Shot for Shot: Movie Scenes that inspired Stranger Things Season 2 by IMDB

If you thought every scene in Stranger Things season 2 was unique then you’d better take another look. Granted the material is mostly original and doesn’t steal from anything. Well, there are references and Easter eggs aplenty, but the idea is entirely original in the sense that this show hasn’t been done before and it’s not a reboot. But a lot of the scenes in season 2 come off the inspiration to many other films. Here’s the video Here are all the references: Close Encounters of the Third Kind The instance in which the door opening shows the unexpected and

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