Shout Out / Ice Nine Kills

• The band is named after a fictional weapon of mass destruction in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.
• The music video for "The People Under the Stairs" (which is titled after a Wes Craven movie) is a Whole-Plot Reference to the opening scenes of Inglorious Basterds.
• "Buildings Burn, People Die" is titled after a quote from The Crow (1994). (The same quote is later used in "A Grave Mistake".)
• The parody song "Jason's Mom" is about the mother character seen in the Friday the 13th franchise, and also namedrops Norman Bates of Psycho.
• Every song in Every Trick in the Book is based on a work of literature.
  • "The Nature of the Beast": Animal Farm
  • "Communion of the Cursed": The Exorcist
  • "Bloodbath & Beyond": Dracula
  • "The Plot Sickens": Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
  • "Star-Crossed Enemies": Romeo and Juliet
  • "Me, Myself & Hyde": The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, although it also quotes Julius Caesar and name-drops Vincent van Gogh.
  • "Alice": Go Ask Alice
  • "The People in the Attic": The Diary of a Young Girl
  • "Tess-Timony": Tess of the D'Urbervilles
  • "Hell in the Hallways": Carrie. The music video also features characters named Christine, Mr. Torrence, and Coach King.
• Every song in The Silver Scream is based on a horror movie or horror movie franchise.
  • "The American Nightmare": A Nightmare on Elm Street, with a mention of Wes Craven.
  • "Thank God It's Friday": Friday the 13th
  • "Stabbing in the Dark": Halloween
  • "SAVAGES": The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • "The Jig is Up": Saw
  • "A Grave Mistake": The Crow (1994)
  • "Rocking the Boat": Jaws
  • "Enjoy Your Slay": The Shining
  • "Freak Flag": The Devil's Rejects
  • "The World in My Hands": Edward Scissorhands
  • "Merry Axe-Mas": Silent Night, Deadly Night
  • "Love Bites": An American Werewolf in London
  • "IT is the End": IT. The music video also quotes Scream 2 in its dialogue ("It's just good old fashioned revenge") and features a backing band of clowns, which includes Captain Spaulding of House of 1000 Corpses.
  • "Your Number's Up": Scream, and it also namedrops Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees.
• Their follow-up, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood, continues the tradition, with all but the intro and Title Track.
  • "Hip to Be Scared": American Psycho. The bridge also homages Huey Lewis and the News, particularly their songs "Hip to Be Square" (featured in a Signature Scene from the film adaptation) and "The Power of Love".
  • "Assault & Batteries": Child's Play. The chorus also homages the "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" jingle used in Toys "R" Us commercials.
  • "Rainy Day": Resident Evil. The lyrics even include the line "evil has taken up residence" and feature a corporate logo with an umbrella (after the Greater-Scope Villain Umbrella Corporation from the video games), just to make the reference perfectly clear. The "Part 2" also has Spencer quote Film/Scream while being accused ("they sell that mask at every five-and-dime in the state").
  • “Funeral Derangements”: Pet Sematary
  • "A Rash Decision": Cabin Fever
  • "The Shower Scene": Psycho
  • "Take Your Pick": My Bloody Valentine
  • "The Box": Hellraiser
  • "F.L.Y.": The Fly (1986)
  • "Wurst Vacation": Hostel
  • "Ex-Mørtis": Evil Dead
  • "Farewell II Flesh": Candyman
  • "Meat & Greet": The Silence of the Lambs
• "Hunting Season": PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, released to promote the PUBG: New State expansion The Fall of Troi. The game's producers actually contacted them first and asked them to record a song for it.

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