The Montauk Connection
They made a movie, Hidden, and worked on M. Night Shyamalan’s Wayward Pines before writing a script based on the premise, "What if Steven Spielberg directed a Stephen King book?"
Who are Matt and Ross Duffer?
Matthew Modine helped to create his character.
Who is Dr. Martin Brenner?
It is the Shadow Monster's name.
What is the Mind Flayer?
A series of tunnels that sprawled beneath the outskirts of Hawkins, Indiana.
What is Hawkins tunnel system?
He was cast as Dustin after watching his first audition tape.
Who is Gaten Matarazzo?
"Stranger Things" is inspired by an alleged government experiment that took place in the early 80s and involved kidnapping kids from Long Island to experiment on them.
What is The Montauk Project?
Brown’s performance of her was inspired by E. T.
It is The Upside Down's real name.
The cultural phenomenon that we now know as Stranger Things was sold under the working title Montauk, and before producers switched the setting to a small town in this US State.
What is Indiana?
Her character Joyce’s hairstyle was inspired by Meryl Streep in Silkwood.
Who is Who is Winona Ryder?
A piece of furniture that used electromagnetics to amplify psychic powers.
What is the Montauk Chair?
The Duffers used the fake body of this character to scare Noah Schnapp's mother.
Who is Will Byers?
A creature Dustin Henderson had adopted after finding it in the trash can.
What is D'Artagnan, or Dart?
A house in Hawkins, Indiana was the residence of Joyce, Jonathan and Will, and the former residence of Lonnie. The house was somewhat run down and in worse-for-wear condition.
What is the Byers house ?
It was his idea for Lucas to wear a bandana in Season 1.
Who is Caleb McLaughlin?
In 2008, an unidentified carcass of an animal washed up on the beach of Long Island, adopting this label?
What is the Montauk Monster?
She was Shannon Purser's first role.
Who is Barbara "Barb" Holland?
The movement of the “petals” on this monster's head never repeat.
What is the Demogorgon?
Dustin says "totally tubular" in reference to this - Max's State heritage.
What is California?
He wanted Hopper to wear a hat in homage to Indiana Jones.
Who is David Harbour?
An experiment, in which with a lock of person's hair or another appropriate object in hand, the test subject could concentrate on the person and be able to see as if he was seeing through their eyes, hearing through their ears, and feeling through their body.
Of their friendship, Ross Duffer said, “These are two characters that are both a little heartbroken, so we thought that they could help heal each other.”
Who are Dustin and Steve?
Joyce and Chief Hopper found Will Byers with this in his mouth, extending through his esophagus, and into his stomach.
What is the Tendril?
While Stranger Things was originally titled (and set in) Montauk, this southern town proved to be a more practical location for winter shooting and reminded the creators of their childhood in North Carolina.
The Duffers used photos of Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road to convince this actress to cut her hair short.
Who is Millie Bobby Brown?