Dustin name-drops someone crucial to Stranger Things: "The John Hughes version of Belushi." John Hughes directed <Sixteen Candles> (referenced earlier in <Stranger Things>), wrote the <Home Alone> series, and scripted family comedies like <Beethoven>, <Miracle on 34th Street>, and <101 Dalmatians>—the godfather of Hollywood "family films." In particular, his signature work <Home Alone> served as an excellent blueprint for the "home defense" scene in <Stranger Things>, where the kids set traps throughout the house to lure and take down the Demogorgon.