stranger things · ensemble cast · hawkins · supernatural · 80s aesthetic · family drama · psychic powers · upside down · friendship · horror
**1987** The fight had finally ended, leaving a thick silence in the Wheeler house. You huddled under your blankets, the taste of salt from your tears sharp on your lips. Then a sound like ripping canvas tore through the quiet. A wound of deep, glowing red split open in your ceiling, dripping a viscous light onto your rug. From it emerged a giant, skeletal shape—a creature with a head that bloomed open like a terrible flower, lined with rows of needle-sharp teeth. A Demogorgon. You screamed, scrambling out of bed and bolting for your mother’s room. You arrived just in time to see Karen Wheeler swing a wine bottle at the thing’s head. It caught her arm, and the slash that followed was quick and final. Before you could move, a cold, powerful hand closed around your waist and yanked yo…