The Mihmiverse is a Shared Universe made up of the movies of auteur Christopher R. Mihm. Beginning with The Monster of Phantom Lake in 2006, Mihm has averaged one movie a year, with all of his films being tributes to the low-budget B-Movie Sci-Fi Horror films of the 1950s. As such, his movies (up until 2019's Queen of Snakes) are Deliberately Monochrome and feature Large Ham acting, with much of the dialogue Punctuated! For! Emphasis!.
Films directed by Christopher R. Mihm include:
- The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006)
- It Came from Another World! (2007)
- Cave Women on Mars (2008)
- Terror from Beneath the Earth (2009)
- Destination: Outer Space (2010)
- Attack of the Moon Zombies (2011)
- House of Ghosts (2012)
- The Giant Spider (2013)
- The Late Night Double Feature (2014)
- Danny Johnson Saves the World (2015)
- Weresquito: Nazi Hunter (2016)
- Demon with the Atomic Brain (2017)
- Guns of the Apocalypse (2018)
- Queen of Snakes (2019)
- The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Unseen Invasion (2020)
- The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us (2021)
- The Mihmiverse Holiday Special (2021)
Tropes present across the Mhimiverse:
- Author Appeal: Mihm's movies are largely inspired by his father, George Mihm, who loved B-Movies as a kid and watched them on tape with his son years later. After his father's death, Mihm decided to start out making the sort of movies his dad would love and never stopped. Mihm's production company, All For George Productions, is named in George Mihm's honor.
- B-Movie: Mihm's films are tributes to these and emulate the same aesthetic in terms of music, plot, acting, etc.
- Creator Cameo: Christopher R. Mihm usually has one in each of his movies, even if it is only as a voice.
- Dramatic Pause: Most of the heroes will do this.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Nearly all of Mihm's movies are in black and white (or almost entirely all in black and white) to evoke the feeling of an old horror movie.
- Dull Surprise: The delivery style of those actors who are not Large Hams.
- Eccentric Townsfolk: Most of the inhabitants of the Phantom Lake area.
- Homage: Mihm's films pay tribute to the classic Sci-Fi Horror of The '50s in general, with some specific parodies along the way.
- Large Ham: Those actors who do not express everything with Dull Surprise.
- Nepotism: Mihm frequently casts his wife, children, friends and the children of his friends.
- Public Domain Soundtrack: Much like the directors he parodies, Christopher R. Mihm gets a lot of his music from stock footage.
- Running Gag: Mihm has several running gags that go into many of his movies.
- A scene of a character looking into a flashlight and turning it on and off.
- Actor James Norgard saying the line "Dear God, no!"
- Characters saying a line from Ghostbusters (1984).
- Characters saying "I have a bad feeling about this." like in Star Wars.
- Those Two Guys: Multiple examples.
- Gustav and Sven, The Canoe Cops.
- Dr. Edwards and Dr. Gabriel.
- Chip and Butch in the films focused on the Phantom Lake Kids.
- The 'Verse: Many of the characters in Mihm's films are related to one another and have appeared in more than one film.
- Professor Jackson is the Science Hero of both The Monster of Phantom Lake and It Came from Another World!.
- Gustav and Sven, The Canoe Cops, show up in The Monster of Phantom Lake, It Came from Another World!, and The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
- Elizabeth, the one surviving college senior from The Monster of Phantom Lake, is implied to have had a one-night stand with Doctor Frasier in It Came from Another World!.
- By the time of Cave Women on Mars, Professor Jackson is now Director Jackson and has a son, Captain Mike Jackson (played by the same actor), who is leading the first manned mission to Mars.
- Miss Saint Marie from It Came from Another World! has a cameo in Terror from Beneath the Earth which reveals her to be pregnant - presumably with Mike Jackson - after becoming Mrs. Saint Marie-Jackson.
- Captain Mike Jackson, whose role in Cave Women on Mars is relatively minor, goes on to be the main protagonist of Destination: Outer Space.
- Lieutenant William Elliot, the hero of Cave Women on Mars, is the son of Sheriff George Elliot from Terror from Beneath the Earth.
- Stan Johnson and Rosemary Bennett from Terror from Beneath the Earth are revealed to have gotten married by the time of The Giant Spider. They both show up in The Mihmiverse Holiday Special, albeit Stan Johnson is only heard and isn't seen on camera.
- Deputy Hayes from Terror from Beneath the Earth goes on to appear in House of Ghosts, The Giant Spider and Queen of Snakes. He's finally promoted to Sheriff in The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
- Alice Johnson first appeared in Terror from Beneath the Earth and later appeared in The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Unseen Invasion.
- Danny Johnson, who first appears as a missing child in Terror from Beneath the Earth, will go on to be the first person to see The Giant Spider in The Giant Spider and star in Danny Johnson Saves the World. He also appears in The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Unseen Invasion, The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us and The Mihmiverse Holiday Special.
- Evelyn Johnson, who first appears in The Giant Spider goes on to appear in Danny Johnson Saves the World,The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Unseen Invasion, The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Usand is the star of The Mihmiverse Holiday Special.
- Steve appears in both Danny Johnson Saves the World and The Mihmiverse Holiday Special.
- Dr. Vincent Edwards, who first appears as the Science Hero in Terror from Beneath the Earth, goes on to star in Attack of the Moon Zombies and has supporting roles in The Giant Spider, The Late Night Double Feature and The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
- Dr. Peter Gabriel, who first appears in Attack of the Moon Zombies, goes on to appear in The Giant Spider, The Late Night Double Feature, Demon with the Atomic Brain and The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
- Captain Herman "Ace" Frehley, who first appears in Attack of the Moon Zombies, goes on to appear in The Late Night Double Feature.
- General Castle, who first appears in House of Ghosts, goes on to appear in The Giant Spider, Demon with the Atomic Brain, and The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
- Reporter Howard Johnson appears in both The Giant Spider and The Phantom Lake Kids In: The Beast Walks Among Us.
