Perhaps the strongest influence (outside of Stephen King anyway) isDungeons & Dragons.
This includes the Demogorgon or season 4’s big bad Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower).
The final season will likely maintain this tradition, though story details are still kept under lock and key.
The book features a passage involving the planet Camazotz, which has been overtaken by The Black Thing.
This entity is a giant, evil shadow that covers Camazotz and uses mind control on its residents.
Priests would also perform human sacrifices to this being.
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This included spending a night in the “Bat House,” where they slept while hiding from Camazotz.
Camazotz is also a bat-like kaiju that appeared in the MonsterVerse graphic novelKingdom Kong.
Of course, with a lack of solid story details, this is all conjecture.
Source:ATI
TheStranger Thingsfranchise is a cultural phenomenon that blends supernatural horror with nostalgic 1980s references.
