"So how did Wilcox and her team go about putting together all of the characters' season two looks? And who were the inspirations behind Billy (Dacre Montgomery), the new bad boy with a mullet, and the new Pittsburgh punks? " (Bricker, 2017)

"STRANGER THINGS, the cult Netflix sci-fi series set in Eighties suburban America, has the Vogue office hooked. Haven't seen it? Swot up on those eight episodes of season one ASAP: and let it be your unofficial style compass for autumn/winter 2016. The wholesome cardigans, oversized spectacles, pie-crust collars and varsity sweaters that set the small-town Eighties mood chime with what's on the catwalks at Miu Miu, Isabel Marant and Gucci. Here's how to shop Stranger Things style, the Vogue way." (Pithers, 2016)

In season 1 the budget per episode was around 6 million dollars, and when season 2 was announced, Netflix gave the creators an increase in budget, with each episode for season 2 having an 8 million dollar budget - only 2 million less than the first season of Game of Thrones (2011) at a budget of 10 million per episode.

"The thriller pays tribute to a ton of iconic shows and movies, sometimes in ways that make the audience feel rewarded and cool, and other times in ways that make people feel like conspiracy theorists tumbling down an endless rabbit hole filled with mystery waffles.

Of all the roughly 8,362 different influences in the canon of influences that the creators confirmed inspired the series," (Hoffman, 2016)