The Dead

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632)
Rembrandt van Rijn

The discovery of a mosasaur in the Maastricht tunnels (1770)
G. R. Levillaire

The Jacket

On the Waterfront (1954)
dir. Elia Kazan

Superman (1978)
dir. Richard Donner


Clark Kent only wears this jacket once - when he's preparing to leave Smallville to find out about his father, who's played by Marlon Brando. Now THAT is how you do an homage.

The Reader and the Writer

As a child he was sometimes found at midnight by a page still reading. They took his taper away, and he bred glow-worms to serve his purpose. They took the glow-worms away, and he almost burnt the house down with a tinder.

Orlando: A Biography (1928)
Virgina Woolf


You know, as a writer, if you took away my paper, I would write on my heart. If you take away my ink, I'd write on the wind. It wouldn't be an ideal way to work.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace "Hell Hath Fury" (2004)
written by Matthew Holness & Richard Ayoade

The Nightmare

The Nightmare (1781)
Henry Fuseli

Phantasm (1979)
dir. Don Coscarelli

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
dir. Wes Craven

The Journey

Ordet (1955)
dir. Carl Th. Dreyer

Night Train (1959)
dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz

The Dog Man

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
dir. Philip Kaufman

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

dir. Jack Sholder

Apparently this is a creature of Japanese folklore.

The Pier

Dark City (1998)
dir. Alex Proyas

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
dir. Darren Aronofsky

House of Sand and Fog (2003)
dir. Vadim Perelman