Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
If it was Christmas, I'd mention a certain James Stewart film of same name.
Oops. Just did.
Awaydays and Villagers - [Awayland]
Call of Duty: Black Ops and Legacy: Black Ops
The Police - Ghost in the Machine and Ghost in the Shell
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages and Serenity - War of Ages
Diamonds are Forever
Film and Siberia 2018 (tagline)
Fear begins (taglines)
The 13th Warrior and Hannibal Rising
Not half, but full circle.
Return from Witch Mountain¹ and TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
¹Sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), not to be confused with 1995 remake.
Race to Witch Mountain remade Escape in 2009.
China Girl (Oz: The Great and Powerful), China Moon and Chinatown²
Before David Bowie's album Let's Dance, China Girl first appeared on Iggy Pop's The Idiot.
²Also an unrelated album (and song) by Thin Lizzy.
Double Impact and Final Fight: Double Impact
Even though subject matter is the same - this is still reasonably odd.
Providing you ignore 'They live within', tagline of Alien Encounter is a combination of The Fourth Kind's title and tagline's climax.
The fourth kind is abduction.
Hmmm.
Hard to Kill and Easy Money II: Hard to Kill
8 is a magic number.
If it was Christmas, I'd mention a certain James Stewart film of same name.
Oops. Just did.
Call of Duty: Black Ops and Legacy: Black Ops
The Police - Ghost in the Machine and Ghost in the Shell
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages and Serenity - War of Ages
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| Rock of Ages |
Film and Siberia 2018 (tagline)
Fear begins (taglines)
The 13th Warrior and Hannibal Rising
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| The Fan Fear strikes |
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| The Ring Two Fear comes full circle |
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| "O" Everything comes full circle |
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| Saw VI The game comes full circle |
¹Sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), not to be confused with 1995 remake.
Race to Witch Mountain remade Escape in 2009.
China Girl (Oz: The Great and Powerful), China Moon and Chinatown²
Before David Bowie's album Let's Dance, China Girl first appeared on Iggy Pop's The Idiot.
²Also an unrelated album (and song) by Thin Lizzy.
Double Impact and Final Fight: Double Impact
Even though subject matter is the same - this is still reasonably odd.
Providing you ignore 'They live within', tagline of Alien Encounter is a combination of The Fourth Kind's title and tagline's climax.
The fourth kind is abduction.
Hmmm.
Hard to Kill and Easy Money II: Hard to Kill
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| Hard to Die |
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| Ripley 8 (Alien Resurrection) |
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| Alien 8 |
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| Jennifer 8 |
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| Sense 8 |
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| Super 8 |
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| Vigilante 8 |
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| Elliott Smith - Figure 8 |
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| Ocean's 8 |
Presenting a useless piece of trivia.
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| Gordon R. Dickson's book is seen in 2014 horror Housebound. |
Another eyebrow raiser.
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| You're looking at Amiga game Alert X. Said craft is described as being a Special Weapons Interdiction Vehicle. |
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| Universally accepted as the spiritual successor to Silkworm, SWIV is also short for 'Silkworm IV', even though there were never any official sequels. |
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| During intro of SNES port Super SWIV (Firepower 2000 in North America), jeep or chopper emerges from mothership Special Weapons IV. |
Boss battle theme (also used throughout entire final stage) rips off The Terminator, when Reese and female solider encounter a HK tank.
They had some balls, right?
Technically inferior, but this is also true for Mega SWIV.
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! and Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Thanatos
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| Endless Ocean: Blue World (Wii) |
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| Resident Evil: Outbreak (PS2) |
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| Leander (Amiga) |
Released for Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and C64, Thanatos was a scrolling shmup.
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| Secret of Mana (SNES) Elinee mentions Thanatos in dialogue. |
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| GBC Color exclusive Aliens: Thanatos Encounter was distinctly drab. |
AC/DC and 1985 arcade
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| Crank 2: High Voltage |
Okay, here's more.
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| Forbidden - Forbidden Evil |
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| Forbidden Forest |
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| Forbidden Ground |
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| Forbidden Kingdom |
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| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories |
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| Forbidden Planet |
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| HK: Forbidden Super Hero |
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| Forbidden World |
Films and music can 'unofficially' become so.
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| Iggy Pop - Beat Em Up |
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| Pandemic First. Person. Shooter. I guess this is modern warfare is a tacky ref to Call of Duty. |
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| Level Up Ubiquitous mechanic in old-school RPGs. |
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| Shoot 'Em Up |
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| Third Person |
The second episode of Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade adds five new worshippers, collectively known as Order of the Storm.
Phila the Tempest, Megakreon the Unbreakable, Nestor the Formidable, Augos the All-Seeing and Sophos the Broker.
Oh yeah.
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| Dungeons & Dragons: Order of the Griffon |
BDX³ (Escape Plan) and BMX
³Stands for Bedwater Prison.
Less said about sequel the better.
DMX and LBX: Little Battlers Experience
Music and Lyrics is a film starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Words and Music are albums from Saint Etienne and Aqualung.
Zack and Miri make a Porno and Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
You are not welcome here (District 9) and You're not welcome here (Madison County)
Tuff E Nuff (Dead Dance in Japan) and Tough Enough
Awesome.
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| Batman Returns Gentlemen, start your screaming. |
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| Daytona USA Gentlemen, start your engines. |
Total Carnage and Rampage: Total Destruction
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| The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction |
E-1000 (P47 Aces) and T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
Chopper
Classic bike and film
Chop (the black Rottweiler in Grand Theft Auto V) and Bell X1 - Chop Chop
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| Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop |
A chop shop is where stolen cars are disassembled and sold on for parts.
Oh yeah.
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| Chop Top (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) |
Born to Dance and Lana Del Ray - Born to Die
Born to Fight and Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Born to Kill
Film, Private Joker's helmet (Full Metal Jacket) and Channel 4 drama
Play to Kill and Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Dressed to Kill
Kiss and film
Taglines
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| 400_Days Time to kill |
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| Robot World Built to kill |
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| Riot Caged to kill |
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| The Awful Truth |
Call me a scatter brain, but what did the fox say in Lars von Trier's Antichrist?
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| Chaos reigns! |
The battle for Earth begins (Mankind's Last Stand) and The battle for eternity begins (Gods of Egypt)
The final hunt begins (Blade: Trinity), The invasion begins (Dominion) and The ultimate battle begins (Resident Evil: Retribution)
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| Daybreakers The battle for blood begins |
The age of machine has begun (Cyborg X) and The fight for eternity has begun (The 5th Wave)
The nightmare has only just begun (Halloween II 1981) and The panic has just begun (Bells)
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| Three - The End Is Begun |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
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| Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls |
Earth is the just the beginning (Alien Convergence) and The heist was just the beginning (The Vault)
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| Resident Evil 2 (2019) teaser Survival is only the beginning |
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| Back to the Future Part II Getting back was only the beginning |
D is for Dangerous is a track by Arctic Monkeys.
Each short in horror anthology The ABCs of Death (and its sequel), kicks off with 'A is for...', but third 2.5 only uses words beginning with M.
Getting rid of 'is'.
F for Fake and V for Vendetta
Z for Zachariah
Film and book
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| Boris Vallejo |
Seeds of Yesterday and Seeds of Deception
Seeds of Destruction and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Lost in Time
Bugs Bunny and Waxwork II
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
First tagged with III was NES exclusive The Manhattan Project, followed by Game Boy effort Radical Rescue.
How far would you go?
A Second Chance and Beyond Justice
Adding meat to bones.
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| A Hologram for the King How far will you go to find yourself? |
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| Continuum How far would you go to change the past? |
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| Felony How far would you go to conceal the truth? |
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| The Talented Mr Ripley How far would you go to become someone else. |
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| Secret in Their Eyes How far would you go to avenge your daughter's murder? |
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| Death Wish 2018 How far would you go to protect your family |
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| At Any Price How far will you go to chase a dream? |
We are going to eat you! (Zombie) and We are going to flush you! (Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
If he wins, you die. (The Midnight Man) and If you look you die (Selfie from Hell)
Movie franchises can start at The Beginning.
Examples include:
Exorcist⁵, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2006 prequel to 2003 remake) and Ong Bak.
⁵In 2005, an alternative prequel titled Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist was released.
Some assigned number (and numeral).
Missing in Action 2 and Psycho IV.
I'd never forgive myself if I didn't include video game Populous: The Beginning.
Several other variations exist, but we must move on.
The end begins (taglines)
Batman: Arkham Knight (teaser), Terminator: Salvation and Left Behind
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| Terminus The end begins here |
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, The Rift and Left Behind
Ju-On: The Beginning of the End rebooted series and The Beginning of the End is a track by Nine Inch Nails.
The Black Eyed Peas
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| The Beginning |
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| The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) |
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| "Beginning of the End" |
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| Leatherface Witness the beginning of your end |
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| Final: The Rapture The end is the beginning |
Entering the world of Mudvayne.
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| The Beginning of All Things to End |
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| The End of All Things to Come |
Let the hunt begin
Escape and Zombie Hunters
Extending shit.
Let the insanity begin (Madhouse 2004) and Let the killing begin... (Grim Weekend)
Let the manhunt begin (The Breed 2006) and Let the slay ride begin (Black Christmas⁶)
⁶When compared to Bob Clark's seminal original - complete bollocks.
Let the slaughter begin
Violent Shit: The Movie and Humans vs Zombies
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Mudvayne - The New Game and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Premier Manager 2: The New Season
The New Order
Scanners II and Wolfenstein
Can you feel it?
(What?)
The Power of course.
Now you come to mention it.
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| Retired darts legend Phil 'The Power' Taylor. |
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| In forgotten puzzler The Power, emoticon Max must collect hearts in such a way that he eventually meets up with Mini. Problems start once hero moves, as he cannot stop until brick wall is hit, so route for each maze must be carefully planned, or true love won't conquer all. |
Gentle Giant and book⁷
⁷Adapted for the screen in 1961 and completely unrelated to 1933 film of same name.
The Rescue
1988 film and John Everett Millais painting
Ikari III and Rambo III (C64)⁸
⁸Curiously, the only home computer version to display 'fake' subtitle.
Free Willy 3 and Frogger's Adventure
Albums with people in title include:
The Limiñanas - Shadow People
Richard Ashcroft - These People
You Me At Six - Night People
Martyn - Ghost People
Similarly, Pulp's Common People instantly springs to mind.
And.
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| Mars People (as seen in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum) Alien invaders debuted in Metal Slug 2. |
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| Candy People (Adventure Time) Candy Kingdom citizens are very gullible and explode when they're frightened. |
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| Bart People is the final story in Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #1. |
Don't Let Him In and Don't let them in (Intruders tagline)
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| Let someone in |
Trophies in Until Dawn largely ref horror movies.
For some reason, Let eM In and You Let the Wrong One In! seem relevant.
(Ahem).
Now check this out.
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| Resident Evil 2 (2019) When Claire accesses the Interrogation Room, Let Me Out is written on one-way mirror. |
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