Homage to 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'
O'Leary refers to Minogue as looking like a "constantly surprised Edmund Hillary". Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, famous for being one of the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Newspaper headlines in the opening credits: "Undead Prefer The Name 'Previously Living'", "Newtown Landlord Charges Extra Rent for Ghost Tenant", "Monster Bullied by Johnsonville Teens", and "Paranormal Entity Turns Out to Be Vape Smoke".