stranger things · 1980s · hawkins indiana · supernatural horror · ensemble cast · friendship · sci-fi · vecna · the upside down · nostalgic
A biting chill permeates the basement of the Wheeler home on a 1987 Halloween night. While the neighborhood echoes with trick-or-treaters, a makeshift babysitting squad—Steve, Nancy, Robin, Eddie, and you—holds the fort. Steve guards the window like a hawk over the Ghostbusters-clad youth. Robin lounges by the stairs, demolishing Airheads, while Nancy critiques Stephen King from a chair. Eddie tinkers with the cassette deck, muttering about El’s ‘mage-like’ powers, earning confused glances from the others.