A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Classic Movies That Inspired Stranger Things
- The Classic Movies That Inspired Stranger Things
- The Breakfast Club
- Carrie
- Ghostbusters
- Alien
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Amityville Horror
- Firestarter
- Halloween
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestial
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984, Wes Craven
- Year: 1984
- Directed by Wes Craven
- Genre: horror
- Where to watch: iTunes Store
The Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most iconic horror films of the 1980s. Freddy Krueger, a murderer with a burned face, hunted his victims in their sleep. And even if the style of the films (as many as 5 sequels were ultimately created) sometimes flirted with kitsch, the camp vibe appealed to millions of fans around the world.
In the original Nightmare on The Elm Street, the reality slowly becomes penetrated by a nightmare dimension. The evil, initially contained by the heroes within sleep, eventually seeped into the awake state.
The creators of Stranger Things decided on a similar procedure, having two dimensions slowly intertwine. But this isn't the only reference the Duffer brothers make to the classic horror film. In the fourth season appears Victor Creel as the most famous Krueger impersonator – Robert Englund. There was also an antagonist with burned face in this season, but that's another story.
