Part of the reason for the runaways success of Stranger Things‘ debut season was its embrace of 1980s nostalgia, not only in its setting but in its loving tributes to science fiction and horror films of the era. And with the return of the hit Netflix drama this weekend, those homages continue, so we’ve pored over each of the episodes to find the seemingly countless callbacks and Easter eggs.
Some of the references, like Sean Astin’s joking nod to his role in The Goonies, are obvious, but others are a little more esoteric, although the Alien franchise and The Exorcist certainly received their fair share of love from series creators the Duffer Brothers.
Although we undoubtedly missed some of the allusions, we’re pretty sure we caught most of them across the nine episodes in Stranger Things Season 2.
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