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Stranger Things: Full list of films watched by writers reveals 'DNA of season 4'

All the clues you need in one picture

Jacob Stolworthy
Thursday 07 May 2020 11:30 BST
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The full list of films to have inspired the fourth season of Stranger Things has been released.

Each time the writers assemble to create new episodes of the hit Netflix show, they share the films they have all been watching on a specialised Twitter account, named @strangerwriters.

Every Friday since November, they have been divulging the names of these films as part of a series of Video Store Friday tweets.

However, with season four fully written, a recent post on 24 April was their last one, and to celebrate, they shared a whiteboard filled with every single film to have inspired the new episodes.

The tweet read: “This is it – our last Video Store Friday! Every time we discussed a movie, we wrote it on a whiteboard. So here it is – the Video Store whiteboard in its full glory.

“That means that – yes – on this board, you will discover the DNA that makes up season 4! Enjoy, and stay safe!’

If you’re hoping to find clues about what to expect, the picture could give you a headache – it has everything ranging from British horror film The Descent to Jim Carrey comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Other surprising films to feature on the list include the Coen brothers’ Fargo, Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War drama Full Metal Jacket and Colin Trevorrow’s critically-panned The Book of Henry.

The inclusion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Devil’s Advocate and 28 Days Later, though, certainly hints that dark times are ahead for the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana, an idea that has been corroborated by Steve Harrington actor Joe Kery, who recently told Total Film that the new season is “scarier” than previous seasons.

See the image in its entirety below.

Find everything we know so far about Stranger Things season four, including a possible Netflix release date, here.

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