Thanks for all the posts. As far as cross-referencing goes, there's always GREMLINS, which seems to be one long string of allusions. (Dante seems to have a penchant for that sort of thing in THE HOWLING as well). Then there's Radio Raheem's monologue about LOVE and HATE tattooed on his knuckles, which is almost a direct lift from Robert Mitchum in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. But what about political/social agitprop, a la the animal rights stuff in LETHAL WEAPON III? That seems far rarer. --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN