Rick And Morty Fans Can’t Help But Love These Horror Movie References – Looper

At the u/rickandmorty subreddit, u/nialldude3 asked for other fans to share their favorite pop culture parody from "Rick and Morty." Their particular favorite is the "Stand By Me" reference in Season 3's "The Ricklantis Mixup." Not exactly horror, even if it is an adaptation of Stephen King's novella "The Body" (via CinemaBlend).

It doesn't take long at all for the horror genre to show up though. "Definitely the Hellraiser parody," wrote u/malccy72. "Had me in stitches." They are referring to Season 5, Episode 5, "Amortycan Grickfitti," when a group of horribly mutilated interdimensional demons strongly resembling the Cenobites from the "Hellraiser" franchise first befriend then kidnap Jerry (Chris Parnell), believing Jerry's tedious personality to be a form of pain, and, for them, pleasure.

Since the original adaptation of Clive Barker's novella "The Hellbound Heart" in 1987, Pinhead (played most often by Doug Bradley) and the rest of the sadomasochistic Cenobites have appeared in ten films, with both a remake and an HBO series reportedly in the works. As far as "Rick and Morty" is concerned, this episode may have been the most brutal in terms of its treatment of Jerry, whose mediocre intelligence and milquetoast personality has made him into the series' longest-running punchline.

Not that his humiliation has ever stopped being funny. As u/timmi2tone32 wrote, "This brings me pain, which brings me pleasure."

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