Connections

After Freddy Krueger makes Peter poop in his sleep, Peter wakes up and says "When you poop in your dreams, you poop for real". This is a parody of the viral tagline and movie quote "If you die in the game, you die for real" from the horror film "Stay Alive".

movie seen in opening credits on Daniel's shelf

The line "If we die in the game, we die for real" is a reference to Stay Alive.

anothe terrible horror film directed by William Brent Bell

DVD on Carl's shelf

kid mentions this title in video game store

Receiving clues through a mirror, which cracks upon use.

Mentioned in speech

Mentioned in speech

there is a huge poster of the movie 'steamboy' in room when all of the gamers first begin to play the game