Reddit finds striking similarities between Stree 2, Stranger Things posters: ‘That’s embarrassing’

Several Bollywood films are known to blatantly copy Hollywood movies not just in terms of plot, but also with their poster designs.

Now, an eagle-eyed Redditor has spotted striking similarities between the posters of Amar Kaushik’s upcoming horror comedy Stree 2 and season 2 of Netflix’s popular fantasy series Stranger Things.

Several Bollywood films are known to blatantly copy Hollywood movies not just in terms of plot, but also with their poster designs. Now, an eagle-eyed Redditor has spotted striking similarities between the posters of Amar Kaushik’s upcoming horror comedy Stree 2 and season 2 of Netflix’s popular fantasy series Stranger Things.

However, many argued that the Stranger Things poster isn’t original either. A Redditor pointed out, “That’s marketing for you. Make it look/feel like some bigger hit to entice people to buy it. But also ST’s posters aren’t original either they are nods to film posters from the 80s.” Another claimed, “The show didn’t create that art style.” Some also said that every other poster looks similar these days. “Dude, one out of three movie posters look like that now.”

“Stranger Things didn’t create the half blue, half red, floating faces poster design, it’s probably one of the most unoriginal poster designs in modern cinema,” read a comment. Another Redditor echoed this observation and commented, “This is pretty much the cover of a thousand ‘urban fantasy’ ‘novels’ on Amazon now”

Stree 2 is the sequel to Amar’s 2018 hit co-written by Raj & DK. The sequel is also being produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films, and will see the original cast reprise their roles. Tamannaah Bhatia and Varun Dhawan will also be seen in cameos. The film will release in cinemas this Wednesday on August 14.