When Netflix collection Stranger Issues first switched on the Christmas lights in 2016, it discovered a successful system with ’80s nostalgia, supernatural horrors and a forged of headstrong and close-knit youngsters.
It is a particular present, and it isn’t straightforward to copy the sensation you get whereas watching it. However now that we’re encountering a weeks-long break between two volumes of a single season, on prime of the years-long hiatuses between one season and one other, I’ve realized it is time to pull out a flashlight and begin looking for one thing comparable.
Enterprise beneath, and you will find a listing of reveals that relate to Stranger Issues in a method or one other. You might discover one thing to fill that chilling, post-season void. Put together for otherworldly entities, touching friendships and plenty and plenty of youngsters on bikes.
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Films with a Stranger Issues vibe
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The place to stream: HBO Max
No record of this sort could be full with out Tremendous 8, directed by Star Wars helmer J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. In the summertime of 1979, whereas filming a do-it-yourself zombie film, a bunch of teenagers witness a truck collide with a prepare. Unexplained occasions proceed to rattle the realm. For thriller, some supernatural motion and younger associates who experience bikes and use walkie-talkies, give this one a watch.
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The place to stream: You possibly can lease Fright Evening for $3 at companies together with Amazon and Vudu.
On this mildly scary horror film, teenager Charley Brewster (Sure, that is his precise title) discovers a ghastly secret — his neighbor is definitely a vampire behind a number of disappearances of their Iowa city. For a story about teenagers taking up monsters, an ’80s really feel, implausible particular results (and I will say it — smokin’ sizzling vampires), Fright Evening is the way in which to go.
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The place to stream: You possibly can lease Ghostbusters for $3 at companies together with Amazon and Vudu.
We all know 4 finest associates who would give Ghostbusters a mega Marshmallow Man-size stamp of approval. A memorable Stranger Issues season 2 scene is when Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will put on over-the-top Ghostbusters costumes to high school… solely to seek out out that nobody else dressed up for Halloween. Of their honor, spend a while with Invoice Murray, Sigourney Weaver and the remainder of the forged of this beloved comedy.
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The place to stream: Prime Video
Carrie is focused by some ruthless bullies within the 1976 movie adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic novel, very like our woman Eleven, who faces viciously imply teenagers on this season of Stranger Issues (culminating, in fact, with that Carrie-esque scene on the curler rink). Stephen King himself has called out the season’s “Carrie riff,” although he did not explicitly say what he was referring to. Anyway, you need to watch Sissy Spacek’s Oscar-nominated portrayal of the promenade queen a minimum of as soon as in your life. Why not now?
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The Concern Avenue Trilogy (2021)
The place to stream: Netflix
Sure, I am counting this as three films. When Netflix dropped the Concern Avenue installments final summer season, I had no thought what a deal with they’d be. Nostalgia is a component right here — the primary movie winds issues again to the ’90s, the second to the ’70s and the third to the… 1600s, as a result of who would not prefer to look again fondly at bonnets and flouncy sleeves. Joking! For those who’ve beloved the give attention to Max (Sadie Sink) this season, the actress is an enormous a part of this trilogy.
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The place to stream: HBO Max
This horror flick dealt one other brutal blow to the popularity of clowns. Based mostly on the traditional Stephen King e-book, the film pits six likable outcasts in opposition to a sewer-loving supernatural entity. The Duffer Brothers, who created Stranger Issues, have acknowledged the e-book’s huge affect on the present. You may additionally spot Finn Wolfhard (aka Mike) among the many film’s forged.
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The place to stream: FuboTV, Paramount Plus
John Krasinski’s suspenseful horror movie a couple of household making an attempt to outlive a monster apocalypse is way extra harrowing than Stranger Issues, however there are some similarities. Within the character of Millicent Simmons, you may discover a fearless younger protagonist the Stranger Issues youngsters would fortunately welcome onto their staff. See how she and the others address terrifying creatures that assault after they detect sound.
Gunpowder & Sky
The place to stream: AMC Plus, Shudder
Can a film be too very like Stranger Issues? The primary 20 minutes of Summer time of 84 evoke so many Stranger Issues-isms, it feels not possible to not examine it to the beloved present. Walkie-talkies, bikes, synth music, unusual disappearances and teenage associates sizzling on the path of the perpetrator are all in there. However because you’re trying out this record, that will simply imply it ticks all of your containers.
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The place to stream: It is free with adverts on Tubi. You too can lease Coraline for $3 at companies together with Amazon and Vudu.
“Youngsters vs. malevolent forces from a parallel universe” may describe each Stranger Issues and this animated stop-motion youngsters horror film. And each are wonderful selections on your night.
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A Nightmare on Elm Avenue (1984)
The place to stream: Netflix, HBO Max
The chilling ending to episode 1 and what occurred to Eddie afterward felt vaguely acquainted to me whereas watching season 4. Then it hit me — A Nightmare on Elm Avenue. For those who’ve been digging this season of the present, it is time to revisit the 1984 horror traditional. One other enjoyable truth: Victor Creel, the previous Vecna sufferer Robin and Nancy meet in episode 4, is definitely performed by unique Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund.
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The place to stream: HBO Max
Do child journey films get extra traditional than The Goonies? A squad of distinct kids set out on a harmful seek for hidden treasure. As a result of booby traps and unfamiliar terrain apparently aren’t sufficient, a household of mobsters can also be tailing them. For those who, like me, had been too scared by the horror components on this movie as a child to totally recognize it, it is positively price placing on once more.
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ET the Further-Terrestrial (1982)
The place to stream: Peacock, FuboTV
After spending a lot time with Stranger Issues season 4 evildoer Vecna, I might think about an appointment with a benign imaginary creature like ET sounds fairly good (it is definitely well-earned). Tear open a field of Reese’s Items and get watching.
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The place to stream: It is free with adverts on the Roku Channel. You too can lease Goosebumps for $3 at companies together with Amazon and Vudu.
When a horde of monsters from R.L. Stine’s iconic Goosebumps books invade the true world, Jack Black and a few teen actors staff as much as take them down. This family-friendly horror comedy is cheesier than Stranger Issues, however it might function a stable distraction from the pause in the supernatural present.
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The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The place to stream: It is free with adverts on Tubi. You too can lease The NeverEnding Story for $4 at companies together with Amazon, Vudu and iTunes.
This is perhaps a wild card, but it surely’s essential for Stranger Issues followers or those that missed out on the movie as a child. Journey, a pleasant dragon and baby protagonists are all part of the pie. And you’ll lastly sing the theme track with Dustin and Suzie whenever you rewatch season 3, episode 8.
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