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the top 10 stranger things – movie
references sorry about that
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
some of the most clever interesting and
nostalgia inducing movie references
littered throughout the second season of
stranger things as we’ll be looking at
all the episodes in season 2
here is your spoiler alert don’t go over
why and that’s the giveaway that’s a
giveaway number 10 The Goonies if you’re
twisting my arm and you are twisting my
arm I would say that half-a-mile
southeaster Danford The Goonies has been
a huge influence on the characters
situations and dynamics of the stranger
things kids from the very beginning so
seeing Sean Astin that’s what a also
known as little Mikey show up in Hawkins
was a pure delight but of course the
references don’t stop there episode 5
features Astin’s character Bob doing
some map work reminiscent of the famous
scene in the Goonies sadly instead of
treasure the only thing this map leads
to was Bob’s gruesome demise at the
hands of a vicious demo dog
number nine a Nightmare on Elm Street so
what do you dream
forget it Tina the point is that
everyone has a bad dream once in a while
Nancy’s heading over to Tina’s house
that’s gotta be a nod to Wes Craven’s
and Nightmare on Elm Street which was
released in 1984 the same year in which
season two takes place in Episode two
Steve and Nancy head over to a party at
Tina’s for some good old-fashioned
highschool binge drinking which doesn’t
end well for Nancy it’s not bullshit in
a Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy and Tina
are good friends that is of course until
Tina is murdered at the hands of Freddie
number eight Bram Stoker’s Dracula you
playing Frankenstein oh my Dracula come
on your stuff is more relaxed Winona
Ryder has been in plenty of movies but
among her most famous roles is
undoubtedly her turn as Mina Harker in
1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
drink and join me
in return
what better way to pay homage to your
lead actresses long and impressive
career and to have sean astin dress up
as the least intimidating vampire in
history for halloween this is one of the
many tender moments shared between Joyce
and Bob and one that subtly calls back
to a true horror classic number seven
gremlins what are you little guy before
transforming into a truly terrifying
demo dog
d’Artagnan the Polliwog was an adorable
little creature that didn’t like bright
lights and had a huge appetite if this
sounds like a familiar concept it’s
because it’s reminiscent of another 80s
classic has it got a name dad before
transforming into a truly terrifying
gremlin Gizmodo Mogwai was an adorable
little creature that didn’t like bright
lights and had a huge appetite had
Dustin seen gremlins in June of 1984
maybe he would have known better than to
feed and protect art in the first place
number 6 Close Encounters of the Third
Kind
[Applause]
during one of wills episodes he looks
beyond the doorframe in the entrance of
his home to reveal the hellish landscape
of the upside-down this scene is a
pretty straightforward recreation of a
similar moment in Steven Spielberg’s
1977 classic Close Encounters of the
Third Kind and another instance of the
duffer brothers wearing their influences
on their sleeves close encounters and by
extension the films of Steven Spielberg
are a driving influence on the tone and
characters of the series so direct nods
like this one are to be expected number
five the Evil Dead the Evil Dead is an
80’s horror masterpiece so it’s no
wonder the duffer brothers decided to
pay homage to such a truly influential
film the references range from the
subtle to the overt from 11 opening up
the doors to the cellar to the image of
the swing rocking back and forth on the
front porch to the treacherous vines
that bind their prey though luckily for
hopper his vines were only interested in
choking him as far as we know number
four Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters – I’m
Venkman Justin Stan’s you’re Egon and
you’re Winston I specifically didn’t
agree to Winston yes you did I don’t
think he did
the first Ghostbusters film was released
in June of 1984 just a few months before
the events of stranger things – so it
didn’t take long for will Mike
Dustin and Lucas to become full on mega
fans the same could be said of the
duffer’s who injected some subtle
Ghostbusters callbacks throughout the
new season namely the way Venkman and
hopper react to getting slime on their
hands or the scene of Steve will Lucas
Dustin and Max exploring the tunnels
below Hawkins which is reminiscent of
the New York pneumatic transit scene in
ghostbusters – I hate this according to
this whole transit map there should be
an entrance anywhere along here
somewhere
number three the Star Wars franchise
focus on that not the train not his
weight
eles abilities are pretty reminiscent of
the force so in the somewhat stand-alone
seventh episode her journey has a number
of parallels to the Star Wars saga our
first instance of this is the scene
where her sister Kali helps her control
her powers which is straight out of the
x-wing scene in the swamps of Dagobah
from Empire do not there is no try
but Kali quickly changes from Yoda to
the Emperor as she encourages Elle to
give in to her passionate urges and
force-choked one of the men responsible
for her mother’s lobotomize ation to
death Elle eventually rejects Kali in
her methods choosing to return to her
friends sound familiar
patience and sacrifice han and Leia if
you are know what they fight for yes
number two The Exorcist
while many of the films referenced this
season were released around the same
time the story takes place this film
predates season two’s fictional 1984 by
more than a decade
that being said even now more than 40
years after it debuted the Exorcist
remains a truly horrific film
many of the scenes dealing with the
possession of will mirror similar
moments from this classic and disturbing
horror film adding to the unsettling
atmosphere and dread of each scene
number one alien and aliens much like
the transition from 1979’s alien to
1986’s aliens stranger things to ups the
stakes by presenting last season’s
antagonist the demo Gorgon as just one
of many as the party must contend with
what seems like an unstoppable force in
the demo dog army that shreds through
Hawkins lab
[Applause]
like in aliens Paul Rizer plays a
scientist and a representative of a
corporation up to no good though this
time he does have a Redemption arc and
if it kills the boy then quite frankly
Sam it kills him say that’s me the
shadow monster looks like a giant
xenomorph mixed with a spider and
flamethrowers are all over the place you
know what there are too many references
to this iconic sci-fi horror franchise
to name but it’s undoubtedly the biggest
influence on this season
[Music]
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download the app today
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safe way to spend send and receive money
download the app today good artists copy
great artists reference classic 80s
movies welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 stranger things – movie
references sorry about that
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
some of the most clever interesting and
nostalgia inducing movie references
littered throughout the second season of
stranger things as we’ll be looking at
all the episodes in season 2
here is your spoiler alert don’t go over
why and that’s the giveaway that’s a
giveaway number 10 The Goonies if you’re
twisting my arm and you are twisting my
arm I would say that half-a-mile
southeaster Danford The Goonies has been
a huge influence on the characters
situations and dynamics of the stranger
things kids from the very beginning so
seeing Sean Astin that’s what a also
known as little Mikey show up in Hawkins
was a pure delight but of course the
references don’t stop there episode 5
features Astin’s character Bob doing
some map work reminiscent of the famous
scene in the Goonies sadly instead of
treasure the only thing this map leads
to was Bob’s gruesome demise at the
hands of a vicious demo dog
number nine a Nightmare on Elm Street so
what do you dream
forget it Tina the point is that
everyone has a bad dream once in a while
Nancy’s heading over to Tina’s house
that’s gotta be a nod to Wes Craven’s
and Nightmare on Elm Street which was
released in 1984 the same year in which
season two takes place in Episode two
Steve and Nancy head over to a party at
Tina’s for some good old-fashioned
highschool binge drinking which doesn’t
end well for Nancy it’s not bullshit in
a Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy and Tina
are good friends that is of course until
Tina is murdered at the hands of Freddie
number eight Bram Stoker’s Dracula you
playing Frankenstein oh my Dracula come
on your stuff is more relaxed Winona
Ryder has been in plenty of movies but
among her most famous roles is
undoubtedly her turn as Mina Harker in
1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
drink and join me
in return
what better way to pay homage to your
lead actresses long and impressive
career and to have sean astin dress up
as the least intimidating vampire in
history for halloween this is one of the
many tender moments shared between Joyce
and Bob and one that subtly calls back
to a true horror classic number seven
gremlins what are you little guy before
transforming into a truly terrifying
demo dog
d’Artagnan the Polliwog was an adorable
little creature that didn’t like bright
lights and had a huge appetite if this
sounds like a familiar concept it’s
because it’s reminiscent of another 80s
classic has it got a name dad before
transforming into a truly terrifying
gremlin Gizmodo Mogwai was an adorable
little creature that didn’t like bright
lights and had a huge appetite had
Dustin seen gremlins in June of 1984
maybe he would have known better than to
feed and protect art in the first place
number 6 Close Encounters of the Third
Kind
[Applause]
during one of wills episodes he looks
beyond the doorframe in the entrance of
his home to reveal the hellish landscape
of the upside-down this scene is a
pretty straightforward recreation of a
similar moment in Steven Spielberg’s
1977 classic Close Encounters of the
Third Kind and another instance of the
duffer brothers wearing their influences
on their sleeves close encounters and by
extension the films of Steven Spielberg
are a driving influence on the tone and
characters of the series so direct nods
like this one are to be expected number
five the Evil Dead the Evil Dead is an
80’s horror masterpiece so it’s no
wonder the duffer brothers decided to
pay homage to such a truly influential
film the references range from the
subtle to the overt from 11 opening up
the doors to the cellar to the image of
the swing rocking back and forth on the
front porch to the treacherous vines
that bind their prey though luckily for
hopper his vines were only interested in
choking him as far as we know number
four Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters – I’m
Venkman Justin Stan’s you’re Egon and
you’re Winston I specifically didn’t
agree to Winston yes you did I don’t
think he did
the first Ghostbusters film was released
in June of 1984 just a few months before
the events of stranger things – so it
didn’t take long for will Mike
Dustin and Lucas to become full on mega
fans the same could be said of the
duffer’s who injected some subtle
Ghostbusters callbacks throughout the
new season namely the way Venkman and
hopper react to getting slime on their
hands or the scene of Steve will Lucas
Dustin and Max exploring the tunnels
below Hawkins which is reminiscent of
the New York pneumatic transit scene in
ghostbusters – I hate this according to
this whole transit map there should be
an entrance anywhere along here
somewhere
number three the Star Wars franchise
focus on that not the train not his
weight
eles abilities are pretty reminiscent of
the force so in the somewhat stand-alone
seventh episode her journey has a number
of parallels to the Star Wars saga our
first instance of this is the scene
where her sister Kali helps her control
her powers which is straight out of the
x-wing scene in the swamps of Dagobah
from Empire do not there is no try
but Kali quickly changes from Yoda to
the Emperor as she encourages Elle to
give in to her passionate urges and
force-choked one of the men responsible
for her mother’s lobotomize ation to
death Elle eventually rejects Kali in
her methods choosing to return to her
friends sound familiar
patience and sacrifice han and Leia if
you are know what they fight for yes
number two The Exorcist
while many of the films referenced this
season were released around the same
time the story takes place this film
predates season two’s fictional 1984 by
more than a decade
that being said even now more than 40
years after it debuted the Exorcist
remains a truly horrific film
many of the scenes dealing with the
possession of will mirror similar
moments from this classic and disturbing
horror film adding to the unsettling
atmosphere and dread of each scene
number one alien and aliens much like
the transition from 1979’s alien to
1986’s aliens stranger things to ups the
stakes by presenting last season’s
antagonist the demo Gorgon as just one
of many as the party must contend with
what seems like an unstoppable force in
the demo dog army that shreds through
Hawkins lab
[Applause]
like in aliens Paul Rizer plays a
scientist and a representative of a
corporation up to no good though this
time he does have a Redemption arc and
if it kills the boy then quite frankly
Sam it kills him say that’s me the
shadow monster looks like a giant
xenomorph mixed with a spider and
flamethrowers are all over the place you
know what there are too many references
to this iconic sci-fi horror franchise
to name but it’s undoubtedly the biggest
influence on this season
[Music]
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