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** In addition, {{spoiler|Teddy told his partner that his wife was killed by smoke from a fire. A constant habit of his is smoking. Another arguable point, as it is the fifties, and smoking was encouraged at the time.}}

*** {{spoiler|Smoke from a fire could have also been refering to the smoke from his gun, as shown when he hullucinates shooting it. Some films from that time period have similar lines}}

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Most assuredly not always present, but still packs a wallop at {{spoiler|the ending, with the "peaceful" shot of the lighthouse. The [[Here We Go Again|previous scene]] makes clear [[Body Horror|what will happen to Laeddis there]].}}

* [[Herr Doctor]]: Played with. Dr. Naehring is undeniably German (although [[Fake Nationality|played by a legendary Swede]]), but his accent is much lighter than required by the trope.

*** And he shot [[House (TV series)|Dr. House]].

*** And he [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button|made a clock that runs backwards]].

* [[Homage]]: The film is absolutely crawling with them, in particular [[Alfred Hitchcock]]/Vertigo.

** The crooked angles in the lighthouse are a homage to ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'', a German film told from the perspective of an asylum patient.

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