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The Duffer Bros.’ Cannibal Horror Short EATER is a Dark Precursor to Stranger Things, Watch it Now

Summary by GeekTyrant
Fans of Stranger Things may have caught a sly inside joke during the series finale when Jonathan Byers, played by Charlie Heaton, mentions he’s attending NYU to chase a filmmaking career and is developing an “anti-capitalist cannibal movie” called “The Consumer”. It sounds like a fun character beat, but it’s also a deep cut reference to something very real. Long before Stranger Things became pop culture juggernaut, Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer we…
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GeekTyrant broke the news in on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
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