The 10 Best References You Might Have Missed in Stranger Things
In the Olympics of classic movie references, Stranger Things wins. The hype-worthy throwback series is an homage-a-minute factory. The show didn't just have Netflix's three most-binged genres  thriller, horror and sci-fi  it was packed with everything except a gong for the Duffer Brothers to strike every time they threw in a tribute to one of their cinematic favorites. Even some of the creators who the show calls back to  from the in-your-face Stephen King, John Carpenter and Steven Spielberg to the sly Guillermo del Toro  have approved the nerd hat tips. It's truly exceptional how many references  from cinema in the '70, '80s and beyond  there are. Here, TIME runs through the ten best. MORE 10 Questions Stranger Things Still Needs to Answer