 Most characters in the film are named after directors or stars from  black and white horror movies: Chaney (Lon Chaney (qv)); Waggner  (director George Waggner (qv)); Browning (famous "Dracula"  director Tod Browning (qv)); Larry Murnau, (after  F.W. Murnau (qv), director of the "first" Dracula film  _Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)_ (qv)); Schreck  (Max Schreck (qv) also starred in "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des  Grauens"); Valerie Lewton (Val Lewton (qv) produced several famous  horror movies) and Billy Hitchcock, whose name pays homage to  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv).