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The Thing influenced Stranger Things
Added by Media Influence Map · 25 September 2026
The evidence
The Duffer brothers have named John Carpenter among their models, and The Thing is on the wall: its poster hangs in Mike's basement in the first season. The Demogorgon's practical-effects body horror is in the tradition Carpenter's film established.
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