Daymare: 1998 - Beyond the Horror - Part 1

The story of how this came to be is an interesting one.

In July 2015, Invader Studios dropped a trailer of Resident Evil 2 Reborn, leading Capcom to shut project down.

One month later, R&D Division 1 producer Yoshiaki Hirabyashi announced a remake was officially in development, famously wearing a t-shirt displaying the words "WE DO IT".

As fan project strongly influenced how remake was built, company received a special mention during end credits.

This inspired an original IP, which ironically cast Paul Haddad (Leon in RE 2 OG) as the Cleaner, in his final role before sadly passing in 2020.

Game was frustrating and actually quite boring, but the amount of references to popular culture is staggering, giving Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) a run for its money.

Scream 2 (1997)

Shout vs Stab

Fictional in-universe franchise was based on Gale Weathers' novel, so rather appropriately:

The Woodsboro Murders 

Jaws (1975)

Help!! Shark! vs Help!!! Shark

Sick vandalism. A deliberate mutilation of a public service message.

Killer Shark was a real 1972 Sega arcade and immortalised on the Fourth of July. 

Men in Black (1997)

Rosenberg Fine Jewelry

'Alien Stole My Husband's Skin'

Little Tiffany

The Thing (1982)

Blair Fish & Co

Rec room

Liev the Monster vs Split-face

Finally, a file titled Letter to Doug MacReady is an obvious nod to Kurt Russell's R.J.

Multiples

The Terminator (1984)

Sarah Carmichael's arm (mid-credits) vs DIY surgery

Along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Connor (albeit played by different actors), Dr. Silberman (Earl Boen) is the only other character to appear in the first three films.

Anyway, he recorded an audio log on 14th August '98.

Judgment Day (1991)

August 4 1997 is when Skynet went online. 

25 days later, supercomputer became self-aware and ended three billion human lives.

Hexacore Biogenetics vs Cyberdyne Systems

No Fate

But what we make.

Sterminator 2.1: Sentence Time

Back to the Future (1985)

Flux capacitor

DeLorean

Fantastic Story

Part II (1989)

Grays Sports Book (1950 - 1998) vs Grays Sports Almanac (1950 - 2000)

Changing year was a nice touch.

Alien (1979)

Xeno pinball machine.

Very 'subtle'.

But this is more ambiguous.

This rando was force fed an umbrella.

Using my over-active imagination.

Ash tries to 'rape' Ripley with a rolled up magazine.

Disturbing sequence is expertly referenced in:

Alien: Isolation (2014)

And for shiggles.

Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
Claire uses an umbrella to defend herself.

Aliens (1986)

ELV-426 sounds nothing like LV-426.

Keen Sight's Water System supervisor is Bishop L. Henriksen, named after Hyperdyne synthetic Lance Bishop and Lance Henriksen. 

Dr. Rebecca Jorden at the Aegis medical facility pays tribute to Newt's real name.

She earned a Second Grade Citizenship Award you know.

Apone's locker contains assholes and elbows.

In Hudson Alley, it's game over man.

Completely unrelated, but a memorial plaque reads:

"Birthplace of George F. Hudson, Mayor of Keen Sight from 1914 to 1930."

Famous paintings

Allegory of the Planets and Continents - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Castor and Pollux - Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya

The Golden Fleece - Herbert James Draper

The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan - Guido Reni

The carnage continues in Part 2.