maybe you infiltrated his mind he
invaded your mind right is it that big
of a leap to suggest you somehow wound
up in his like freddy krueger's boiler
room freddy krueger
he's a super burned up dude with razors
for fingers and he kills you in your
dreams dustin seriously welcome to watch
mojo and today we're counting down our
picks for the top 10 horror film
callbacks in stranger things season four
and then i would say you know hellraiser
is a big one i mean tin had
really
freaked us out when we were younger and
so
uh we really wanted to imbue vacuum with
some pinhead uh
vibes for this list we're looking at the
genre references and inspirations from
the latest season of the netflix series
if you're not caught up with volume 1
warning there are major spoilers ahead
did you recognize any of these callbacks
let us know in the comments below
number 10 the silence of the lambs after
they research more about the infamous
victor creel robin and nancy hatch a
plan to go undercover to interview him
at penhurst mental hospital these are
our gardens
beautiful aren't they when they arrive
some of the scenery is reminiscent of
teddy and chuck's arrival at ashcliff
hospital in shutter island as the guards
lead nancy and robin down to victor cell
he gives them instructions similar to
what clarice starling receives when she
goes to meet dr hannibal lecter for the
first time he told you don't get near
the glass
yes he died clary starling agent
starling's walk to lecter cell at the
end of the corridor was just as chilling
as when the two grad students approached
creel and if you'll notice his cell also
looks rather similar to lecters we're
here because
we believe you
and because
we need your help
number nine the amityville horror
this season gave us the classic setup to
a haunted house tale an optimistic
family moves into a new house that's too
good to be true
wow
this is amazing
it looks like a fairy tale
a dream
it doesn't take long for the weird stuff
to start happening flickering lights
dead animals terrifying visions and an
overall sense of dread victor believed
the paranormal occurrences were the work
of a demon nesting in their home
i suppose
all evil
must have
a home nancy and robin read an old
newspaper stating that victor even hired
a priest to exercise the demon but it
only angered the spirit similar to
father delaney's attempts to bless the
lutz's new home
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of course in chapter 7 we learned this
was henry using his growing telekinetic
powers and mentally tormenting his
family
number 8 the ring
most of the horror films that influenced
the duffer brothers are from the 70s 80s
and sometimes early 90s but this season
we noticed elements of the ring the
american remake of japan's ringu
incorporated into the story these
visions they just they kept on getting
worse and worse until eventually
everything ended
becca's curse the first vector victim we
see die is chrissy cunningham it's a
gruesome sight that poor eddie had to
witness twice the second time being when
it happened to patrick their bodies are
snapped from the inside out with their
broken faces frozen like the victims who
watched the tape i saw her face as max
figures out those under the curse of
vecna have the same symptoms and once
they see the clock they have roughly 24
hours before they die both samara and
vecna are vengeful spirits and
apparently like to give death a deadline
seven days
number seven fire starter
secret government agencies experiments
on super-powered children a young girl
wielding remarkable and dangerous
abilities nosebleeds yes this stephen
king story about young charlie mcgee and
her pyrokinetic abilities has been a
reference point for the series since the
beginning let us work together again
you and i
daughter
and papa
but season 4 delves further into 11's
origins at the hawkins lab showing the
other children used as test subjects in
dr martin brenner's experiments we find
out later that friendly orderly peter
ballard is actually henry creel aka one
aka vecna why
do you still help
because i believe in you
it is time you are free from this hell
john rainbird also pretended to be a
friendly orderly at the shop befriending
charlie under false pretenses it'll be
quick
and he'll be looking at her face at the
time
he will know
her power number six the evil dead we've
known jonathan byers was a fan of the
sam raimi flick but this season goes
beyond a poster fekna gives chrissy a
twisted version of her mother with a
dead eye like white eyed stare and
demonic voice
just loosening this up where you
sweetheart
you're going to look
absolutely beautiful
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fred has a similar experience with a cop
stationed at the trailer park having a
terrifying vision of the officer
berating him for a past accident
deadites love to taunt the living by
playing on their emotions
there was no accident
i drove up that bridge on purpose
to get away from you
just seeing someone you care about turn
into a dead is horrifying and
heartbreaking but the undead tricksters
always take it several steps further
like when chrissy's mom makes hurtful
comments about her
body did you hear me
number five it pennywise influenced both
the duffer brothers and actor jamie
campbell bauer when creating season
four's new big bad
definitely isn't a dancing clown
gleefully terrifying children but he
terrorizes hawkins teens with visions of
their worst fears just like pennywise
tricks the young residents of derry i'll
kill you
all drive you crazy and i'll kill you
all
and every nightmare you ever had i am
your worst dream come true and just as
pennywise unhinges his jaw to consume a
fearful victim vecna uses his long hand
slash tentacles to connect with his
guilt-ridden victim
what do you want
i want you
to join me
eyes are another noticeable similarity
in this eating process as well as the
eyes of their entranced victims as they
float in the air this season takes the
hawkins crew to the home of victor creel
a creepy old house much like the one on
nebolt street both residing in cursed
towns and connected to other worldly
beings
number 4. hellraiser another major point
of reference for vechna was pinhead the
lead cenobite from clive barker's
hellraiser as humans turned monsters
vecna and pinhead have parallel earthly
origins becoming physically mangled when
they entered an extra-dimensional realm
pinhead hails from a hell dimension
somewhat like the upside down both
sentient beings were disillusioned with
life and developed a distaste for
humanity you see
humans
are a unique type of pest
multiplying
and poisoning our world all while
enforcing a structure of their own they
revel in the suffering of others using
it to enhance their power or in
pinhead's case pleasure oh no tears
please
it's a waste of good suffering jamie
campbell bower used a deep menacing tone
for vechna's voice which was equally
chilling as doug bradley's portrayal of
the hell priest
it's time
for your suffering
to end
and both baddies love delivering those
ominous one-liners we have such sites to
show you
number three carrie teenagers can be
cruel something poor carrie white knew
all too well this season we see 11
relive memories of her time at the
hawkins lab where she was singled out by
older test subjects
how'd that feel
do you like that in the present day she
encounters her own chris hargensen at
her new school in california who
torments her in and outside of school
mean girl angela and her posse publicly
humiliate 11 in the middle of the roller
rink
fortunately she was covered in a
chocolate milkshake and not pig's blood
but much like carrie at the prom eleven
has her breaking point and violently
retaliates
angela's lucky that eleven didn't
currently have her telekinetic powers
because this moment of revenge could
have easily gone down differently
number two halloween
michael myers has been referenced a few
times throughout the series so it's no
surprise that the decidedly darker
fourth season would mention the masked
boogeyman while trapped in the hellish
version of the cemetery max also walks
by a headstone that looks like it's
marked myers but before that eddie's
uncle wayne tells nancy about the
hawkins urban legend of victor creel
he lost his mind
killed his whole family
kids and wife
took their eyes
cut him right out believed to have
killed his family creole has been locked
up in penhurst mental hospital since the
1950s but the recent murder of chrissy
cunningham has wayne thinking that he
could have escaped like that what's his
name white mask and kill the baby
sitters
michael myers
yeah
michael myers he asked me victor's like
that
he's a real boogeyman
the unstoppable michael myers has broken
out of and into many a place including
hospitals even though the real culprit
has a very different backstory a madman
going around killing teenagers is a
classic horror premise what's the
boogeyman
as a matter of fact
it was before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
jaws steve's pulled under the water but
not by a shark
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scream police and media swarm the crime
scenes of murdered teens everyone wants
to know the same thing how can so many
tragedies befall once peaceful town
the exorcist it was the season of
satanic panic and body horror
candyman entrancing vengeful spirits
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i want you
to join me
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number one a nightmare on elm street
franchise with the nightmare franchise
as a muse season 4 brought a new level
of horror to the series the duffer
brothers even cast the dream master
himself robert englund as victor creel
whose son henry later transforms into
the newest interdimensional threat
nightmares
waiting living nightmares vacna shares
many traits with freddy krueger
including one hand with claws and using
fear and past trauma to immerse his
victims into a nightmarish hellscape
both mind invading villains encounter a
brunette named nancy with major final
girl energy determined to uncover the
mystery and go out swinging i see you've
been looking for me nancy
you were so close so close to the truth
vecna's lair in the upside down has the
same red and foggy atmosphere as
freddie's boiler room then there's
chrissy's horrific death on the ceiling
of eddie's trailer which is very much
like tina's demise in the first
nightmare film
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