Stranger Things is the sensation of watching a contemporary TV show that feels like a movie from the '80s. No other show has been able to do that, which is why no other new show in the past five years has been as successful as Stranger Things, and why there's no show exactly like Stranger Things.
To get that feeling, you have to actually go back to the movies that influenced Stranger Things, like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Goonies, Stand by Me, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ghostbusters, Aliens, etc.
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