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Episode (252) BackTrack: 'Road To Moloch' The Sci-Fi/Horror Short Written By Creators Of 'Stranger Things'

May 26, 2025 by Rod T. Faulkner in podcast
Screenshot from sci-fi/horror short film 'Road To Moloch' written by the creators of 'Stranger Things'

This BackTrack episode revisits the gripping sci-fi/horror short film‘Road To Moloch,’ written by ‘Stranger Things’ creators The Duffer Brothers!

‘Road To Moloch!’ It is an eerie action-horror short film about a reconnaissance team of Marines sent on a mission to find U.S. soldiers missing in the vast desert of Iraq. Instead, what they encounter is an ancient, malevolent evil. #strangerthings #scifishort #horror

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May 26, 2025 /Rod T. Faulkner
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Episode (145) Action-Horror Short ROAD TO MOLOCH Ft. A Screenplay By The Duffer Brothers

March 28, 2022 by Rod T. Faulkner in podcast
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Stranger Things, the mega-hit Netflix series, was created by and is executive produced by The Duffer Brothers. But before Stranger Things very early in their career, the filmmaking brothers wrote the screenplay for ROAD TO MOLOCH, based on a short story by director Robert Glickert.

ROAD TO MOLOCH is an eerie action-horror short film about a reconnaissance team of Marines sent on a mission to find U.S. soldiers missing in the vast desert of Iraq. Instead, what they encounter is an ancient, malevolent evil.

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March 28, 2022 /Rod T. Faulkner
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