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* NamesTheSame: Please don't get this Dr. Vance confused with [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 an infinitely more likable one]].
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* VacationDearBoy: Many of the film's stars were from Wisconsin and used the production as an excuse to visit their families.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Bill Rebane, the movie's screenplay was never properly completed because Richard Huff and Robert Easton kept arguing and rewriting each other's work. The main source of friction was that Huff wanted to write a serious science fiction movie while Easton preferred something more tongue-in-cheek, with the result being that they completed only 10-15 pages' worth of script by the time filming began. Eventually Easton wrote the balance of the finished movie, with Rebane claiming that he locked the actor-writer in a cabin until he refined their drafts into something presentable, and even then there was significant ad libbing by the performers.

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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Bill Rebane, the movie's screenplay was never properly completed because Richard Huff and Robert Easton kept arguing and rewriting each other's work. The main source of friction was that Huff wanted to write a serious science fiction movie while Easton preferred something more tongue-in-cheek, with the result being that they completed only 10-15 pages' worth of script by the time filming began. Eventually Easton wrote the balance of the finished movie, with Rebane claiming that he locked the actor-writer in a cabin until he refined their drafts into something presentable, and even then there was significant ad libbing by the performers.useable.
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* NoOSHACompliance: The giant spider (which, yes, was a large spider puppet mounted on a Volkswagen) proved a serious hazard to cast and crew. First of all, the spider was operated by seven crewmembers, mostly teenagers (several of them Rebane's relatives), who found the interior of the puppet uncomfortably hot to the point where several passed out while operating it. The spider nearly caused fatalities twice: during the scene where the spider demolishes the farmhouse, its legs moved in the wrong direction and caused debris to crash through the puppet, nearly killing the operators inside. The finale of the spider's destruction also caused problems when a gunpowder charge went off improperly; two crewmembers were hospitalized with serious burns and the fires caused several brushfires which were contained by the fire department. These and other mishaps caused Rebane to dub the movie ''The Giant Spider Disaster''.


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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Bill Rebane, the movie's screenplay was never properly completed because Richard Huff and Robert Easton kept arguing and rewriting each other's work. The main source of friction was that Huff wanted to write a serious science fiction movie while Easton preferred something more tongue-in-cheek, with the result being that they completed only 10-15 pages' worth of script by the time filming began. Eventually Easton wrote the balance of the finished movie, with Rebane claiming that he locked the actor-writer in a cabin until he refined their drafts into something presentable, and even then there was significant ad libbing by the performers.
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* ActorAllusion: One of [[Series/GilligansIsland Alan Hale's]] first lines as the sheriff is "Hey, [[CatchPhrase little buddy]]!"
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[EpilepticTrees Apparently]] Melissa's curse in ''Film/TouchOfSatan'' made the main witch-burning hick immortal and he decided to relocate.
** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''Franchise/PerryMason''.
** Leslie Parrish was Jocie in ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''.
** Alan Hale Jr. was of course the Skipper on ''Series/GilligansIsland'', which is actually [[ActorAllusion acknowledged]] with his "little buddy" line.
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* ActorAllusion: One of [[Series/GilligansIsland Alan Hale's]] first lines as the sheriff is "Hey, [[CatchPhrase little buddy]]!"
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* RealLifeRelative: Steve Brodie's son played Dave Perkins, and Barbara Hale's husband played Dutch. Also, there's loads and loads of Rebanes in the credits.

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* RealLifeRelative: Steve Brodie's son played Dave Perkins, and Barbara Hale's husband played Dutch. Also, there's loads and loads of Rebanes in the credits.credits.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[EpilepticTrees Apparently]] Melissa's curse in ''TouchOfSatan'' made the main witch-burning hick immortal and he decided to relocate.
** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''Series/PerryMason''.
** Leslie Parrish was Jocie in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[EpilepticTrees Apparently]] Melissa's curse in ''TouchOfSatan'' ''Film/TouchOfSatan'' made the main witch-burning hick immortal and he decided to relocate.
** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''Series/PerryMason''.
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** Leslie Parrish was Jocie in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''.
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** Alan Hale Jr. was of course the Skipper on ''Series/GilligansIsland'', which is actually [[ActorAllusion acknowledged]] with his "little buddy" line.
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* NamesTheSame: Please don't get this Dr. Vance confused with [[HalfLife an infinitely more likable one]].

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* NamesTheSame: Please don't get this Dr. Vance confused with [[HalfLife [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 an infinitely more likable one]].
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** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''PerryMason''.

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** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''PerryMason''.''Series/PerryMason''.
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* RealLifeRelative: Steve Brodie's son played Dave Perkins, and Barbara Hale's husband played Dutch. Also, there's loads and loads of Rebanes in the credits.
-->'''Crow:''' The Brodie to Rebane ratio is a little rich here...

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* RealLifeRelative: Steve Brodie's son played Dave Perkins, and Barbara Hale's husband played Dutch. Also, there's loads and loads of Rebanes in the credits.
-->'''Crow:''' The Brodie to Rebane ratio is a little rich here...
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[EpilepticTrees Apparently]] Melissa's curse in ''TouchOfSatan'' made the main witch-burning hick immortal and he decided to relocate.
** Barbara Hale is best known for being Della Street in ''PerryMason''.
** Leslie Parrish was Jocie in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.
* NamesTheSame: Please don't get this Dr. Vance confused with [[HalfLife an infinitely more likable one]].
* RealLifeRelative: Steve Brodie's son played Dave Perkins, and Barbara Hale's husband played Dutch. Also, there's loads and loads of Rebanes in the credits.
-->'''Crow:''' The Brodie to Rebane ratio is a little rich here...

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