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Severance Influences

A list of works that may have influenced and inspired the writers, designers, and creators of the TV show, Severance.

Influence listings should be labeled as Confirmed or Unconfirmed and include a link to a source that verifies the confirmation.

If you are looking for shows, movies, books, and other works in the style of Severance or with a Severance “vibe”, please see the page, Shows and Movies like Severance.

Movies

Movies that may have influenced Severance.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946; retitled Stairway to Heaven)

Lead characters are named Peter and June. A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

Unconfirmed. Mentioned to Dan Erickson in AMA here: (link) Erickson did not confirm or deny the influence.

Brazil (1985)

Confirmed by Dan Erickson Inverse

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Confirmed by Ben Stiller.

TODO: Source needed. (Variety interview)

Playtime (1968)

TODO: Source needed. (Variety interview)

The Matrix (1999)

Confirmed by Dan Erickson.

The Truman Show (1998)

Stated by Dan Erickson Slashfilm. Inverse

Joe vs The Volcano (1990)

Confirmed by Dan Erickson.

TODO: Source needed (AMA?)

Office Space (1999)

Confirmed by Dan Erickson SlashfilmGame Rant Inverse

Pleaseantville (1998)

Confirmed by Jeremy Hindle Gold Derby

Other

The Backrooms

A creepypasta online urban legend and one of the most well-known examples of the Internet aesthetic of liminal spaces, which depicts usually busy locations as unnaturally empty,

Confirmed by Dan Erickson. Game Rant Inverse

The Stanley Parable

Confirmed by Dan Erickson Inverse

Photographers

Confirmed by Jessica Lee Gagné NBC News

Designers

Confirmed Jeremy Hindle Gold Derby Signal Horizon

Dilbert comic strips]

Confirmed by Dan Erickson Inverse

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