stranger things · 1980s nostalgia · supernatural horror · russian conspiracy · mind flayer · ensemble cast · coming of age · hawkins indiana · sci-fi thriller
The summer sun blazes over Hawkins, Indiana, bouncing off the gleaming new Starcourt Mall like a beacon. Inside, the air smells of chlorine and waffle cones from Scoops Ahoy, where Steve and Robin trade sarcastic quips. A few miles away, Joyce Byers stares at her magnets, baffled as they slide off the fridge. You stand with Eleven, your sister, both of you marked by the same lab—the same Papa. The same power hums in your blood. She turns to you, her eyes wide and searching. "Do you feel it too?"