- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Arguably the entire film (or its latter half at least) could be considered a series of BLAMs, but of particular note is a part where an old man eating noodles leans into the shot, and then it transitions to a scene in a roadside noodle shop where he's eating noodles alongside Mr. Togo (on his way to the house), and for some reason one of the noodle cooks is a bear. Aside from Mr. Togo's presence in the scene, it has nothing at all to do with the rest of the movie.
- Cult Classic: It's got a special place in horror fans' hearts for its wildly unique imagery and off the wall premise. It's also one of the rare examples of a cult classic to get the Criterion treatment.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: Kung Fu is by far the most popular of the girls.
- Fridge Brilliance: Considering how the girls are killed by things that their personalities gravitated them toward (Big Eater Mac dying while going to fetch the watermelon she brought, Gorgeous being possessed when using makeup in a mirror, Sweet being lured into an attack by a doll, Melody being eaten by a piano, and Prof dying while trying to rescue her glasses), it lends a new context to their nicknames. In the beginning, it seems that they're simply named for their archetypal high school roles in their friend group...but by the end, it seems like each nickname ends up describing their Fatal Flaw.
- Friendly Fandoms: With Creepshow, due to both films having bizzare editing, ecclectic and colorful visuals, and absurd humor.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- While traveling to Gorgeous' aunts house, Gorgeous tells the girls a story about her aunt's engagement, which is shown in old film footage that the girls lightheartedly riff on. This concept would later be revisited in the late 80s by a man and two robots stuck in outer space.
- Somebody over at Nintendo must've taken influence from this movie in regards to a killer maneating piano.
- The piano melody heard throughout the film almost sounds like it's about to break out into The Black Parade at any moment.
- Heck, the whole premise of a group of kids taking a vacation at a house that turns out to be haunted by angered spirits would happen again in The Evil Dead. (Curiously enough, in Italy Evil Dead was retitled "La Casa", which translates to... The House.)
- Hollywood Pudgy: Mac is described as being a human blimp with an insatiable appetite. Really, though, she's only very slightly thicker than any of the other characters, and it's perfectly normal for teens to have big appetites. Robert Brockway of 1-900-HOTDOG highlighted this by showing a still image of Mac stretching in a crop top and shorts, giving a good view of her completely flat belly:
- Narm Charm: But of course, it's still awesome anyway.
- Signature Scene: The scene where Melody gets eaten by a grand piano, and seemingly becomes nonchalant about it once she's fully inside.
- Vindicated by History: The film made some good money in its initial release, but critics hated it and it was never exported outside of Japan. That all changed in 2010, when Criterion licensed it for a DVD & Blu-ray release in the USA, and it became such an immediate cult hit that it received screenings in festivals and specialty theaters, and was hailed by critics as a surreal classic.
- Visual Effects of Awesome: Even moreso than in the Evil Dead films; the special effects won't win any prizes for realism (especially the scenes that are bluescreened), but they are so compellingly over-the-top, original, unpredictable, and freaky that you can't help but be impressed by them. Word of God says that this is intentional; the film's effects are intended to look unrealistic, as if a child made them.
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