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Movies & Series 20 June 2022, 19:56

author: Marek Jura

Ghostbusters. Movies that inspired Stranger Things

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Ghostbusters, 1984, Ivan Reitman

  1. Year: 1984
  2. Directed by: Ivan Reitman
  3. Genre: horror, comedy
  4. Where to watch: Chili, iTunes Store, Netflix, PLAYNOW, Rakuten

Who you gonna call?! Ghostbusters are hard to define – it's more comedy than horror, but without the grotesque creatures, Reitman's film wouldn't be the same. This is exactly the element that failed in the modernized adaptation, yet which the fans adored all those years ago.

Stranger Things tries to achieve a more serious tone, but the creators' love for Ghostbusters is very apparent – in the second season, the four main characters even dress up on Halloween as the four busters, performed by Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and Rick Moranis. After all, they, too, are busters of supernatural creatures, only from Hawkins, rather than New York.

In the second episode of the fourth season, VHS tapes running Reitman's cult comedy-horror can also be spotted in the background. The No Ghost t-shirt appears in season two as well. These references are, of course, only the most tangible of the examples of inspirations with the cult franchise. Can you think of any other examples?

Marek Jura

Marek Jura

In 2016, he graduated in philology at UAM. Since then, he has been reviewing prose, poetry, movies, series, and video games for GRYOnline.pl. He took his first steps in the journalism industry as a newsman in a local tabloid. He ran his own company - he designed, created, tested, and sold board games. He published several short stories and is also preparing his debut volume of poetry. Trains martial arts. A feminist, vegan, fan of pineapple on pizza, cat lover, dislikes Bethesda and Amazon, likes Lovecraft, Agents of SHIELD, P:T, Beksiński, Hollow Knight, performance, abstract art, game mods and dumplings.

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