The influence of Spielberg’s movies are all over “Stranger Things,” perhaps none more than “E.T. Both cinematic versions could be influences, but Kaufman’s visceral, terrifying take on alien assimilation seems the most apparent.
The first half of Season 3 - particularly in scenes featuring possessed characters like Billy and Heather (Francesca Reale) - offers variations on the concept of pod people: normal-looking folk who aren’t quite in complete command of their own actions. The gold standard when it comes to movies about possessed townspeople will always be “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of the 1956 sci-fi film by Don Siegel. Behind her, you can spot boxes of Ziploc bags featuring Gizmo from “Gremlins.” Sure, “Gremlins” came out a year earlier, in the summer of 1984, but one gets the impression that retail turnover at Bradley’s may not be that high. ‘Christine’Īt Bradley’s Big Buy, the kids treat Eleven’s injury as she sits in the middle of an aisle. This ’80s sitcom starring Ted Danson is watched by Joyce (Winona Ryder) in the Season 3 premiere, and then she flashes back to watching it with her former boyfriend, the doomed Bob Newby (Sean Astin), who was mauled to death by a demodog near the end of Season 2. And he still finds time to slay on the tennis court.
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