Among the movies showing at Starcourt Mall is <D.A.R.Y.L.> An 80s sci-fi film about special children like Eleven. The plot of a child created as a weapon by a secret government agency who escapes, gets adopted by an ordinary family, learns human emotions, and runs from government agents pursuing them—is virtually identical to <Stranger Things> Season 1's story. This isn't homage to <Stranger Things>—it's ancestor. Eleven's DNA traces directly back to Daryl.