StrangerThings🕸🕷🧌 Filming Locations and Music Track Guide

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#StrangerThings Season 1 HEAVILY Borrows from or pays Homage to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, featuring similar plots like kids hiding a powerful, mysterious friend (Eleven/E.T.) from Adults, Iconic scenes such as dressing the #Alien in a wig and dress, and Spielbergian vibes like kids on bikes facing a #Monster and #Government #Agents, all woven into its 1980s setting.

ThitShow's creators, #TheDufferBrothers, intentionally drew from Spielberg's kid-focused sci-fi classics, blending them with Stephen King and other 80s horror/adventure tropes.

Key Similarities:

The Mysterious Friend: Mike and his friends hiding Eleven, who has Powers, mirrors #Elliott hiding E.T. with shared moments of Discovery and bonding. Eleven wearing a #BlondeWig and frilly dress as a #Disguise is a direct nod to E.T.

Monster & Chase Scenes: The #Demogorgon's first appearance and Will's terror echoes Elliott's encounter with E.T., and the chase scenes with #Bikes are iconic.

Suburban Setting & Themes:

Both feature kids in a #SmallTown dealing with extraordinary, dangerous events and secretive adult figures. The use of #Eggos for Eleven is a playful parallel to #ReesesPieces for E.T. Wheras BOTH The #CountyFair AND StarcourtMall in StrangerThings Seasin 3 become Deadly Playgrounds, Eerily Similar to events in #FinalDestination 3.

According to Offical website: https://www.strangertours.com/

#OakRidge, Tennessee (Town and #Laboratory (ORNL) was the Stand-in for #Hawkins, Indiana. As was #JeffersonMiddle, along with Patrick Henry #HighSchool in Stockbridge, Georgia. Hawkins Public Library EXTERIOR is #Butts County #Courthouse in Jackson, Georgia. While Interior is Old East Point Library in East Point, Georgia.

Downtown #RadioShack was in Jackson, Georgia is now an #EscapeRoom. Dustins #Weathertop is #SerenbeFarms PRIVATE Hilltop.

Grocers; Bradley's BigBuy, is located in #Palmetto, Georgia, but has since become a #PigglyWiggly.

The #CountyFair Scenes were Filmed on the Grounds of Georgia's #RenaissanceFair in Fairburn.

#Starcourt was GwinnettPlace Mall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwinnett_Place_Mall in #Duluth, Georgia 2100 Pleasant Hill Rd, Duluth, GA 30096 (NEAR Atlanta).

#EtanCohen's #MGM Comedy film #Brothers Filmed there as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_(2024_film)

Tracklist:

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" by #TheClash

"I Think We're Alone Now" by #Tiffany

"The Magnificent Seven" by TheClash

"BicycleRace" by #Queen

"Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" by #PinkFloyd

"Wheel in the Sky" by #Journey

"Upside Down" by #DianaRoss

"Running Out that Door" by #KateBush

"Surrender" by #CheapTrick

"Here Comes the Rain Again" by #Eurythmics

"The Warrior" by Scandal featuring #PattySmyth

#ButtholeSurfers

"Purple Rain" by #PRINCE

"Changes" by #StevieNicks