eerieindiana | Entries tagged with non-canon: stranger things

I've reinvested the money I've saved on not going out on these two beauts!! Happy days....😁 pic.twitter.com/E6lKYmBeKU
— Rocket Queen 🚀👑🤘 (@rocketqueenlisa) May 3, 2020

Eerie, Indiana! What a childhood throwback!Stranger Things before Stranger Things.
— The Ancient Mariner (@Anci3nt_Marin3r) May 3, 2020

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reboot Eerie Indiana
— BIG BURGER BRAND 🍔 (@NNanpei) April 30, 2020

stranger things is set in indiana for a reason
— Shrill wolfcryer crying at the Wolf Eyes show (@by_caballero) April 30, 2020

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With regards to crossover series discussions I've seen, I'm certain they're untrue, but I wouldn't mind so much if it was revealed that the Duffer Bros have just been bringing to life their own Eerie, Indiana fanfic out of a desperate need for closure.
— The DNC Wants Trump To Win (@sdball3) April 30, 2020

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I'm watching...

Tales from the Loop, Amazon Prime. If you can imagine a mash-up of Stranger Things, Black Mirror and Eerie, Indiana filmed in Scandi-noir style (really), you have Amazon’s new sci-fi series, starring Jonathan Pryce and Rebecca Hall. It’s odd, yes; but completely absorbing.

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By now, you’ve probably heard of Stranger Things. The new Netflix series starring Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, and an array of familiar-yet-new characters bring the eerie series to life, lending nods to the films and TV shows that inspired it. While several of the show’s central characters might remind fans of a Spielberg-worthy line-up, the scarier elements of the show reference Hollywood’s long lost love of Eerie Indiana — a subgenre that was also the title of a popular TV series — and the best of shows like X-Files or Twin Peaks.

While a recent video guru decided to pair famous shots and scenes next to shots from the show in comparison, the latest video to come out of the fandom is something a little lighter. It’s been done before, sure, but it’s fun every time — and this time, it really fits. Here’s Stranger Things with an ‘80s sitcom twist:

The video was uploaded by user Tim Bennett, who only has one other video uploaded — a 2003 bowling interview. While the video fits the ‘80s format perfectly, it’s worth noting that the song in question — Strange Things by Randy Newman — came out in 1995.

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Ik ben nu Stranger Things aan het kijken. 5 afleveringen gehad. Zeker tof. Maar kan voor mij niet tippen aan 'Eerie Indiana'. Mijn favoriete serie als kind. Lijkt er ook wat van gejat te zijn.
— R.H.A. van Mill (@Jurassickingdom) April 18, 2020

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Haven't seen it. Reading the premise, it vaguely makes me think of "Eerie Indiana".

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Eerie, Indiana >>> Stranger Things?
— Jason Mxyzptlk (@unkiejayjay) April 7, 2020

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A distinctly retrofuturist vibe. A small American town with a dark secret. A hidden laboratory where unspeakable experiments are performed. If you think it sounds familiar, you’re certainly not alone. In fact you’d be forgiven for thinking that Tales from the Loop, the latest offering from Amazon Prime Video, was nothing more than a shrewd attempt to replicate the success of Stranger Things.

Scratch below the surface though and you’ll find a show remarkably different to Netflix‘s smash hit. In contrast to Stranger Things‘ ’80s action stylings, Tales from the Loop is a calm and quiet anthology series more interested in small moments than bombastic set pieces.

Based on Simon Stålenhag’s art book and tabletop role-playing game of the same name, the series is set in an alternate-history version of 1970s USA. Here, the gaudy neon pinks and blues of shows like Stranger Things are replaced with a distinctly mustard-coloured pallette and vinyl wood-effect paneling everywhere you look.

Aside from this, the world of Tales from the Loop is full of familiar science-fiction iconography, from rusting mechanical arms to giant glowing pylons. Where Tales‘ style differs from a lot of ’80s-inspired fiction is how it places these weird and strange items in the middle of everyday life.

Characters in the show are not shocked to stumble on a robot in the woods, or snow falling upwards in a cabin. This blend of the extraordinary and the mundane is what made Stålenhag’s original vision so compelling and it’s great to see it translated so well to the screen.

A big part of what makes the show work is its anthology format. The series spends each of its eight episodes focused on different members of a small Ohio community who all live in the shadow of (or work for) an ominous experimental facility named The Loop.

This anthology setup means the show can jump around and introduce us to a host of characters, many of which recur in minor roles during episodes where they’re not centre stage.

Switching focus like this, and keeping familiar faces in the audience’s peripheral vision, turns Tales from the Loop from a procedural sci-fi show into something even more interesting. It becomes a multi-generational story with a town, and the ever-present Loop, at its core.

The show’s first episode sets the tempo when its enigmatic narrator, played wonderfully by Jonathan Pryce, declares “everyone in town is connected to the loop in one way or another. You’ll hear all their stories, in time.”

Its focus is broader than a single story or character arc and is much more about how the presence of The Loop impacts different people from different walks of life.

For instance, episode six dives into the personal life of a queer security guard, glimpsed in earlier episodes, whose obsession and lust send him spiralling into a surreal situation involving infidelity and parallel universes.

This episode is a prime example of the show using its science-fiction setting to explore broader, more relatable themes. Here, Tales from the Loop tells a story that is sure to resonate with many LGBTQ+ people, one about desiring to escape a small town and finding domestic and romantic fulfilment.

Beyond its structure, Tales‘ quiet and thoughtful tone also separates it from other shows and films you might have watched. In ’80s pop culture terms, if Stranger Things is ET and Gremlins, ie funny and low-stakes, Tales is Blade Runner – quiet and philosophical.

That also means, fundamentally, that the show is slow moving. Its cinematography, dialogue and episode pacing all take their time to get to the point. That might be too sluggish for some, but overall the effect is oddly peaceful.

Rather than over-explain concepts or lean on quippy comedy, Tales uses its musical and visual storytelling to do the heavy lifting – it’s interested in saying a lot with a little. Over the course of the series, it wants to talk about what happens to a company town when work dries up, or when there is a major accident at a factory. It wants to talk about what being in a family means, and what it means to say goodbye to an elderly relative.

In its second episode, arguably the show’s least action-packed, Jonathan Pryce’s character is moved to the foreground and we explore his relationship with his grandson. A particularly poignant scene sees the pair shout into an strange echo chamber, where the duration of the echoes indicate how long you have left to live. This scene, and episode, are not plot-heavy but they are emotionally rich and indicative of the kind of show Tales from the Loop wants to be.

It asks you to sit and soak it in. Don’t look at your phone, don’t think about the outside world for a minute. Like working on a puzzle or staring at a painting, Tales from the Loop is a dense experience you can get lost in.

If you ask us, that’s what we all need right now.

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Two episodes in and Tales from the Loop is very good. It feels less like Stranger Things and more like a kind of mumblecore Eerie Indiana. It’s downbeat, strange and beautifully shot.
— Charlie Etheridge-Nunn (@charlie_en) April 3, 2020

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“Eerie, Indiana” was the original “Stranger Things.” Why no reboot @joe_dante?
— Jane Nightshade, Writer (@JaneNightshade) April 1, 2020

I know you are talking about now, but there actually was a follow-on series (which had a bridge). I watched it within the past couple of years...Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension. Currently available on @PrimeVideo in the USA
— Bufo Calvin (@bufocalvin) April 1, 2020

Oh yes I heard of that now that you mention it. I thought it was the original series that was streaming on Prime?
— Jane Nightshade, Writer (@JaneNightshade) April 1, 2020

Both are streaming on PV, according to JustWatch pic.twitter.com/M2a1NOMiKC
— Bufo Calvin (@bufocalvin) April 1, 2020

Great - I’ll check the other one out. I own the box set of the original.
— Jane Nightshade, Writer (@JaneNightshade) April 1, 2020

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“Eerie, Indiana” was the original “Stranger Things.” Why no reboot @joe_dante?
— Jane Nightshade, Writer (@JaneNightshade) April 1, 2020

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Czy nigdy nie zdarzyło się, że nie wiadomo z jakiego powodu nagle przebiegł Państwu po plecach zimny dreszcz? Są takie miejsca, które budzą strach, obawę przed tym, co się w nich kryje.

I taki jest Czarny Staw. To zbiornik wodny leżący w okolicy miasta o nazwie… Czarny Staw. Dziwne to miejsce, piękne i groźne. I, jak się okazuje, wręcz zabójcze.

Pierwszy tom serii dedykowanej głównie młodzieży ma właśnie swoją premierę. Inspiracją do jej napisania są lokalne legendy, zgrabnie zaadaptowane do czasów współczesnych.

Ale w książce zaczytali się i dorośli; na przykład Rafał Kosik, autor bestsellerów i lektur szkolnych napisał w swojej rekomendacji okładkowej: Jest strasznie, jest sensacyjnie, jest klimat. Czarny Staw wciąga.

Książkę polecają także byli miłośnicy serialu „Eerie Indiana” i aktualni „Stranger Things”. Na podstawie zainteresowania tą tematyką widać, co obecnie czytają (o ile w ogóle) i oglądają nastolatki.

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Bowl cuts in the 90s were almost mandatory.

This show was called Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
It was kinda like Stranger Things, but less spooky, more quirky and very 90s. #tbt https://t.co/psYaHP1SgH
— Daniel Clark (@TheDanielClark) March 26, 2020

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Eerie Indiana. Cool title
— VinnieHarris94 (@Harris94Vinnie) March 24, 2020

Yep! Joe Dante directed several episodes of it! STRANGER THINGS way before it existed.
— 📽J.D.🎬 (@RadiatorJD) March 24, 2020

Very fun show from early 90s I wanna say?
— Nick (@CountGeekula) March 24, 2020

Yes. Kind of an X-FILES for kids.
— 📽J.D.🎬 (@RadiatorJD) March 24, 2020

Yep, but with a dose of that darkly absurdist/looney tunes Dante humour 😁
— Nick (@CountGeekula) March 24, 2020

Oh, definitely! That's what I love about it.
— 📽J.D.🎬 (@RadiatorJD) March 24, 2020

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Eerie Indiana. Cool title
— VinnieHarris94 (@Harris94Vinnie) March 24, 2020

Yep! Joe Dante directed several episodes of it! STRANGER THINGS way before it existed.
— 📽J.D.🎬 (@RadiatorJD) March 24, 2020

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More online love for "Eerie, Indiana!" Why hasn't this been rebooted?? I'm available!https://t.co/8XZJLCwqtW
— Joe Dante (@joe_dante) March 21, 2020

The first Stranger Things.
— Nicole Rosner (@NicoleRosner7) March 21, 2020

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More online love for "Eerie, Indiana!" Why hasn't this been rebooted?? I'm available!https://t.co/8XZJLCwqtW
— Joe Dante (@joe_dante) March 21, 2020

I talked to someone the other day about that.
It has to be an easy target for reboot, especially with "Stranger Things" out there serving as a proof of the concept working with current audiences.
— Rocketboy (@Rocketboy1313) March 21, 2020

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If you’re down because your favourite streaming TTRPG group is hunkering down for the next little while, why not try out a new one? I’ve just started getting into #Kollok1991, a Stranger Things/Twin Peaks/Eerie, Indiana sort of game using the Kids On Bikes system. It’s fun!
— Al Kennedy (@housetoastonish) March 19, 2020

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Indiana is apparently all about the paranormal if you consider Stranger Things, Close Encounters, and the almost forgotten, but totally excellent '90s kids TV show Eerie, Indiana. The small town of Eerie isn't actually real, just like Hawkins, and it hosts plenty of urban legends and abnormal stuff. (Bonus trivia: Eerie, Indiana starred Omri Katz from Hocus Pocus !)

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Such a gripping read! The ability to mix humour and plotting so well is a rare one. This book kept me turning the pages and laughing at the same time. The dialogue! This is likely to be a bedtime-destroyer - the perfect book to read with a torch while pretending to turn the lights out and go to sleep... It manages to combine elements of the X-files, Twin Peaks, Eerie Indiana (if anyone else remembers that, best show for kids when I was growing up) and Stranger Things. It has a great friendship at its heart, a wonderful baddie, and... [self censored due to spoilers but....that ending!]

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richardnyc: Twin Peaks - "Hold my beer"

Grauzevn837: Scooby Doo - "Hold my scooby snack"

LittleJimmyUrine: Hold my approval for what's being submitted to the Midnight Society

KarateKid198435: The episode where the mom was keeping her kids young by having them sleep in Tupperware?

That's some Stephen King shit right there.

wirralriddler: Or the one where the main character refuses to switch to summer time and gets stuck in a lost hour dimension with a gobsmacking twist at the end? This show was so wild and blew my mind as a kid.

StarandIcon31: I loved this show growing up! I always wanted to know what was going on with Dash X

TribbleTrouble1979: I really liked this show, but for whatever reason in the UK it was shown around 11am on weekdays so I hardly saw any of it unless I was really sick or it was the holidays.

jnhf2437: Loved this show as a kid. Heck, I'm still bummed it only got 1 season.

DoubleImperialIPA24: The X Files

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Sticky Pines has all the hallmarks of the best children’s adventures, misfit friends disappearing off in search of a Mystery, the witty banter before scaring your knickers off accompanied with heaps of humour that exhilarate the senses and leave you breathless, loving the characters and aching to discover the truth.

Uncovering the supernatural underneath sleepy rural America but actually pitched for kids today is GENIUS, and especially will be incredibly fun for adults particularly to read aloud or along with children- thanks to a rich heritage of cult sci-fi and spooky children’s tv such as Eerie Indiana, X-Files and Stranger Things this comes highly recommended for children who want a little bite with their adventure!

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Super 8, Stranger Things, Eerie Indiana marathon kind of day.

Will watch none of them though.
— matthew fazza (@matthewfazza) February 26, 2020

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so if you nerds want to binge a great precursor to Stranger Things, Eerie Indiana is streaming on Prime.
— Charles (@repub9989) February 18, 2020

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It's such a fab story, it feeds my love of things like Eerie Indiana, Round the Twist, Stranger Things and more! ❤️
— Emma Finlayson-Palmer⚡🤸🍁🎃🎀 (@FinlaysonPalmer) February 18, 2020

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'The X Files' meets 'Stranger Things', this is the comparison which really compelled me to read Dashe Robert's fabulous 'The Bigwoof Conspiracy'. But it is so much more than this. The first adventure of Lucy in Sticky Pines is a fantastically prickly, energetically sugary romp of weirdness - with a huge sense of neon-flavoured fun and shadowy spookiness. I enjoyed it immensely!

There are a lot of strange goings-on in Sticky Pines and Lucy Sladen is determined to find out and bring the truth to light. When she goes looking for UFOs she discovers more than she thought possible: an enormous, hairy creature. Bigfoot? No. Bigwoof more like. But will anyone believe Lucy? And if the truth is revealed will the people of Sticky Pines even want to know?

Straight-off I'm going to heap oozles of praise on Robert's superb writing of dialogue and inner voice. Quite simply, the dialogue between Lucy and her friend Milo, as well as others, is possibly the best and most quirky I've read in this genre. The turns of phrase and the colloquialisms are hilarious, and light up the narrative like neon sweet nuggets. You can open any page and discover something like: 'Holy. Flippin'. Crudballs' and 'Clamsauce' and 'Flip this fracking dillweed'. There is such a sense of playfulness with the language but also with the story itself.

Lucy is a wonderful creation and her reactions to peculiar events are expertly realized. On top of this, Roberts has created a setting eerily reminiscent of many places in horrors, but with extra layers of intrigue and juiciness and... clowns. Not everything is as it seems - promising a series to explore more and dig deeper into all the weirdness. Flippin' crudballs I can't wait to read the next book set in Sticky Pines. Indubitably.

If you want spooks and weirdness, fun and hilarity, then look no further than Dashe Robert's delectable 'Bigwoof Conspiracy'. Thanks to Nosy Crow for my copy to review.

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Schloss Einstein war mein Stranger Things.
— Herm (@hermsfarm) February 12, 2020

Meins war Eerie, Indiana! pic.twitter.com/67c7csf9hH
— Daniel W. (@Xieldan) February 12, 2020

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Schloss Einstein war mein Stranger Things.
— Herm (@hermsfarm) February 12, 2020

Meins war Eerie, Indiana......https://t.co/MjJPm3TNdl
— Twenty Twenty Feuchtmacher (@Feuchtmacher) February 13, 2020

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Indiana Films 🎬

As it turns out, there are quite a few films and TV shows set in Indiana. Here are just a few that deal with with the paranormal. 🛸👽🧛‍♀️🧟‍♂️ Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) This film shows Lincoln at his boyhood home in Spencer County, Indiana.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) UFOs wreak havoc over Indiana airspace. In Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992), a mother and son pair of shapeshifting vampires relocates to a rural Indiana town to avoid suspicion.

Strange things happen in the aptly named Eerie, Indiana (1991-1993). In Hawkins, Indiana even Stranger Things occur when government laboratories unleash something from another dimension.

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If you think he would enjoy a 2020s reboot of things like Goosebumps, Eerie Indiana, & would love Stranger Things & The X-Files when he’s old enough then a resounding yes!
— Lily Fae (@faeryartemis) February 6, 2020

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I was so excited when I received an early copy of Sticky Pines: The BigWoof Conspiracy as it has everything I would’ve loved as a quirky kid!

If you think a young reader would love The X-Files, Eerie Indiana, & Stranger Things this Sticky Pines tale of Lucy & Milo determined to prove there’s something out there delivers on so many levels.

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The '90s weren’t just flannel shirts, boy bands, and Seinfeld. Some of the most daring shows in television history premiered during this decade, and although they were short-lived, make no mistake: They were years ahead of their time.

From dystopian sci-fi to serious cartoons to hyper-realistic depictions of the teenage experience, the '90s were actually a pretty great time for TV. This list aims to rank and revisit some of the most underrated '90s shows, both campy and high-quality, that still deserve our attention.

3: Eerie Indiana

Marshall Teller (Omri Katz, who also played Max in Hocus Pocus) moves to a Midwestern town that just so happens to be "the center of weirdness for the entire planet.” Aided by his best friend Simon (Justin Shenkarow), the two investigate the supernatural mysteries that frequently occur around town.

Air Dates: September 15, 1991 - April 12, 1992 (19 episodes)

Why It Didn't Catch On: The sci-fi/horror craze just hadn't caught on yet. Audiences weren't ready for a primetime show about a town that had its own werewolf, creepy Tupperware that keeps things fresh forever, and zombies who wore pajamas. (Even cult classic Twin Peaks, which debuted in 1990, was canceled after two seasons.) Plus, a few of the characters were children who came from broken homes, and adults were the bad guys. Had the show aired just a few years later, when we reached Buffy and X-Files territory, Eerie, Indiana, might have gotten a few more seasons. The show did gain enough popularity for a 1998 spin-off series (Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension), but that, too, only lasted a season.

Why It Could Work Today: Eerie, Indiana, walked so Stranger Things could run. They share the same basic premise: kids solving mysteries while riding around on bikes in a small town in Indiana that just so happens to be a hot bed for strange activity. Plus, Eerie has a Twilight Zone-like quality, with each episode being its own individual adventure - and The Twilight Zone just got its own reboot. There's a big market for the weird and for the unexplainable, especially in a town where everything seems normal on the surface.

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eerie indiana walked so stranger things could run https://t.co/PZpXzY17XH
— gary busey’s veneers (@motelsiren) February 2, 2020

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Almost 11yo asked if he could watch Stranger Things (nope), then if he could watch The Dead Lands (TV series - nope), so any ideas about a decent action/supernatural/thriller series he could watch?
— Grumpy (@GrumpyYetAmusin) January 30, 2020

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Eerie, Indiana walked so Stranger Things could run
— lauren milici (@motelsiren) January 22, 2020

Yes! Foreverwear!
— La Sirena 🧜🏼‍♀️ (@theSweetMaris) January 22, 2020

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Eerie, Indiana walked so Stranger Things could run
— lauren milici (@motelsiren) January 22, 2020

Foreverware™
— the themes present in the sandwich (@code_regan) January 22, 2020

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As a central Indiana dweller for eighteen years, I find myself explaining to people that both Hawkins, IN and Pawnee, IN do not exist on a weekly basis.
— Swan (@_Swaaaan) January 22, 2020

You probably shouldn’t look up Eerie, Indiana, @_Swaaaan. Then you’re going to start throwing old jokes my way too. 🤣
— Major Minus (P) (@GPatrick) January 22, 2020

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Eerie, Indiana walked so Stranger Things could run
— lauren milici (@motelsiren) January 22, 2020

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Oh my!!! #StickyPines #BigWoofConspiracy @maddashe is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!

Everything I would’ve loved as a quirky kid! With flavours of X-Files, Eerie Indiana & Stranger Things this tale of Lucy determined to prove there’s something out there DELIVERS! @NosyCrowBooks
🦶🌲🍭 pic.twitter.com/7H6J3X0zic
— Lily Fae (@faeryartemis) January 19, 2020

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So excited to get a copy of #StickyPines #BigWoofConspiracy @maddashe which is giving me the feels of Eerie Indiana meets Stranger Things!!

Thank you @NosyCrowBooks 💜 pic.twitter.com/ZAMeaDr9qm
— Lily Fae (@faeryartemis) January 18, 2020

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Something of a tonal precursor to Stranger Things, this early '90s series starred Hocus Pocus actor Omri Katz as Marshall Teller, a teenager whose family moves to desolate Eerie, Indiana (population: 16,661).

Tongue-in-cheek but still terrifying, the show saw Marshall and best pal Simon Holmes (Justin Shenkarow) embark on unnerving adventures involving werewolves, hauntings and a classmate who dies in a gruesome accident, with his spirit being transferred to a classmate via a heart transplant.

Chock full of references to scary movies from The Fly to The Wolf Man, Eerie, Indiana had a strong horror pedigree of its own, with Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) serving as a creative consultant and also directing several episodes.

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Okay, before I hit the hay, just to confirm we are the same person... did you watch Eerie Indiana?
— public universal foe (@MxJayHarley) December 22, 2019

Of course! It was basically stranger things for the 90s wasn’t it
— get Xmas Done (@Sianz) December 22, 2019

Yesssssssss. So good.
— public universal foe (@MxJayHarley) December 22, 2019

Only better obvs coz 90s
— get Xmas Done (@Sianz) December 22, 2019

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First episode of Eerie Indiana - the cult single-season TV show that inspired Gravity Falls and Stranger Things (1991)

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Alguna peli de terror buena en Netflix??? @Gonzalo7movicio??? Usted que sabe???
— Sol🌞🐱💗 ☕🍷 (@GarciaSolgarcia) December 21, 2019

No es película, es serie. Marianne. Excelente. Francesa. Buen terror y muy entretenida. Y si no la has visto, está El Conjuro 2. Terror pop, pero entrete también.
— Fafo (@elfafosaez) December 21, 2019

Vi la 1 y la 2 , las series no me gustan mucho, aunque amaba Eerie Indiana nunca vi Stranger things, me dijeron que eran super parecidas y también muy pop, como cuentos de la crypta pero no son de terror 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
— Sol🌞🐱💗 ☕🍷 (@GarciaSolgarcia) December 21, 2019