Stranger Things: Director Steven Spielberg calls Netflix hit 'brilliant'

After nearly two years in the pop culture landscape, Netflix’s Stranger Things sees high praise at every turn. But this time, it’s from Steven Spielberg.

Stranger Things is getting some attention the living legend of film….

Syfy Wire’s reporting Steven Spielberg is getting a little strange. If you’re a Stranger Things fan, you know the Netflix series draws much inspiration from the works of Spielberg. Ingraining the icon’s voice into the premise, not to mention the ’80s setting, the Duffer Brothers are certainly fans of the Indiana Jones director. But now, it looks like the 71-year-old filmmaker’s sending a little love of his own.

Try not being killed by the Demogorgon and check out what Spielberg says in James Cameron’s six-part AMC event, Story of Science Fiction:

"“Stranger Thing is pure science fiction. It touches on a lot of the movies that you and I and others have made, but it does it brilliantly. It’s a brilliant amalgam of genres but all having to do with one thing. You love those kids, and you do not want anything bad to happen to them. Stranger Things, for all its brilliant imaginings, is about those characters.”"

Stranger Things: Director Steven Spielberg calls Netflix hit ‘brilliant’

By Joey Click | May 31, 2018

After nearly two years in the pop culture landscape, Netflix’s Stranger Things sees high praise at every turn. But this time, it’s from Steven Spielberg.