By Rosie Fletcher and Hugh Armitage There’s an argument to be made that Super 8, like Stranger Things, is too nostalgic.
16 comments It's not a world I want to visit again. What other movies/shows are like Stranger Things, Super 8, Goonies etc.? There’s a very important difference: Super 8 feels like it’s script was written by copy-pasting whole chunks from 70s and 80s movies. 23 Movies To Watch If You Already Miss "Stranger Things" ... but like The Goonies, Stranger Things borrows the coming-of-age vibe and friendship dynamics of Stand by …
But no one knows what makes the movies of this era tick like Abrams.
A group of pre-teens in the late ‘70s are making a homemade monster movie and meet a misunderstood monster. When I think super 8 I just think of train crash and that's it. IT movie recommendations: 11 movies to watch next if you loved IT – Super 8, Gremlins, Clown and more '80s delights, clown-ish frights and a Wolfman with nards.
Stranger Things crafts its own story using ingredients from 70s and 80s movies.
Really feeling that 80's vibe in Stranger Things, just wondering what else is similar that I may have missed. I feel like stranger things does better with putting you in the story and the environment. Much like The Monster Squad, Abrams lets the kids be kids in an honest way. Movies like Super 8 If you like "Super 8" you are looking for suspenseful, sentimental and exciting movies about / with childhood, alien, friendship, young heroes, adventure, youth and small town themes of Mystery, Sci-Fi and Thriller genre shot in USA.