Random Easy-To-Miss Horror Movie Easter Eggs (28 items)

(#22) The Painting in The Mist Is of Another Stephen King Character

The Mist is an adaptation of a Stephen King novel about a group of people who hole up in a supermarket as bloodthirsty creatures invade their town. Check out the painting Thomas Jane is working on in the movie.

It's clearly the likeness of Roland Deschain, the hero of King's The Dark Tower series.
(#19) A Line from 2001: A Space Odyssey Appears in An American Werewolf in London
Director John Landis is obviously an obsessive fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey, particularly the line "see you next wednesday," which the director has shoehorned into several of his movies. Pictured here is a poster seen in An American Werewolf in London.
(#28) An Alien Skull Appears in the Trophy Room of Predator 2

If you look closely in a Predator's trophy room in Predator 2, you can see a xenomorph skull from the Alien franchise. This caused fanboys to geek out over the possibility of an Alien-Predator crossover film.

Years later, they got their wish - for better or worse - with AVP: Alien vs. Predator and its sequel AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem.
(#24) The Batman-Superman Marquee in I Am Legend Was Prescient

Remember the Batman-Superman marquee in I Am Legend that got comic geeks in a tizzy about the possibility of such a thing happening? It's in there because I Am Legend producer Akiva Goldman was at one time involved in a planned Supes/Dark Knight team-up.

That never came to pass, but did essentially end up coming out as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice .
(#4) The Rocky Horror Picture Show Might Have Cinema's First True Easter Egg

Do the "Time Warp" back to the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and you may just find cinema's first Easter egg, albeit an unintentional one. During the filming of the horror musical, the cast had an Easter egg hunt on the set but apparently didn't find them all.

Some showed up in the final film. Dammit, Janet!
(#26) Alfred Hitchcock Looms Outside Marion Crane's Office in Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock has a cameo appearance in many of his films. In the iconic thriller Psycho, the Master of Suspense stands outside the office of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) just before she decides to make a run for it... all the way to the Bates Motel and that infamous shower.