While waiting for new episodes of Riverdale to come out, there's only one thing to do: re-watch old episodes for clues and scour the internet for fan theories, of course. Considering that the show constantly has us scratching our heads about one cliffhanger or another, there's often a lot of questions to be answered, and each episode seems to bring more and more mystery.
It turns out that there's some major Riverdale clues that are pretty much hiding in plain sight — to the point where some people might have missed them entirely. Eagle-eyed fans might have noticed that all of the show's episodes seem to be named after old movies, or some variation of an old film's title. For example, the pilot of the series is titled The River's Edge, which bears the same name as a 1986 film starring Crispin Glover and Keanu Reeves, and the show's explosive season 1 finale, The Sweet Hereafter, shares a title with a film from 1997.
Well, it turns out that those titles are chosen very deliberately in order to hint at what might take place during that chapter. Riverdale's executive producer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, tells Teen Vogue that those important titles aren't selected until the episode is completely finished. "We usually work on the episode, and then, as we're going to the end of the breaking of the story, we're like, 'What's the title of this episode?'" he explains. "And then we have a list of provocative titles. Often the stories guide us."
Aguirre-Sacasa also adds that the movies and corresponding episodes share similar themes, giving viewers a hint at what they can expect within each title. This means that fans can look ahead to upcoming titles for clues as to what might unfold throughout the rest of the season. And there are definitely some juicy ones in the future, like the horror film title The House of the Devil and an episode that shares a name with Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. After taking these titles into consideration, there's basically only one conclusion to be drawn: Riverdale is about to get a whole lot darker.
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