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==[[1.09 Home]]== | ==[[1.09 Home]]== | ||
Dean: ''All right, just slow down, would ya? I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home? Especially when...''<br> | Dean: ''All right, just slow down, would ya? I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home? Especially when...''<br> | ||
| − | Character's in the novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel) The Shining], refer to their psychic "gift" as The Shining, hence the title. | + | Character's in the novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel) ''The Shining''], refer to their psychic "gift" as The Shining, hence the title. |
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| − | The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the toy evil monkey in the Stephen King short story [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey | + | The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the toy evil monkey in the Stephen King short story [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey ''The Monkey'']. |
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| − | Dean hacking away at the front door with an axe and then peering inside the hole is reminiscent of the famous Jack Nicholson's scene from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film) The Shining], albeit without famous catchphrase. | + | Dean hacking away at the front door with an axe and then peering inside the hole is reminiscent of the famous Jack Nicholson's scene from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film) ''The Shining''], albeit without famous catchphrase. |
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| + | ==[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]== | ||
| + | The [[Rakshasa]] is similar to the creature in Stephen King's novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) ''It''], a monster that also hibernates for a stretch of time and appears as a clown. | ||
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| + | ==[[2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things]]== | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' '''What you brought back isn't even your daughter anymore. These things are vicious, they're violent, they're so nasty they rot the ground around them. I mean, come on, haven't you seen "Pet Sematary"?''' | ||
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| + | A reference to the Stephen King novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary ''Pet Sematary''] in which a grieving father buries his young son's body in an ancient Indian burial ground and it comes back as a zombie. | ||
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| + | ==[[2.17 Heart]]== | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' ''I'd say Kurt's looking more and more like our Cujo.'' | ||
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| + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo ''Cujo''] is a Stephen King book about a rabid St. Bernard named Cujo that kills people. | ||
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| + | ==[[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]== | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' ''Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?'' | ||
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| + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow ''Creepshow''] is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. | ||
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Revision as of 08:59, 6 September 2020
Stephen King is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed American author whose name is synonymous with horror and dark fantasy. He has written over 60 novels and 200 short stories, many of which have been adapted into movies and TV series. The influence of his works permeates Supernatural - from inspiration for monsters to visual references and quotes from Dean.
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1.02 Wendigo
In Sam's nightmare, the visual of the hand coming up out of Jessica's grave and snatching his wrist calls to mind the end of the 1976 movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(1976_film) Carrie, based on the novel by Stephen King.
1.09 Home
Dean: All right, just slow down, would ya? I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home? Especially when...
Character's in the novel The Shining, refer to their psychic "gift" as The Shining, hence the title.
The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the toy evil monkey in the Stephen King short story The Monkey.
Dean hacking away at the front door with an axe and then peering inside the hole is reminiscent of the famous Jack Nicholson's scene from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick The Shining, albeit without famous catchphrase.
2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown
The Rakshasa is similar to the creature in Stephen King's novel It, a monster that also hibernates for a stretch of time and appears as a clown.
2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Dean: What you brought back isn't even your daughter anymore. These things are vicious, they're violent, they're so nasty they rot the ground around them. I mean, come on, haven't you seen "Pet Sematary"?
A reference to the Stephen King novel Pet Sematary in which a grieving father buries his young son's body in an ancient Indian burial ground and it comes back as a zombie.
2.17 Heart
Dean: I'd say Kurt's looking more and more like our Cujo.
Cujo is a Stephen King book about a rabid St. Bernard named Cujo that kills people.
2.18 Hollywood Babylon
Dean: Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?
Creepshow is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.
