The film features winks to other zombie titles whilst remaining thoroughly original amongst the subgenre of films (it's certainly no horror film, that's for sure) plus multiple
Twin Peaks references and one particularly wonderful nod to St Elmo's Fire.
The story opens with a dead body washing up on shore (a clear
Twin Peaks reference) requiring the assistance of a pair of detectives (a nod to Mulder and Scully of X-Files fame) and the twists and turns just start rolling in from there as the entire cast has secrets to hide.
Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing
Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century
Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson
Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»
If the similarities to
Twin Peaks had anything to do with the stall of Rainy Woods Deadly Premonition didn't do much to hid the plethora of nods, homages and
references within the game to the hit show.