How Silent Hill, Dark Souls and The Last of Us Influenced Stranger Things. Share. But what of the games that influenced the Netflix smash? We recently spoke to the show’s creators Matt and Ross Duffer, and as well as quizzing them about what might happen in Season 2, we also asked what video games influenced Season 1.“Silent Hill is the one most people have picked up on,” came the response from Ross. Obviously we were really looking at that game for visualising this other world, so that's a big one.”The 'Upside Down' in Stranger Things. Silent Hill: Downpour“The Last of Us” added Matt. We're huge, huge fans of the Dark Souls games, and there's something about when you're playing Dark Souls - immediately when you're in that world, it was to do with the imagery, it has to do with the sound design, and you're just immediately very uncomfortable and on edge. We wanted you to feel that way when you're in the Upside Down. The Last of Us. Matt continued: “There's a lot of different influences, and some of them I'm probably not even aware of. I just know that we do play and have always played a lot of video games so I feel like there is a lot of that seeped into the show.”Dark Souls 3. Beyond all those 1. Matt explained: “In the very beginning, when the scientist gets yanked up - that overhead shot looking down at the scientist - is exactly like the framing and shot of a guy getting snatched up in Alien 3. Because Fincher is such a huge influence on us. We're always looking at his films.”Alien 3. Stranger Things. Adds Ross: “I'm sure he would hate what we're referencing. But it's a good shot in a not- so- good movie. And there are probably other David Fincher references. He's someone we very much admire. David Fincher, Peter Weir, I'm trying to think if we ever reference Michael Mann. There are a lot of filmmakers that we admire that weren't making films back then . He can be found talking nonsense on The Superhero Show and Twitter. The guys behind Stranger Things discuss their love of video games and talk about the Alien 3 scene that inspired an early sequence. WARNING: STRANGER THINGS SPOILERS AHEAD! Last Fall, I did an article about the movie Krampus and how it reminded me so much of a Silent Hill movie, or what the Silent Hill movie should have been. Well now, something else has. Empire' (1990) 'Silent Lucidity' (1990) 'Jet City Woman' (1991). Overview of Silent Stranger, The, 1968, with Tony Anthony, Lloyd Battista, at Turner Classic Movies. Perfect Stranger - Right To Remain Silent Chords, Tabs, Tablatures for Guitar.
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