "Happy Death Day." Both films feature a young woman who is trapped in a time loop. Both films were released in 2017. Universal Pictures handled the home-video distribution of "Before I Fall" and the theatrical distribution of "Happy Death Day." And Halston Sage and Logan Miller both co-starred in "Before I Fall," in addition to "Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse," which had the same director as "Happy Death Day."

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