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A Nightmare on Elm Street influenced Stranger Things
Added by Media Influence Map · 27 September 2026
The evidence
Season four's villain Vecna kills teenagers through visions only they can see, cursing them one by one while their friends try to keep them awake, which is Freddy Krueger's method. The Duffers have acknowledged the debt and cast Robert Englund, Freddy himself, as Victor Creel. Filed MEDIUM: one season of five.
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