- Aluminum Christmas Trees: The film's description of Witch Bottles - bottles full of herbs, sharp objects and bodily contents (like urine and hair) to ward away spirits - is an actual thing in modern witchcraft.
- Critical Dissonance: The film received critical acclaim for its throwbacks to horror movies from The '60s, as well as its inquiry into gender roles, but received a more mixed response from audiences.
- Diagnosed by the Audience: Elaine displays some sociopathic tendencies. She manipulates men, using magic, potions and good old-fashioned flattery to appeal to them. When they start behaving differently (usually a by-product of her spells), she dismisses them, comparing them to being woman-like. She briefly cries when Wayne dies from her Love Potion, but then ceremonially buries him with no signs of regret or doubt in her actions.
- Ending Fatigue: One of the main complaints regarding the film is that it never really seems to end. It's 2 hours long when it could be easily 30 minutes shorter, and it doesn't help that a lot of the plot is mostly filler.
- Jerkass Woobie: Elaine has murdered men and made them love her, but she was emotionally abused by her husband, is coerced into a cult that sexually abuse her, and is a hyper-femme Stepford Smiler to cope.
- Memetic Mutation: Pointing out how similar Samantha Robinson looks to Lana Del Rey has become pretty popular.
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