Movie In-Jokes: The Fog

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

This time we get a revealing example of the care and detail that goes into the making of props from the opening scenes of John Carpenter's The Fog.

Trailer - Beneath (2013)

I'm a huge fan of Larry Fessenden, an under-appreciated horror director who takes standard genre tropes and bends them to serve interesting social, philosophical and psychological ideas. I'm hoping to profile more of his work on here soon.

While he produces a lot of movies for others, it seems like a rarity when Fessenden gets the opportunity to direct something himself. His last one was his ecological horror thriller The Last Winter back in 2006. Thus anytime he has something ready for release, I'm interested.

Now we have the trailer for his newest, a good old-fashioned lake monster movie that brings to mind Stephen King's intensely creepy story "The Raft." I'm eager to see what this one holds. Take a look...

Beneath is scheduled for limited release sometime in July.

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Movie In-Jokes: Cloverfield

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

This time out we investigate the subliminal monsters creeping between the frames of the found-footage monster flick Cloverfield.

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Movie In-Jokes: Die Hard

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

This time, some of the crew of the action classic Die Hard decide to give themselves a little extra credit via some set dressing.