Stranger Things season 1 nailed its homage to a classic Stephen King horror story whose own movie adaptations have been miserable failures.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Stranger Things nailed its horrific homage to a classic Stephen King novel whose own on-screen adaptations have been miserable failures. Since its inception, Stranger Things has drawn influence from many different cinematic and literary sources, from the ‘80s horror films of Wes Craven and John Carpenter to the heartwarming Amblin classics of Steven Spielberg.
How Stranger Things Season 1's Eleven Story Mirrors Stephen King's Firestarter Eleven’s storyline in Stranger Things season 1 has parallels with King’s classic 1980 novel Firestarter. Firestarter revolves around the father-daughter pairing of Andy and Charlie McGee going on the run from a shady government agency known as “The Shop.” In college, Andy and his wife Vicky took part in various hallucinogenic drug experiments for The Shop that gave them telekinetic abilities.
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