STRANGER THINGS

Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series

created by the Duffer Brothers and streaming on Netflix. The brothers serve
as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan
Cohen. The series premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2016. Set in the 1980s in
the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the first season focuses on the
investigation into the disappearance of a young boy (Will Byers) amid
supernatural events occurring around the town, including the appearance of a
girl with psychokinetic abilities (Eleven).

CAST
The series stars an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn
Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah
Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Cara
Buono and Dacre Montgomery.

THE REVIEW
Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana,
during the early 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory
ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States
Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into
the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test
subjects. Inadvertently, they have created a portal to an alternate
dimension, "the Upside Down". The influence of the Upside Down starts to
affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways. [2][3]

The first season begins in November 1983, when Will Byers is abducted

by a creature from the Upside Down. His mother, Joyce, and the town's
police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a
young psychokinetic girl called Eleven escapes from the laboratory and
assists Will's friends, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas, in their own efforts to
find Will.
[4]

The second season is set a year later, starting in October 1984. Will has
been rescued, but few know of the details of the events. When it is
discovered that Will is still being influenced by entities from the Upside
Down, his friends and family learn there is a larger threat to their
universe from the Upside Down. [5]

The third season is set several months later, in the days leading up to

the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. The new Starcourt Mall has
become the center of attention for Hawkins' residents, putting most
other stores out of business. Hopper becomes increasingly concerned
about Eleven and Mike's relationship while still trying to care for Joyce.
Unbeknownst to the town, a secret Soviet laboratory under Starcourt
seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down, allowing the entities from
the Upside Down to possess people in Hawkins and creating a new horror
to deal with.[6][7]

The upcoming fourth season of the American science fiction horror drama
television series Stranger Things, titled Stranger Things 4, is scheduled to be
released via Netflix's streaming service in two parts, with the first volume set
for May 27, 2022, and the second five weeks later on July 1, 2022. The fourth
season will have nine episodes and has continued to be produced by the show's
creators the Duffer Brothers, along with Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Iain
Paterson.