To wait until the second season of ‘Stranger Things’ exclusively on NETFLIX, just before Halloween, the favorite series of the streaming provider disclosed posters directly referring to great science fiction and horror films of the 80s.
The official Twitter account of the series has launched a promotional concept called #StrangerThursdays, creating many posters, unveiled since a few weeks, that have obvious clues related to the aesthetics of the show. So you’re able to see that some typographies of the headlines have been judiciously recreated, some positions of models are identical, similar productions, colors and background decorations with the same atmosphere. But all of this with an extreme meticulousness making these posters sometimes better than the original ones. There is a lot of inspiration from films like ‘Alien’, ‘Evil Dead’, ‘Firestarter’, ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (Freddy), ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, ‘The Goonies, (with the hero who plays in season 2), ‘The Running Man’, ‘Jaws’ or ‘Stand by me’. The choice of films used is judiciously chosen, referring to the story of ‘Stranger Things’. Ross and Matt Duffer (directors) have reported that this season will look a bit more horrible with the spirit of Freddy (the nightmares taken as a parallel world) and Alien (monsters from outerspace that infest the town of Hawkins) . We’ll update this article according to the new posters. Don’t forget to check the last trailer and the free 8-bit game.
Looking forward to October 27th, here is our comparison system with details. So, see by yourselves the many similarities. It’s worth it! Don’t forget to move the pointer at the center, by the right to the left.
Alien
Direction: Ridley Scott
Production: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Starring: Sigourney Weaver
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Distribution: 20th Century Fox
Release date: May 25, 1979
Comparisons
Title: strong, white & sans-serif
Central element: special egg
Below: mist with special floor
Background: black
Original trailer
Evil Dead
Direction: Sam Raimi
Production: Robert Tapert
Starring: Bruce Campbell
Music: Joseph LoDuca
Distribution: New Line Cinema
Release date: October 15, 1981
Comparisons
Title: strong, grey/white & techno/square
Central element: a woman half in the ground with a monster hand that holds her
special thing: the woman claws the ground
Background: ground & night
Original trailer
Firestrater
Direction: Mark L. Lester
Production: Frank Capra, Jr., Martha Schumacher
Starring: Drew Barrymore
Music: Tangerine Dream
Distribution: Universal Pictures
Release date: May 11, 1984
Comparisons
Title: strong, serif
Central element: a little girl with light hair and a piercing look
special thing: hair in the wind, in high
Background: nothing
Original trailer
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Direction: Wes Craven
Production: Robert Shaye
Starring: Johnny Depp
Music: Charles Bernstein
Distribution: New Line Cinema
Release date: November 9, 1984
Comparisons
Title: strong Script Calligraphy and sans-serif
Central element: a large hand over the head of a teenager
special thing: hand from a monster
Background: nothing
Original trailer
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Direction: Steven Spielberg
Production: Julia Phillips
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss
Music: John Williams
Distribution: Columbia Pictures
Release date: November 16, 1977
Comparisons
Title: no
Central element: a young boy who looks out something mysterious
special thing: the lights and the open door
Background: inside a house
Original trailer
The Goonies
Direction: Richard Donner
Production: Harvey Bernhard
Starring: Sean Astin
Music: Dave Grusin
Distribution: Warner Bros
Release date: June 7, 1985
Comparisons
Title: a pirate writing with a skeleton head on the « i »
Central element: a group of children
special thing: they are in a particular position
Background: no
Original trailer
Running Man
Direction: Paul Michael Glaser
Production: George Linder
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Music: Harold Faltermeyer
Distribution: TriStar Pictures
Release date: November 13, 1987
Comparisons
Title: strong, sans-serif and red
Central element: face of the hero in close-up
special thing: black and white color in the middle, running men
Background: black
Original trailer
JAWS
Direction: Steven Spielberg
Production: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Starring: Roy Scheider
Music: John Williams
Distribution: Universal Pictures
Release date: June 20, 1975
Comparisons
Title: strong, sans-serif and red
Central element: horizon of water, a person on the surface
special thing: a big monster below
Background: sky & water
Original trailer
Stand by me
Direction: Rob Reiner
Production: Bruce A. Evans, Andrew Scheinman
Starring: Wil Wheaton
Music: Jack Nitzsche
Distribution: Columbia Pictures
Release date: August 22, 1986
Comparisons
Title: manuscrit in red & blu color
Central element: a group of children in the center
special thing: a child on the left, on the right, the speed
Background: no