The best Stranger Things references: how many did you spot?!
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Stranger Things references: how many of these nods to classic films and pop culture did you spot?
From its first trailer Stranger Things teased audiences with fleeting glimpses of a science-fiction story promising a nostalgic trip to the 1980s and 1990s.
No one could have imagined just how jam-packed with nods, winks, and references the series would be. The work of Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, and John Carpenter, to name a few, serves as a pop-cultural buffet with nods to their work sprinkled throughout the series by the show's creators, The Duffer Brothers.
We're now four seasons in and now is as good a time as any to learn all about the best Stranger Things pop culture references so far.
So here are the best Stranger Things references throughout the first three seasons.
Click through to read the full story… By Gem Seddon
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Stranger Things references: how many of these nods to classic films and pop culture did you spot?
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