10 Horror Movies That Mock You For Paying Attention
2. The Xenomorph Skull - Predator 2
Predator 2 is a pretty surface-level sequel to the classic original, but there's one sequence in the movie which sure as hell got fans talking.
In the Predator's trophy room, the skull of a Xenomorph from Alien can briefly be seen, immediately throwing fans into a tailspin as they speculated on the possibility of an impending Alien vs. Predator movie.
After all, the first Alien vs. Predator comics had hit stores just the year before Predator 2 was released, so many fans bought into the Easter egg as a legitimate nod towards a coming attraction.
Though Fox did genuinely try to get the movie made after Predator 2, production stalled for numerous reasons, causing most fans to give up hope, assuming they'd been duped with a throwaway Easter egg.
Of course, AvP did finally come out in 2004, but given that it was a goofy, PG-13-rated mess, many fans ultimately wished the seed had never been planted in the first place, to say nothing of the even-worse sequel which followed in 2007.
And so, ultimately fans got themselves worked up for a whole lotta nothing, even if the filmmakers presumably didn't intend to play with their feelings quite so ruthlessly.