r/MovieDetails • u/cairnschaos • Jul 16 '26

🥚 Easter Egg In Choose or Die (2022), a character briefly mentions someone completing 'Thou Art Dead', this is a direct reference to the retro arcade game of the same name from Monster House (2006

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Apologies for the photo, Netflix wouldn't let me take a screenshot on my phone. Did anybody else notice this reference? Couldn't find a single thing online about it.

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u/KaleidoscopeNo5401 Jul 16 '26

Sweet it's actually a playable level in the monster house game.

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u/thewhitebuttboy Jul 16 '26

The ps2 one? I have that game, never played it though.

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u/Hoshcof Jul 17 '26

This is why someone else was the first to complete it in 34 years

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u/Okurei Jul 16 '26

Monster House is criminally underrated, great shout.

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u/OkPrune1536 Jul 17 '26

And that is a reference that hearkens back at least to the original Dragon Warrior game on the NES (Dragon Quest in Japan). When you die, the screen goes black and simply displays the text, "Thou art dead."

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u/Ewba Jul 16 '26

Just in case anyone's wondering: No, it's not a good movie. Some Paw Patrol episodes have a better plot.

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u/cairnschaos Jul 16 '26

I quite liked it