James A. Janisse is clearly a Pop-Cultured Badass and a really big geek. He loves to pepper in all kinds of references in his Kill Counts.
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Friday The 13th
References in the Friday the 13th kill counts.
- James says that Alice's outfit looks like a Luke Skywalker cosplay.
- In the second movie, James calls out Terry for receiving fashion tips from Padme in Attack of the Clones.
- In the 9th movie of the franchise, James refers to one of the characters kicking Jason as a "Falcon Kick".
- In Jason X, when the characters show up with odd masks with large googles, James calls them "a bunch of Star Lords".
- During Never Hike Alone James' says that Kevin Hardcore Henrys his way through the woods and also refers to the shovel Kevin advertises a Day Of Defeat-style collapsible shovel.
- The trailer for the recount of Freddy vs. Jason uses a parody of The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny to describe the events of the movie.
- In the recount of Friday the 13th Part III, James makes two references in the scene where one of the biker gang members smashes up the car due to Shelly accidentally crashes into their bikes:"Shelly accidentally Pee-Wees the biker gang's bikes, but Ali still willing to give them (singing)
service with a smile!"
Scream
References in the Scream kill counts.
- James jokes that Ghostface doesn't kill Courtney Cox's character because he's a fan of Friends and wants to see if Monica and Chandler get together next season.
Nightmare On Elm Street
References in the A Nightmare on Elm Street kill counts.
- Jesse's car in A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge emits so much smoke, that James compares it to the Smoke Monster from Lost.
Jaws
References in the Jaws kill counts.
- The shark antagonist of Jaws 3-D shattering a glass pane earns it the nickname "Stone Cold Steve Sharkson".
IT
References in the IT Adaptations kill counts.
- When a picture winks to a character in the kill count for the original TV adaptation, James calls out that before Harry Potter made moving paintings magical, they were scary.
Child's Play
References in the Child's Play kill counts.
- Perhaps unintentional, but when James mentions an explosion at a toy shop, he mentions elves cooking meth.
- In the third movie, after Tyler accidentally intercepts Chucky when he mails himself to Andy, James then says/sings that Chucky bursts Out of the Box. *clap clap*
Leprechaun
References in the Leprechaun kill counts.
- The first Leprechaun Kill Count opens with a reference to the Crichton leprechaun news story. This became Hilarious in Hindsight a year later, as Leprechaun Returns also references the video, which James does not hesitate to bring up in its Kill Count.
- James does a Tommy Wiseau impression ("anything for my princess!") during the count for Leprechaun 2.
- James says that the character Morty, also in the second movie, looks more like a Rick.
- The "Rocky Horror hitman" in the Leprechaun 3.
- From the same movie: "Scott's going through some ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!"
Evil Dead
References in the Evil Dead kill counts.
- When Ash stumbles out of the cabin as dawn breaks, James quotes lyrics from "Brand New Day", from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
- "I'm neither an old priest or a young priest, but she is possessed".
- James calls the disembodied hand Mr. Hand and says it's the same character as the principal from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
- "How's it hanging, Ash?", said with a Chucky intonation.
- When Linda bursts out of her grave: "She Margaret Whites Ash..."
- James compares the sway Ash deals with deadite Linda (not dismembering her, and instead taking her outside) to the way Fred Flintstone deals with the saber-toothed cat.
Alien
References in the Alien kill counts.
- James quips that Bishop crawls through the pipeline "like Android Dufresne".
- James refers to Queen Alien as "Queen Bitch" and quotes appropriate lyrics from the David Bowie song by the same name.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
References in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre kill counts.
- In the sequel. When Bubba takes off LG's face, James jokes whether the face is an order from Nic Cage or John Travolta.
- In the 2003 reboot kill count, James peppers in a few Dead by Daylight references; he refers to Leatherface sticking Andy onto a meathook as a sacrifice to the entity, and when Erin tries to escape a building but doesn't find any exits, James jokes that nobody repaired any generators.
Final Destination
References in the Final Destination kill counts.
- In the fourth movie, when discussing Hunt's death, James parodies Tom Green's "The Bum Bum Song" (not Eminem, who referenced that song).
- In the same film, when Janet gets her shoelace caught in an escalator, James angrily quotes Brodie's escalator tirade at her. It continues into her premonition death in said escalator, where James says that the escalator "finally gives us the bloodbath that was promised".
Re Animator
References in the Re-Animator kill counts.
- During the scene where Dan and Herbert West are searching the basement for the reanimated cat, James notes how the basement’s only light is swinging around like a character from The Brave Little Toaster.
Candy Man
References in the Candy Man kill counts.
- When Candyman was talking with Helen in the asylum whilst floating in the air, James said that he was floating like a swan. Then bam, he's gone!
- For the Numbers gag in the second video, he imitates the Disney Channel bumpers where a star from the network draws the channel’s logo.
Predator
References in the Predator kill counts.
- The end credits of the first film draw comparison to Too Many Cooks.
- While an officer in the second film was yelling at the radio that they're outgunned and out-manned, James adds that they're also outnumbered and out-planned.
- Also in the second film, Gary Busey's shiny clothes are referred to as his "Devo costume".
- In Predators, James makes a bunch of TF2 references when talking about Nikolai, the resident Husky Russkie with the Minigun.
- James slightly modifies the lyrics to "Berserker" from Clerks when talking about a kill in Predators.
Sleepaway Camp
References in the Sleepaway Camp kill counts.
- When the camp kids in the third film are introducing themselves by their (conspicuously not-normal) names and which schools they're from, James mentions that it ends up sounding like the East/West Coast Bowl comedy sketch.
Jurassic Park
References in the Jurassic Park kill counts.
- James sings the "rolling, rolling" part of the Rawhide theme song during the gyrosphere scene.
The Purge
References in the The Purge kill counts.
- The Purge counts make a lot of references related to the actors' other well-known roles: Game of Thrones for Lena Headey, Marvel Cinematic Universe villain Crossbones for Frank Grillo, The Wire for Michael K. Williams, Get Out (2017) for Betty Gabriel, Toni Braxton for Lex Scott Davis and Lost for Kiele Sanchez.
- James describes The Purge: Anarchy as "a whole new world...with a new fantastic point of view".
- Two blade-wielding female purgers in The Purge: Anarchy are referred to as "the Kitana and Milleena of Purge Night".
- A drone in The Purge: Election Year is described as being from a Star Wars special edition.
- The surveillance tech in The First Purge is described as something out of Minority Report.
- The name of The First Purge antagonist, Skeletor, brings forth many He-Man jokes.
- Skeletor's syringe getup earns him the title of a "Dream Warriors fan".
Thanks Killing
References in the Thanks Killing kill counts.
- James name drops Meet the Feebles when discussing a singing fly in Thankskilling 3.
Tremors
References in the Tremors kill counts.
- During Bloodlines, Zoran channels Bakshi's version of Gandalf as Erich Van Wyck is eaten.Zoran: [...]as we see [a Graboid] leap from the ground like a carnivorous porpoise, twirling, twirling, TWIRLING towards its dinner.
Gremlins
References in the Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch kill counts.
- Gremlins:
- As Wing declines Rand's offer on buying the mogwai, James jokes that he ain't sellin to nobody but Spider-Man after Wing says that "With mogwai comes much responsibility".
- James calls Mr. Wing's grandson as proto-Short Round.
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch:
- He drops a lot of Die Hard references throughout the video.
- When Daniel Clamps decides to air a special tape in light of the gremlin infestation situation, James references and praises ＬＯＣＡＬ５８.James: The scariest YouTube channel I've ever watched.
- When Grandpa Fred's interview with Brain Gremlin goes sour, he makes two references to a certain film involving a stair-dancing clown. Stating that Brain goes full Joker (2019) as he kills a propeller hat-wearing Gremlin on live television and being amused when Grandpa Fred immediately bails on the interview.
James: I love Fred's casual "Get the fuck outta here" move. He ain't goin out like DeNiro.- As Gizmo finally makes his triumphant return he refers to him as OG Grogu.
Single movie series
- Cooties: When Matt Jones' character, a cop, shows up, James notes how he has to say he's a cop. It's in the constitution!
- Santa's Slay: When Santa picks up the valet's hat, James comments "Nice, Santa, free hat!", and then clarifies that he didn't mean "Free Hat McCullough."
- Terrifier: When Art kills the pizza place owner, James describes the face of the dead man as "a watermelon that just got Red Wedding"James: The Clown Academy sends their regards.
- You're Next: When Erin splashes a pot of now-cold water onto Felix during her fight with him and Zee, James makes a pretty funny Pokémon reference in the process.
- Mandy: When Brother Klopek brings out a chainsaw much longer than Red's in the prelude to their chainsaw fight, James notes that Brother Klopek is one Long Long MAAAAAAAAAN!
- Society: In the "Numbers" segment, James says that the "blueberry" pie chart is perfect for Jason Biggs to practice shunting on.
- A Quiet Place: James quotes Elton John's "Rocketman" and The Lonely Island's "Dick in a Box" during the movie summary.
- Hell Fest: James notes Tony Todd's Dr. Facilier getup.
- Ice Cream Man: There's a character called Tuna in the movie, whose dad has an affair with a woman named Wanda, which brings forth some A Fish Called Wanda jokes.
- Bones (2001) is chock full of references to Snoop Dogg's music.
- Train to Busan: When introducing the characters, he mentions how In-gil gives her sister Jon-gil an egg in this "soon to be trying times".
- Hereditary:
- When Annie goes to the therapy group, James says she wants to find a way to be a "little miss sunshine".
- He muses that Peter must be staring at a girl's pants since he's jealous, having spent many years in a "naked band".
- Deathgasm: Zoran expresses his dislike of Zakk, stating that he hates him "so much, it's like flames on the side of my head".
- Mortal Kombat 9: "Now we're soarin' and flyin' through Raiden's memories. There's not a game in MK's past that we can't reach."
- Emesis Blue:
- Several Team Fortress 2 web series are shown as visuals when James discusses certain aspects of the game, including Hat Stereotypes and How it FEELS to Play TF2
- At the end of the sponsor segment, the video cuts to the Kill Count set decorated in Doctor Who media, with Zoran dressed up as the Tenth Doctor. While Zoran is talking, supposedly doing a separate kill count on an episode of Doctor Who, James rushes in and stabs Zoran, and before he dies, he whimpers "I don't want to go!"
- Nope: When OJ uses the tube men in the chase scene with Jean Jacket, James refers to them as his "wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing army."
Reference Videos
- James has made a point of releasing videos that catalog collections of references he made.
