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The Huge ‘Oculus’ Easter Egg You May Have Missed in ‘Gerald’s Game’
Did that headboard look familiar to you?
This past weekend saw the Netflix arrival of brand new Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game (read Brad’s review), which has firmly cemented director Mike Flanagan‘s status as a true master of horror. Previous Flanagan horror films Absentia, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil and Hush hinted at his mastery of the genre, but goddamn does his latest take his career one big ole step further.
Gerald’s Game, like IT before it, is an all-time great horror masterpiece.
You may remember that Flanagan placed the haunted “Lasser Glass” from Oculus in Ouija: Origin of Evil, and there’s a similar Easter egg in Gerald’s Game.
As Flanagan himself confirmed on Twitter over the weekend, the headboard of the bed in Gerald’s Game is a dead ringer for the Lasser Glass’ frame!
Similarly, as pointed out by Twitter’s @CultureCrypt, Hush main character Maddie Young’s book “Midnight Mass” is also featured in Gerald’s Game.
Mike Flanagan movie cameos in GERALD’S GAME: Oculus’ Lasser Glass frame as the headboard and Maddie Young’s Midnight Mass novel from HUSH. pic.twitter.com/5jOraDUIXX
— Culture Crypt (@CultureCrypt) September 30, 2017
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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