9 Horror Movie References You Never Noticed In Anime
3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
One of the most important things to know about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is that the characters have spiritual vessels that they can summon to fight for them – known as 'Stands'.
The
other important thing to know is that the creator, Araki Hirohiko, is
really into movies from the West, so the series is full of Hollywood
references. Not as many as there are musical references, like one of
the characters being named Robert E. O. Speedwagon and the Zepelli
family name, coming from Led Zeppelin.
A blatant reference to horror movies is when one character, Polnareff, is turned into a child and hides from an axe-wielding villain. The latter breaks down the door with his axe and leans his head in in a clear reference to the Stanley Kubrick version of Stephen King's The Shining.
Other more oblique references are in some characters' Stands: Devo uses a Chucky doll and Mannish Boy's Stand can attack people in their dreams, a la Freddy Krueger.