 In the theater scene, Richard Kelly (II) (qv) originally intended  to have Donnie and Gretchen going to see _C.H.U.D. (1984)_ (qv).  However, there were problems with finding out who owned the rights  to the movie. Finally, Sam Raimi (qv) came to the rescue by  allowing Kelly to use and distort footage from  _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv), free of charge.