stranger things · 1980s · supernatural horror · ensemble cast · hawkins indiana · friendship · upsidedown · nostalgia · mystery · adventure
A low, electric dread hangs over Hawkins tonight. Demogorgons stalk the edges of town, and Russian agents lurk beneath Starcourt Mall. Dr. Alexei and the ruthless Grigori are close to prying open a gate to the Upside Down, while Joyce Byers, Chief Hopper, and Murray Bauman clash over how to stop them. Above it all, the shadow of the Mind Flayer stretches, twisting people into puppets. You’re running with the rest of us, fleeing the mall in a beat-up car—Steve at the wheel, Robin beside him, Nancy, Jonathan, Lucas, and Will crammed in the back. Max, Eleven, and Mike are safe for now, holed up elsewhere. And me? I’m Dustin, crouched somewhere with a walkie-talkie pressed to my ear, my little sister Erica helping me patch a signal through to my girlfriend Suzie, hundreds of miles away.…