TV SERIES · 2022– · USA
Shining Vale
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- #001
The series references other horror films such as The Shining (1980), Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Amityville Horror (1979). Rosemary's Baby is Courteney Cox's favorite horror film.
- #002
The town center is the same set used for Stars Hollow in Gilmore Girls and Rosewood in Pretty Little Liars, and the high school doubled for Stars Hollow High and Rosewood High, respectively.
- #003
The opening scene of Episode 5 shows Pat (Courteney Cox) trying to get her family out of the haunted house, and it serves as a tribute to Poltergeist (1982).
- #004
The title of the third episode of the first season, 'The Yellow Wallpaper', references the classic feminist short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1892, in which a woman goes mad because her doctor husband locks her in a room and treats her as if she were hysterical.
- #005
The séance scene in Episode 6 serves as a tribute to The Changeling (1980).
- #006
The dinner the Phelps family eats in front of the fireplace in S01E01 was shot to resemble a scene from Rosemary's Baby (1968), Courteney Cox's favorite horror film.
- #007
The opening sequence of Episode 2 serves as a tribute to Paranormal Activity (2007).
- #008
Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear appeared together in Friends (1994).
- #009
Filming took place in February 2021 during COVID. Mira Sorvino posted a photo on Instagram showing the actors wearing masks and face shields.
- #010
Co-creator Jeff Astrof was a writer and story editor on Friends (1994), in which Courteney Cox starred.
- #011
Courteney Cox and Sherilyn Fenn appeared together in Friends (1994). (The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner.)
- #012
Mira Sorvino starred alongside another Friends (1994) alum, Lisa Kudrow, in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997).
- #013
In Episode 8, when Terry attacks a door with an axe to reach Patricia, there is a clear reference to Stephen King's The Shining.
- #014
It features an Oscar winner, Mira Sorvino, and an Oscar nominee, Greg Kinnear.
- #015
The story is set in a small town, and both Sherilyn Fenn and Rob Morrow are known for roles in shows set in a small town: Twin Peaks (1990) and Northern Exposure (1990), respectively.
- #016
In Episode 3, Pat (Courteney Cox) cutting through the back wall of the closet is a tribute to Jack Nicholson's axe skills in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).
- #017
Sherilyn Fenn and Greg Kinnear appeared as special guest stars on Friends (1994), in which Courteney Cox starred. Fenn appeared in The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner (1997), and Kinnear in The One with Ross's Grant (2003).
- #018
The curtain fabric pattern already hanging in the house in S1E1 is the same as the pattern on the corridor carpet in the original Shining.
- #019
The first episode serves as a tribute to Giallo horror master Mario Bava, with its bouncing ball recalling 'Kill, Baby, Kill!'.
- #020
The central premise of the story, in which Patricia (Courtney Cox) has an affair and moves her family into a haunted house, resembles the story of American Horror Story: Murder House season 1. In this story, the one having the affair is the husband, who moves his family into a haunted house in the hope of repairing his failing marriage.
- #021
Gaynor said that her period was late last season and that they have not yet addressed the matter in the new season.
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