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Stranger Things

March 13, 2023

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Stranger Things (disambiguation).

Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. Its second, third, and fourth seasons followed in October 2017, July 2019, and May and July 2022, respectively. In February 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season.

Stranger Things
Genre
Created byThe Duffer Brothers
Starring
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes34 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • The Duffer Brothers
  • Shawn Levy
  • Dan Cohen
  • Brian Wright
  • Cindy Holland
  • Jessica Mecklenburg
  • Matt Thunell
  • Karl Gajdusek
  • Iain Paterson
  • Curtis Gwinn
Cinematography
  • Tim Ives
  • Tod Campbell
  • Lachlan Milne
  • David Franco
  • Ricardo Diaz[1]
Editors
Running time42–150 minutes
Production companies
DistributorNetflix
Budget$270 million (season 4)[3]
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture format
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseJuly 15, 2016 (2016-07-15) –
present (present)

Set in the 1980s, the series centers around the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, as they are plagued by a hostile alternate dimension known as the "Upside Down", after a nearby human experimentation facility opens a gateway between the Upside Down and the normal world. It stars an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, and Brett Gelman.

The Duffer Brothers developed Stranger Things as a mix of investigative drama and supernatural elements portrayed with horror and childlike sensibilities, while infusing references to the pop culture of the 1980s. Several thematic and directorial elements were inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, David Lynch, Stephen King, Wes Craven and H. P. Lovecraft. They also took inspiration from experiments conducted during the Cold War and conspiracy theories involving secret government experiments.

One of Netflix's flagship series, Stranger Things has attracted record viewership on the streaming platform. The series has been critically acclaimed for its characterization, atmosphere, acting, soundtrack, directing, writing, and homages to 1980s films. It has received numerous awards and nominations.

Overview

Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 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.[4][5]

The first season begins in November 1983. Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down. His mother, Joyce; the town's police chief, Jim Hopper; and a group of volunteers search for him. A young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and is found by friends of Will. Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will.[6]

The second season is set a year later in October 1984. Will has been rescued, but he begins having premonitions of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the Upside Down. When it is discovered that Will is still being possessed by an entity from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn that there is a larger threat to their world.[7]

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 the majority of other local stores out of business due to the mall's popularity. Hopper becomes increasingly concerned about Eleven and Mike's relationship and becomes very protective of his daughter. Unbeknownst to the town, a secret Soviet laboratory underneath Starcourt seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer uses mind control to make Billy do his bidding.[8][9]

The fourth season is set several months later, in March 1986. Joyce, Will, Eleven, and Jonathan have moved to Lenora, California for a fresh start. In California, Eleven struggles with the loss of her powers and being bullied in school. Meanwhile in Hawkins, a being from the Upside Down—an entity later dubbed Vecna—begins killing the residents of Hawkins, opening new gates between the two worlds in the process. Planning to stop Vecna, Dr. Sam Owens takes Eleven to a facility to help her regain her powers. Simultaneously, Joyce and Murray fly to Russia to rescue Hopper from the Gulag in Kamchatka.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Stranger Things characters
 
The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy and the main cast of season 2 of Stranger Things at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International
  • Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers,[10] the mother of Will and Jonathan Byers. She is divorced from Lonnie Byers, the father of Will and Jonathan. In season two, she dates her old high school classmate, Bob, until his death later in the season. She and Hopper have feelings for each other.
  • David Harbour as Jim Hopper,[10] chief of Hawkins Police Department. After his young daughter Sara died of cancer, Hopper divorced and lapsed into alcoholism. Eventually he grows to be more responsible, saving Will Byers after he is taken in season 1, as well as taking Eleven as his adopted daughter. He and Joyce have feelings for each other.
  • Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler,[11] middle child of Karen and Ted Wheeler, brother of Nancy and Holly, and one of three friends of Will Byers. He is an intelligent and conscientious student and is committed to his friends. He develops romantic feelings for Eleven and later dates her.
  • Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper ("El"),[11] a teen girl with telepathic and psychokinetic abilities, a result of being one of Dr. Brenner's subjects from Hawkins National Laboratory. She escapes the lab and eventually becomes an adoptive daughter to Jim Hopper taking his surname, and adjusts to living a normal life with the help of Mike (whom she later dates) and his friends.
  • Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson,[11] one of Will Byers' friends. His cleidocranial dysplasia causes him to lisp. In the second season, he is proud of his new front teeth and is attracted to Max. In season 3, he gets a girlfriend, Suzie (portrayed by Gabriella Pizzolo), whom he met at Camp Know Where prior to the start of the season.
  • Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair,[11] one of Will's friends. He is wary of Eleven but later befriends her. In season two, he is one of Max's love interests and eventually becomes her boyfriend in season three. He becomes more popular in season 4 as a result of joining the Hawkins High basketball team, which briefly puts him at odds with his regular friend group.
  • Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler,[11] daughter of Karen and Ted and older sister of Mike and Holly. Studious and rule-abiding, Nancy finds another side of herself while investigating the Hawkins Lab and the death of her friend Barbara. In the first two seasons, she is the girlfriend of Steve Harrington but breaks up with him and then dates Jonathan Byers. She is an aspiring journalist.
  • Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers,[11] the older brother of Will Byers and the son of Joyce Byers. He is a quiet and kind-hearted teenager, an outsider at school, and an aspiring photographer. He is close with his mother and brother, and he becomes the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler.
  • Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler (seasons 1–3; also starring: season 4),[12] mother of Nancy, Mike, and toddler Holly. Karen has a brief fling with Billy in season 3.
  • Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner (seasons 1 and 4; recurring: season 2),[13] the scientist in charge of Hawkins Laboratory and training Eleven. Manipulative and remote, he and his team are searching for Eleven in season 1 after she escapes. He is referred to as "Papa" by Eleven. In season 4, he returns to help Eleven gain her powers back and protects her from the government agents hunting her down.[14]
  • Noah Schnapp as Will Byers (season 2–present; recurring: season 1),[11] the son of Joyce Byers and younger brother of Jonathan Byers. He is captured by a monster from the "Upside Down", an alternate dimension discovered by Hawkins Laboratory scientists in season 1. He later develops a connection to the upside down and the Mind Flayer due to his capture.[15][16]
  • Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield (season 2–present), Billy's younger stepsister, and a tomboy who catches the attention of both Lucas and Dustin, eventually dating Lucas. In season 4, she is one of the teens that is targeted by Vecna.[16]
  • Joe Keery as Steve Harrington (season 2–present; recurring: season 1), a popular high school student and the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler. He ostracizes Jonathan Byers but later comes to befriend him. He and Nancy later break up in season two but remain friends. He is known as the "babysitter" of the group since he is often left to look after the kids.[17][16]
  • Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove (seasons 2–3; guest: season 4), Max's violent, unpredictable, and abusive older stepbrother. He challenges Steve's popularity. In season 3, he is controlled by the Mind Flayer and later sacrifices himself to protect the kids.[16]
  • Sean Astin as Bob Newby (season 2; guest: season 3), a former schoolmate of Joyce and Hopper who runs the Hawkins RadioShack[18] and is Joyce's boyfriend, putting him at odds with Hopper. He dies at the end of season 2 after being attacked by Demodogs.[19]
  • Paul Reiser as Sam Owens (seasons 2 and 4; guest: season 3), a Department of Energy executive who replaces Brenner as director of Hawkins Laboratory. He is stubborn and committed to scientific research, yet empathetic to the residents of Hawkins and helps Hopper adopt Eleven as his legal daughter. He returns with Brenner in season 4 to help Eleven gain back her powers and protects her from the government agents hunting her.[18]
  • Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley (season 3–present), a girl who works alongside Steve at the ice cream store in the mall who later comes out as a lesbian. She and Steve Harrington are close friends, having worked together at the Scoops Ahoy ice cream shop and later the video store.[20]
  • Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair (season 3–present; recurring: season 2), Lucas's 10-year-old sister who helps the group. She is revealed to be very smart and have avid interest in D&D.[20]
  • Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman (season 4; recurring: seasons 2–3), a conspiracy theorist, private investigator, and longtime friend of Hopper's who helps Nancy and Jonathan in season 2 and Hopper and Joyce in seasons 3 and 4.
  • Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel / One / Vecna (season 4), a murderous psychic being from the Upside Down revealed to have created the Mind Flayer. He was born as a human named Henry Creel with psionic abilities. After murdering his family and falling into a coma, he was put under the care of Dr. Brenner. Flashbacks in season 4 reveal he was sent to the Upside Down by Eleven when she was nine years old, where he was disfigured by lightning, causing his appearance as Vecna. After exploring the Upside Down, he created the Mind Flayer and took control of the dimension.[21]

Episodes

Main article: List of Stranger Things episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
18July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)
29October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
38July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
497May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27)
2July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01)
58[22]TBA

Production

Development

 
 
Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators and showrunners of the series

Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the Duffer Brothers,[23] who also serve as showrunners and head writers, as well as direct many of the episodes. The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden, in which they had tried to emulate the style of M. Night Shyamalan. However, due to changes at Warner Bros., its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffer Brothers were unsure of their future.[24] To their surprise, television producer Donald De Line approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series.[25]

The Duffer Brothers prepared a script[when?] that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network.[26] They pitched the story to about fifteen[27] cable networks, all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to either make it a children's series or drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation into the paranormal.[25]

In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment, brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy. They subsequently invited the Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount;[28] the series was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015.[29]

The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they pitched to Netflix the company had already been recognized for its original programming in shows such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance.[26] The brothers started casting and brought Levy and Cohen in as the other executive producers to discuss storylines, with Levy also directing for the show.[30]

Montauk is an eight-hour sci-fi horror epic. Set in Long Island in 1980 and inspired by the supernatural classics of that era, we explore the crossroads where the ordinary meet the extraordinary...emotional, cinematic and rooted in character, Montauk is a love letter to the golden age of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King – a marriage of human drama and supernatural fear.

 — The Duffer Brothers' original pitch for Montauk[31]

 
The book cover the Duffer Brothers created to pitch Montauk. For this, they took inspiration from Stephen King book covers such as Firestarter.

The series was originally known as Montauk. The setting was then Montauk, New York, and nearby Long Island locations. Montauk figured into a number of real world conspiracy theories involving secret government experiments.[29][32] The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island.[33] After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.[33]

With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's Firestarter novel to consider the title's font and appearance, and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, Needful Things, though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title.[34]

To pitch the series, the Duffer Brothers showcased images, footage and music from classic 1970s and 1980s films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist, Hellraiser, Stand by Me, Firestarter, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws, in order to establish the tone of the series.[31]

Writing

The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners, detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer, and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever".[25]

To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as Project MKUltra, which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia.[25] Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series,[25][35] crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror.[36]

Other influences cited by the Duffer Brothers include: Stephen King novels; films produced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, David Lynch, Wes Craven,[37][38][39][40] and Guillermo del Toro;[34] films such as Star Wars, Alien, and Stand by Me;[34][38][41] Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied;[34][37] and several video games including Silent Hill, Dark Souls and The Last of Us.[42][43][37] The Duffer Brothers believe that they may have brought influences from other works unintentionally, including Beyond the Black Rainbow and D.A.R.Y.L., discovered by reviewing fan feedback on the series.[33] Several websites and publications have found other pop culture references in the series, particularly references to 1980s pop culture.[44][45][46][47] The main villain for the last seaons was inspired by the villains that scared the brothers when they watched the movies and miniseries as children: Freddy Krueger, Pinhead and Pennywise.[48]

With Netflix as the platform, the Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization.[26] Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more.[49]

Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, the Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike and his friends, and particularly for Barb.[34] Joyce was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss' character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find Will.[50]

Casting

 
The Duffer Brothers cast David Harbour as Chief Hopper believing this was his opportunity to portray a lead character.

In June 2015, it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively.[10] The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her predominance in the films of the 1980s.[25] Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as if "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role.[51] The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character".[34][52]

Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, Natalia Dyer as Nancy, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan.[11] In September 2015, Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen,[12] followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later.[13] Additional cast who recur include Noah Schnapp as Will,[11][16] Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland,[53] Joe Keery as Steve Harrington,[17][16] and Ross Partridge as Lonnie,[54] among others.

Actors auditioning for the children roles read lines from Stand by Me.[25] The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape.[26]

As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors.[49] The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative.[50]

Filming

 
Emory University's former Georgia Mental Health Institute served as the location of Hawkins National Laboratory.

The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta, Georgia, area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[33]

The filming of the first season began in November 2015 and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with the Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.[55] Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[56][57] Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood Quarry, and Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes.[58]

Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia, the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia, the probate court in Butts County, Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.[59][clarification needed] Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta[59] and the series was filmed with a RED Dragon camera.[50] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[56]

After the third season finished filming, producers considered the idea of keeping the Starcourt Mall set as a permanent attraction for fans to visit, but ultimately decided against it.[60]

The fourth season of Stranger Things was expected to consist of eight episodes, with the first episode titled "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club".[61] Filming for the season was slated to begin in January 2020 and to last through August.[62] With the release of a February 2020 teaser for the fourth season, the Duffers confirmed that production had started.[63] Some filming for the fourth season took place at Lukiškės Prison and nearby in Vilnius, Lithuania.[64] In March 2020, production was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[65] Production resumed in September 2020.[66]

Visual effects

To create the aged effect for the series, a film grain was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s.[50] The Duffer Brothers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the series violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG-13 movie rating. They said such films were "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season.[50]

The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer-generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects, so they created an animatronic to play the part of the Demogorgon.[67][68] However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released to Netflix.[25]

The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of R/GA, led by creative director Michelle Doughtey.[69] Levy introduced the studio to the Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired series, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the series' titles, primarily using a typographical sequence.[70]

They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as Altered States and The Dead Zone. They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the series, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming, and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the series and come back with more input.[71]

Initially they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat, requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly through" approach, similar to the film Bullitt, which the producers had suggested to the studio.[72]

Music

Main article: Music of Stranger Things

Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive have composed the original soundtrack for the show, including the show's theme song.[73] It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, and Fabio Frizzi.[74] According to Stein and Dixon, the Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music since the 2014 film The Guest.[73][75][76] Once the series was green-lit, the Duffer Brothers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role.[73]

In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including Joy Division, Toto, New Order, the Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel, and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter, and Vangelis.[77][78] Some songs have been used as narrative elements, such as The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" within the first season,[78] and Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" in the fourth. Some of these licensed songs saw subsequent resurgence on sales charts after the respective seasons of Stranger Things aired, notably "Running Up That Hill" and Metallica's "Master of Puppets" from the fourth season, and Limahl's "The NeverEnding Story" from the third season.[79][80][81]

Soundtracks containing separately the original compositions and the licensed music for each season have been released by Lakeshore Records.

Release

The first season consisted of eight one-hour-long episodes which were released worldwide on Netflix on July 15, 2016,[82] in Ultra HD 4K. The second season, consisting of nine episodes, was released on October 27, 2017, in HDR.[83][84] The third season once again consists of eight episodes,[85] and was released on July 4, 2019.[86] The fourth season, consisting of nine episodes, was released in two volumes on May 27 and July 1, 2022, respectively.[87][88][89] In February 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a fifth and final season.[90]

Shortly after the fourth season's release, viewers reported that Will's friends did not acknowledge his birthday in an episode of the season that took place on that day. The Duffers said in an interview that they could rectify the matter by changing its month, which they called "George Lucas-ing the situation", in reference to the canon changes that George Lucas had made to the original Star Wars trilogy to match what the prequel trilogy had added..[91] Some viewers took this to imply that scenes from earlier seasons were also being edited, including one scene where Jonathan takes discreet pictures of a pool party that Steve, Nancy, and Barbara are holding. The writers stated that "no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re-edited", including this scene.[91]

Home media

The first season of Stranger Things was released on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack exclusively to Target retailers on October 17, 2017, and the same for the 4K/Blu-ray combo pack on November 15, 2017, both of which includes vintage CBS-FOX VHS-inspired packaging.[92][93] The second season received a similar release on November 6, 2018.[94][95]

Reception

 
 
Winona Ryder (left) was nominated for Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, while Millie Bobby Brown (right) was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards in the same category and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Audience viewership

Netflix did not initially reveal subscriber viewership numbers for their original series, and Symphony Technology Group compiled data for the season based on people using software on their phones that measures television viewing by detecting a program's sound. According to Symphony, within the first 35 days of release, Stranger Things averaged ratings of around 14.07 million adults between the ages of 18–49 in the United States. This made it the third most-watched season of Netflix original content in the U.S. at the time behind the first season of Fuller House and fourth season of Orange Is the New Black.[96] In a September 2016 analysis, Netflix found that Stranger Things "hooked" viewers by the second episode of the first season, indicating that the second episode was "the first installment that led at least 70 percent of viewers who watched that episode to complete the entire first season of a show."[97]

For the third season, Netflix revealed that the show had broken viewing records for Netflix, with 40.7 million households having watched the show in its first four days, and 18.2 million already watched the entire series within that timeframe.[98] Within its first month, the third season was watched by 64 million households, setting a new record for the most-watched original Netflix series.[99][100]

The series is the most followed TV show on social media app TV Time's history, with over 5 million followers.[101]

Critical response

Critical response of Stranger Things
SeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic
197% (91 reviews)[102]76 (34 reviews)[103]
294% (150 reviews)[104]78 (33 reviews)[105]
389% (140 reviews)[106]72 (28 reviews)[107]
488% (185 reviews)[108]Volume 1 : 69 (29 reviews)[109]
Volume 2 : 74 (18 reviews)[110]

Rotten Tomatoes gave the show an overall score of 92%,[111] while Metacritic gave the show an overall score of 74.[112]

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season an approval rating of 97% based on 91 reviews and a weighted average rating of 8.12/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Exciting, heartbreaking, and sometimes scary, Stranger Things acts as an addictive homage to Spielberg films and vintage 1980s television."[102] The New York Times has compared the show to Rob Reiner's Stand by Me, relating their nostalgic feel by "...finding that timeless moment where everything seemed tantalizingly, scarily new."[113] Review aggregator Metacritic gave the first season a normalized score of 76 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[103]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an approval rating of 94% based on 150 reviews and an average rating of 7.86/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Stranger Things' slow-building sophomore season balances moments of humor and a nostalgic sweetness against a growing horror that's all the more effective thanks to the show's full-bodied characters and evocative tone."[104] On Metacritic, the second season has a normalized score of 78 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[105]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has an approval rating of 89% based on 140 reviews and an average rating of 7.86/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Vibrant and charming, Stranger Things transforms itself into a riveting—if familiar—summer ride that basks in its neon-laden nostalgia without losing sight of the rich relationships that make the series so endearing."[106] On Metacritic, the third season has a normalized score of 72 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[107]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season holds an approval rating of 88% based on 185 reviews, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Darker and denser than its predecessors, Stranger Things' fourth chapter sets the stage for the show's final season in typically binge-worthy fashion.[108] On Metacritic, the fourth season's two volumes have scores of 69 out of 100 based on 29 critics and 74 out of 100 based on 18 critics, both indicating "generally favorable reviews".[109][110]

Stranger Things was ranked third-best TV show of the year (2016) by The Guardian and Empire.[114][115] It was also included on The Atlantic's best TV show of 2017 list.[116]

Commentary

 
Shannon Purser's performance as Barb received widespread attention from fans and led to her being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Stranger Things gained a dedicated fan base soon after its release. One area of focus was the character of Barb, Nancy's nerdy friend and classmate who is taken and killed by the monster early in the season.[117] According to actress Shannon Purser, Barb "wasn't supposed to be a big deal", and the Duffer Brothers had not gone into great detail about the character since the focus was on finding Will. However, many fans sympathized with the character; Laura Bradley of Vanity Fair suggested that Barb would be a similar misfit in society, and "looks more like someone you might actually meet in real life" compared to the other characters, particularly Nancy. Hashtags grew in popularity after the series' release, such as "#ImWithBarb" and "#JusticeforBarb", and several fan sites and forums were created to support her.[118]

Purser did not return for the second season, but the Duffer Brothers used the real-life "Justice for Barb" movement as inspiration for narrative at the start of the second season: Nancy addresses the fact "that no one ever cares about" Barb.[19] Purser and several media outlets took her nomination as Barb for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in the Primetime Emmy Awards as achieving "Justice for Barb", highlighting how well her character was received.[119][120][121]

Another impact of the series has been an increased demand for Eggo waffles, as they are shown to be Eleven's favorite food in several episodes and are seen as a representation of the series.[122] The Kellogg Company manufactures Eggo and had not been part of the production prior to the first season's release, but they recognized the market impact of the series. They provided a vintage 1980s Eggo television advertisement for Netflix to use in its Super Bowl LI commercial, and they intend to become more involved with cross-promotion.[123] Coca-Cola released a limited run of New Coke (introduced in 1985) to coincide with the third season of the show, which takes place in 1985.[124]

Controversies

In April 2018, filmmaker Charlie Kessler filed a lawsuit against the Duffer brothers, claiming that they stole his idea behind his short film Montauk, which featured a similar premise of a missing boy, a nearby military base doing otherworldy experiments, and a monster from another dimension. Kessler directed the film and debuted it at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival. During the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, he pitched his film to the Duffer brothers and later gave them "the script, ideas, story and film" for a larger film idea which he called The Montauk Project. Kessler contended that the Duffer brothers used his ideas to devise the premise for Stranger Things and sought a third of the income that they had made from the series.[125][126]

The Duffer brothers' lawyer stated that they never saw Kessler's film nor spoke to him regarding it, and that Kessler had no input into their concepts for Stranger Things.[127] The judge denied summary judgment for the Duffer brothers in April 2019, allowing Kessler's suit to proceed to trial.[128] Just before the trial was due to start in May 2019, Kessler withdrew his lawsuit after hearing the depositions and seeing documents from as early as 2010 which showed him that the Duffers had independently come up with the concept of Stranger Things.[129]

Journalists have noted that the idea of supernatural events around Montauk had originated due to urban legend of the Montauk Project, which came to light from the 1992 book The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time.[130][131][132]

In September 2017, multiple media outlets published articles about a cease-and-desist letter sent by a Netflix in-house attorney to the operator of a Stranger-Things-themed bar in Chicago.[133][134] The letter included humorous references to the series: "unless I'm living in the Upside Down"; "we're not going to go full Dr. Brenner on you"; "the demogorgon is not always as forgiving". The letter also won praise from lawyers for its even-handedness in not demanding immediate closure of the bar, only demanding that the bar not remain open without Netflix's permission past its initial scheduled run.[133]

In July 2022, six Jewish and Roma groups condemned Netflix's use of Lukiškės Prison as a filming location for season four of Stranger Things. Protestors pointed out the prison's involvement in the Holocaust and its role in the Ponary massacre; denounced Netflix's partnering with local tourism board Go Vilnius to rent out a refurbished Stranger-Things-themed prison cell on Airbnb; and criticized Netflix's decision to repost images of fans' Eleven-inspired numerical tattoos on their Instagram, saying it "desecrates the living memories of Holocaust survivors". A petition calling on Netflix to close the rental and apologize garnered more than 60,000 signatures, leading Go Vilnius to shut down the Airbnb listing indefinitely. Multiple news outlets reached out to Netflix, which did not comment.[135][136][137]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Stranger Things

Stranger Things has received numerous awards and nominations across the entertainment industry, including ten Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations through the second season. The series' cast has received several of these: the series' first-season cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, while series leads Ryder, Brown, and Harbour have earned individual awards and nominations.

Other media

 
Logo for the aftershow

Beyond Stranger Things

With the release of the second season of the series, Netflix also released Beyond Stranger Things, an aftershow hosted by Jim Rash. The guests are cast and crew from the series, including the Duffer Brothers and the series' stars, who discuss the development and production of the series and its larger mythology. Unlike previous aftershows created by Embassy Row, such as Talking Dead and Talking Bad, Beyond Stranger Things is intended to be watched after a screening of the entire second season.[138]

No.TitleGuestsVideo guestsOriginal release date
1"Mind Blown"Shawn Levy, the Duffer Brothers, Finn Wolfhard, and Millie Bobby BrownDavid HarbourOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
2"Mad for Max"Shawn Levy, the Duffer Brothers, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, and Sadie SinkNoneOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
3"Unlikely Allies"Shawn Levy, the Duffer Brothers, Gaten Matarazzo, and Joe KeeryNoneOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
4"Truth in Hawkins"Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, and Brett GelmanDavid Harbour and Shannon PurserOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
5"The AV Club"Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Randy Havens, and Bill NyeSean AstinOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
6"The New Class"Sadie Sink, Brett Gelman, Dacre Montgomery, and Linnea BerthelsenSean Astin and Paul ReiserOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
7"Closing the Gate"Shawn Levy, the Duffer Brothers, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, and Natalia DyerDavid Harbour, Sean Astin, and Eddie TsangOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)

Tie-in books

Penguin Random House partnered with Netflix to release a series of books related to Stranger Things, starting in late 2018. These include How to Survive in a Stranger Things World,[139] a children's book released on November 13, 2018, that offers "advice, wisdom, and warnings" from Stranger Things. They have also published the behind the scenes book Stranger Things: World Turneds Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion[140] (released on October 30, 2018), and a two-in-one Hawkins Middle School Yearbook/Hawkins High School Yearbook (released on March 26, 2019).[141]

Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things Artbook was released on October 15, 2019.[142] Will Byers' Secret Files was released on September 24, 2019.[143] Stranger Things: The Official Sticker Album was released on June 15, 2021.[144] Stranger Things: The Official Coloring Book was released on June 28, 2022.[145] A Stranger Things-themed Little Golden Book, Stranger Things: We Can Count on Eleven was released on July 5, 2022.[146]

Insight Editions released Stranger Things Tarot Deck and Guidebook on August 16, 2022,[147][148] followed by Stranger Things: The Ultimate Pop-up Book on August 30, 2022.[149][150]

In the second quarter of 2019, as part of its Silver Archive series, UK publisher Obverse Books released a book on the first season of Stranger Things by writer Paul Driscoll.[151]

Novels

The novel Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond takes place before the first season and focuses on Eleven's mother Terry Ives and her experiences with Dr. Brenner in the Hawkins laboratory in 1969.[152] The novel was released on February 5, 2019, and was soon followed by Darkness on the Edge of Town by New Zealand author Adam Christopher on May 28, 2019. In Edge, following the events of the second season, Hopper relates details of his past life in New York City during the 1970s to Eleven.[153] Runaway Max, a young adult novel by Brenna Yovanoff, was released on June 4, 2019, and explored Max Mayfield's early life in San Diego prior to moving to Hawkins in 1984, as well as offering a retelling of events from the second season from her perspective.[154]

Rebel Robin a young adult novel by A.R. Capetta was released on June 29, 2021, detailing Robin Buckley's struggle to accept her identity prior to the events of Season 3. Hawkins Horrors by Matthew J. Gilbert, a collection of short scary stories told from the perspective of the Party, was released on May 3, 2022;[155] and Lucas on the Line by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, a novel set after the events of the third season from Lucas's perspective, was released on July 26, 2022.[156]

Comics

Dark Horse Comics announced a partnership with Netflix for "a multi-year publishing line" of stories set in the Stranger Things world. The initial title was a four-issue miniseries written by Jody Houser and interior art by Stefano Martino. The story took place during the events of the first season and took Will's perspective while he was still trapped in the Upside Down.[157] The first issue of the miniseries was released on September 26, 2018.[158]

On May 4, 2019, Dark Horse Comics published a special Stranger Things comic as part of the event Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). The Dark Horse FCBD 2019 General comic contained a Stranger Things story entitled The Game Master set a few days after the events of the first season. It was written by Jody Houser and illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa.[159]

The second Stranger Things title is another four-part miniseries, written again by Jody Houser with interior art by Edgar Salazar, titled Stranger Things: Six. The comic focuses on one of the experiments preceding Eleven: a girl named Francine, who possesses powers of precognition. The first issue went on sale on May 29, 2019.[160]

An original graphic novel based on the series called Stranger Things: Zombie Boys was released on February 19, 2020. It was written by Greg Pak, drawn by Valeria Favoccia, lettered by Nate Piekos of Blambot, colored by Dan Jackson, with cover art by Ron Chan. It is 72 pages and set after the first season.[161]

A third comic miniseries, Stranger Things: Into the Fire, started in January 2020. Also lasting for four issues, it is a sequel to the Six miniseries set prior to the show's third season. It is written by Jody Houser, penciled by Ryan Kelly, and inked by Le Beau Underwood.[162]

Another Stranger Things one-shot was released as part of Free Comic Book Day 2020. It was written by Greg Pak and set shortly after the Battle of Starcourt Mall depicted in the series' third season.[163]

A second Stranger Things original graphic novel, titled Stranger Things: The Bully, was released on October 13, 2020. It was written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Valeria Favoccia,[164] and focuses on the characters Troy and James concurrent with the events of the second season, as the former struggles with PTSD following his encounter with Eleven.

On June 18, 2020, it was announced that IDW Publishing and Dark Horse are co-publishing a Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons miniseries.[165][166]

A fourth miniseries from Dark Horse, entitled Stranger Things: Science Camp started in September 2020. It also ran for four issues.[167]

On July 23, 2020, Dark Horse announced a prequel one-shot entitled Stranger Things: Halloween in Hawkins.[168]

A third graphic novel; Stranger Things: Erica the Great!; was released on January 26, 2022.[169]

Issue Release Date Story Art Colors Cover Collection
#1[170] September 26, 2018 Jody Houser PENCILS: Stefano Martino
INKS: Keith Champagne 		Lauren Affe Aleksi Briclot
Rafael Albuquerque (variant)
Kyle Lambert (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
Lee Bermejo (variant)
Ben Oliver (variant)
Babs Tarr (variant)
Clayton Crain (variant)
Lucio Parrillo (variant)
Francesco Mattina (variant)
Fabio Moon (variant)
Patric Reynolds (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 1: The Other Side
RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2019
9781506709765[171]
#2[172] October 31, 2018 Aleksi Briclot
Steve Morris (variant)
Greg Ruth (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
#3[173] November 28, 2018 Aleksi Briclot
Grzegorz Domaradzki (variant)
Matthew Taylor (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
#4[174] January 2, 2019 Aleksi Briclot
Jen Bartel (variant)
Ethan Young (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
Free Comic Book Day 2019 (General) Stranger Things/Black Hammer (Stranger Things story: The Game Master)[175] May 8, 2019 Ibrahim Moustafa Triona Farrell Chun Lo N/A
SIX #1[176] May 29, 2019 PENCILS: Edgar Salazar
INKS: Keith Champagne 		Marissa Louise Aleksi Briclot
Kyle Lambert (variant)
David Mack (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
Jenny Frison (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 2: SIX
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019
9781506712321[177]
SIX #2[178] June 26, 2019 Aleksi Briclot
E.M. Gist (variant)
Micaela Dawn (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
SIX #3[179] July 31, 2019 Aleksi Briclot
Casper Wijngaard (variant)
Tyler Crook (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
SIX #4[180] August 28, 2019 Aleksi Briclot
Christian Ward (variant)
Jenn Ravenna (variant)
Patrick Satterfield (photo variant)
Zombie Boys[181] January 22, 2020 Greg Pak Valeria Favoccia Dan Jackson Ron Chan Original Graphic Novel 9781506713090[182]
Into the Fire #1[183] January 20, 2020 Jody Houser PENCILS: Ryan Kelly
INKS: Le Beau Underwood 		Triona Farrell Viktor Kalvachev
Jeremy Wilson (variant)
Kyle Lambert (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 3: Into the Fire
RELEASE DATE: July 28, 2020
9781506713083[184]
Into the Fire #2[185] February 12, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
Jonathan Case (variant)
Claire Roe (variant)
Into the Fire #3[186] March 25, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
Emily Pearson (variant)
Adam Gorham (variant)
Into the Fire #4[187] July 8, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
Evan Cagle (variant)
Kelly McKernan (variant)
Free Comic Book Day 2020 (All Ages) Stranger Things/Minecraft (Stranger Things story: Erica's Quest)[188] July 29, 2020[189] Greg Pak Gabriella Antali Dan Jackson Ron Chan Stranger Things Volume 4: Science Camp
RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2021
9781506715766[190]
The Bully[191] September 1, 2020 Valeria Favoccia Original Graphic Novel 9781506714530[191]
Science Camp #1 September 30, 2020 Jody Houser PENCILS: Edgar Salazar
INKS: Keith Champagne 		Marissa Louise Viktor Kalvachev
Kyle Lambert (variant)
Francisco Ruiz (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 4: Science Camp
RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2021
9781506715766[192]
Science Camp #2 October 28, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
Eric Nguyen (variant)
Tula Lotay[193] and/or Raúl Allén[194] (variant)
Science Camp #3 November 25, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
and Raúl Allén (variant)
Pius Bak (variant)
Science Camp #4 December 30, 2020 Viktor Kalvachev
Sebastian Piriz (variant)
Pius Bak (variant)
Halloween in Hawkins (Halloween Special one-shot) October 21, 2020 Michael Moreci Todor Hristov Chris O'Halloran Francesco Francavilla Stranger Things Holiday Specials
RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2022
9781506734583[195]
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #1 November 4, 2020 Jody Houser
Jim Zub 		Diego Galindo Michele Assarasakorn E.M. Gist
Diego Galindo (variant)
Anna Dittmann (variant)
David Michael Beck (variant) 		Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons
RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2021
9781506721071[196]
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #2 December 2, 2020 E.M. Gist
Anna Dittmann (variant)
David Michael Beck (variant)
Max Dunbar (variant)
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #3 January 6, 2021 Anna Dittmann (Variant Cover)
David Michael Beck (Variant Cover)
Toni Infante (Variant Cover)
E. M. Gist (Cover)
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #4 February 17, 2021 E.M. Gist
Anna Dittmann (Variant Cover)
David Michael Beck (Variant Cover)
Jess Taylor (Variant Cover)
Tomb of Ybwen #1 September 29, 2021 Greg Pak Diego Galindo Francesco Segala Marc Aspinall
Kyle Lambert (variant)
Diego Galindo (variant)
Irvin Rodriguez (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 5: The Tomb of Ybwen
RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2022
9781506725543[197]
Tomb of Ybwen #2 October 27, 2021 Marc Aspinall
Caspar Wijngaard (variant)
Pius Bak (variant)
Rafael Sarmento (variant)
Tomb of Ybwen #3 November 24, 2021 Marc Aspinall
Ben Dewey (variant)
Ethan Young (variant)
Todor Hristov (variant)
Tomb of Ybwen #4 December 22, 2021 Marc Aspinall
Simone De Meo (variant)
Mack Chater (variant)
Adam Gorham (variant)
Stranger Things Winter Special (one-shot) November 3, 2021 Chris Roberson ABEL DJ Chavis Steve Morris
Jonathan Case (variant) 		Stranger Things Holiday Specials
RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2022
9781506734583[198]
Erica the Great! [199] January 26, 2022 Greg Pak
Danny Lore 		Valeria Favoccia Dan Jackson Ron Chan Original Graphic Novel 9781506714547
Kamchatka #1 March 23, 2022 Michael Moreci Todor Hristov Marc Aspinall
Elizabeth Beals (variant)
Hayden Sherman (variant)
Rafael Albuquerque (variant) 		Stranger Things Volume 6: Kamchatka (Graphic Novel)
RELEASE DATE: November 8, 2022
9781506727653[200]
Kamchatka #2 April 20, 2022 Marc Aspinall
Alex Hanukafast (variant)
CoupleofKooks (variant)
Katerina Belikova (variant)
Kamchatka #3 May 25, 2022 Marc Aspinall
Ashley Witter (variant)
Diego Galindo (variant)
Julie Dillon (variant)
Kamchatka #4 June 22, 2022 Marc Aspinall
Jacob Philips (variant)
Micaela Dawn (variant)
Pius Bak
Free Comic Book Day 2022 (General) Stranger Things/Resident Alien (Stranger Things story: Creature Feature)[201] May 7, 2022 Pius Bak Diego Galindo N/A
Stranger Things Summer Special (one-shot) July 06, 2022 Keith Champagne Caio Filipe Diego Galindo
Heather Vaughn (variant) 		Stranger Things Holiday Specials
RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2022
9781506734583[202]
The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner #1 TBA (Originally planned for January 11, 2023 [203] ) Brenden Fletcher Mack Chater Rosh Marc Aspinall
Kyle Lambert (variant)
Diego Galindo (variant)
Malachi Ward (variant) 		TBA
The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner #2 TBA TBA
The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner #3 TBA TBA
The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner #4 TBA TBA
Tales from Hawkins #1 February 08, 2023 Jody Houser Caio Filipe Dan Jackson Marc Aspinall
Danny Luckert (variant)
Kyle Lambert (variant)
Diego Galindo (variant) 		TBA
Tales from Hawkins #2 c. March 2023 TBA
Tales from Hawkins #3 c. April 2023 TBA
Tales from Hawkins #4 c. May 2023 TBA

Collected Editions

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Stranger Things: Library Edition Volume 1 (hardcover) Stranger Things (a.k.a. "The Other Side") #1–4
Stranger Things: Science Camp #1–4
"The Game Master" (from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (General) Stranger Things/Black Hammer)
"Erica's Quest" (from Free Comic Book Day 2020 (All Ages) Stranger Things/Minecraft) 		September 8, 2021[204] 978-1-50672-762-2
Stranger Things Library Edition Volume 2 (hardcover) Stranger Things: Six #1–4
Stranger Things: Into the Fire #1-4 		November 10, 2021[205] 978-1-50672-763-9
Stranger Things Omnibus Volume 1 (softcover) Stranger Things (a.k.a. "The Other Side") #1–4
Stranger Things: Six #1–4
Stranger Things: Into the Fire #1-4
Stranger Things: Science Camp #1–4
"The Game Master" (from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (General) Stranger Things/Black Hammer)
"Erica's Quest" (from Free Comic Book Day 2020 (All Ages) Stranger Things/Minecraft) 		October 11, 2022[206] 978-1-50672-764-6
Stranger Things: Afterschool Adventures Omnibus (softcover) Stranger Things: Zombie Boys
Stranger Things: The Bully
Stranger Things: Erica The Great 		October 18, 2022[207] 978-1-50672-773-8

Tabletop games

Hasbro published a licensed version of a Stranger Things-themed Dungeons & Dragons starter kit in May 2019. The kit, besides including instruction books, character sheets and dice, includes a campaign called "The Hunt for the Thessalhydra", which the children played in the first season (written with the intent of having come from the pen of the character of Will himself) as well as Demogorgon minifigs.[208]

Magic: The Gathering will include a series of Stranger Things crossover cards as part of its special "Secret Lair" series in 2021.[209]

Video games

Mobile games

Netflix and BonusXP developed a free mobile game tie-in for Stranger Things, released to iOS and Android devices on October 4, 2017. The game uses a retro-pixel style of art, similar to games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game is loosely based on the Stranger Things story after season one, with the player starting as Chief of Police Jim Hopper looking for the missing boys. Once these characters are found, they become playable and have special abilities that allow the player to access more areas in the game.[210][211]

BonusXP had less than a year to complete the game. The team decided to make the game in a similar style to The Legend of Zelda because it "was a perfect match because both [Stranger Things and Zelda] are about exploration, and it's kind of a mysterious fit that fit the mood of the show," according to BonusXP president Dave Pottinger. The map of Hawkins in the game was based on a Google street view map of Jackson, Georgia, where the series is filmed. In order to help keep the game a secret, BonusXP did not hire game testers for their quality assurance, instead having family members from the design team provide feedback; this process helped create the two difficulty levels in the game.[212]

Completing the game gives players a clip from the first episode of the second season of the series.[213] The game was downloaded 3 million times in the first week, becoming a top download and receiving critical praise. With the release of season two, an update to the game added Max as a playable character, and a release for the Amazon Fire TV, which included controller support.[212] The game was nominated for "Mobile Game" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards.[214][215]

A second mobile game by BonusXP, Stranger Things 3: The Game, was announced during The Game Awards 2018. It was released as a tie-in for Stranger Things's third season, launching on July 4, 2019.[216] This game is an isometric action game, where players lead selected show characters, including Joyce, Jim, Max, and Eleven, through various levels, with gameplay inspired by several video games of the 1980s. The game follows the narrative of the third season, as BonusXP has some input with the Duffer brothers, and provided additional story elements that the show does not have time to explore.[217][218] The game was not only released for mobile platforms, but also personal computers, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Both of these Stranger Things mobile games were used to launch Netflix's video games service for its mobile app in November 2021.[219]

A third mobile game, called Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales, was developed by Next Games. It was initially announced as a location-based game with role-playing game mechanics.[218] Instead, when it was released in 2021, it was instead a story-driven puzzle role-playing game.[220]

PlayStation VR game

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is working on a PlayStation 4-exclusive game, based on Stranger Things, for their PlayStation VR peripheral. The company has since released a teaser showing the Christmas-lights-on-a-wall scenes.[221]

PC

A DRM-free Windows and Mac game based on Season 3 was released on July 4, 2019.[222]

Cancelled Telltale game

In June 2018, Netflix announced plans for Telltale Games to produce an episodic adventure game based on the series, as part of a larger partnership that would see ports of other Telltale series as interactive movies on Netflix. However, the project was cancelled after Telltale laid off the majority of its staff in September 2018.[223][224][225][226][227] As planned, the game would have taken place in the springtime of 1985, bridging the events of the second and third season. Telltale had also commissioned a companion game from Night School Studio titled Kids Next Door that would be a precursor to their title, but this also was cancelled on Telltale's closure.[228]

Podcasts

In July 2019, a three episode Behind The Scenes: Stranger Things 3 podcast was released, taking a look at the making of the show's third season. It was hosted by Dan Taberski.[229][230][231]

A six-episode scripted podcast companion to the Rebel Robin novel, entitled Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins, was released in mid-2021.[232] Maya Hawke reprises her role as Robin, Sean Maher plays her favorite teacher Mr. Hauser, and Lauren Shippen writes and directs.[233]

Stranger Things Experience

 
 
 

From 16 to 19 June 2022, Netflix South Africa partnered with Fourways Mall to operate the Stranger Things Experience.[234] The Experience previously operated at the Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town.[235]

Come to Fourways Mall and immerse yourself in this epic, mysterious & fantastic world! The terror and excitement of heroes Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas and Eleven, as you make your way through the unbelievable, interactive moments, from the most-watched English series to hit screens in May!

— Fourways Mall & Netflix SA, June 2022

Stage play and spinoff series

In July 2022, it was revealed that a spin-off stage play and a spinoff series was in the works.[236] The stage play will be produced by Sonia Friedman and Stephen Daldry.[237] On March 1, 2023, it was announced as Stranger Things: The First Shadow, written by Kate Trefry, which will premiere in late 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre.[238]

In December 2022, it was revealed to be an anime series spinoff titled Stranger Things: Tokyo.[239]

Others

Lego introduced a Stranger Things set called "The Upside Down", based on a version of the Byers' home and its replica in the Upside Down, in May 2019.[240][241][242] In 2020, The Upside Down set was awarded "Toy of the Year" and also "Specialty Toy of the Year" by the Toy Association.[243] Netflix partnered with Epic Games to include some elements of Stranger Things as cosmetics in Fortnite Battle Royale in the weeks preceding the show's third season launch.[218] Stranger Things DLC for the VR game Face Your Fears was also released.[244][245][246] Within a September 17, 2019, update for the asymmetric multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight, the Demogorgon was released as one of the killers, along with Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington as survivors. The chapter was later removed on November 17, 2021.[247] Stranger Things-themed vehicles and cosmetics were added to Rocket League for its 2019 Halloween event.[248] In the MOBA SMITE, a number of Stranger Things-themed character skins were created and released as part of a crossover Battle Pass, such as Starcourt Eleven Scylla, Hopper Apollo, The Demogorgon Bakasura and The Mind Flayer Sylvanus.[249]

United States Representative David Cicilline compared the state of the nation during the presidency of Donald Trump to that of Stranger Things during a speech given in Congress on February 16, 2017, using a sign "Trump Things" in the same format as the title card of the series and saying "Like the main characters in Stranger Things, we are now stuck in the Upside Down".[250]

As part of its release on Netflix on April 14, 2017, the cast of the rebooted version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed on the first part of "Chapter 1" of Stranger Things.[251] Google used augmented reality (AR) "stickers" of Stranger Things characters to introduce its ARCore technology announced alongside its Pixel 2 phone in October 2017.[252] Sesame Street created a young audience-appropriate spoof of Stranger Things, called Sharing Things, released in November 2017; it featured Cookie Monster as the "Cookiegorgon", Grover as Lucas, Ernie as Dustin, and included several nods to the narrative of the second season.[253]

The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXX", which aired on October 20, 2019, included the segment Danger Things, a parody of Stranger Things.[254] The classic 1980s bicycles used in the series have been produced in limited runs that sell out quickly.[255] The mobile game The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross had a Strangers Things crossover event and the story followed the characters being transported to the universe of the anime. The Stranger Things characters could be unlocked for a limited time.[256]

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External links

  • Stranger Things on Netflix  
  • Stranger Things at IMDb  
  • Beyond Stranger Things at IMDb
  • Analysis of the Duffer Brothers' "show bible" from Screencraft.org

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stranger, things, this, article, about, television, series, other, uses, disambiguation, american, science, fiction, horror, drama, television, series, created, duffer, brothers, also, serve, showrunners, executive, producers, along, with, shawn, levy, cohen, . This article is about the television series For other uses see Stranger Things disambiguation Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and Levy s 21 Laps Entertainment the first season was released on Netflix on July 15 2016 Its second third and fourth seasons followed in October 2017 July 2019 and May and July 2022 respectively In February 2022 the series was renewed for a fifth and final season Stranger ThingsGenreScience fiction Horror Mystery DramaCreated byThe Duffer BrothersStarringWinona Ryder David Harbour Finn Wolfhard Millie Bobby Brown Gaten Matarazzo Caleb McLaughlin Natalia Dyer Charlie Heaton Cara Buono Matthew Modine Noah Schnapp Sadie Sink Joe Keery Dacre Montgomery Sean Astin Paul Reiser Maya Hawke Priah Ferguson Brett GelmanComposersMichael Stein Kyle DixonCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons4No of episodes34 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersThe Duffer Brothers Shawn Levy Dan Cohen Brian Wright Cindy Holland Jessica Mecklenburg Matt Thunell Karl Gajdusek Iain Paterson Curtis GwinnCinematographyTim Ives Tod Campbell Lachlan Milne David Franco Ricardo Diaz 1 EditorsDean Zimmerman Kevin D Ross Nat Fuller Katheryn NaranjoRunning time42 150 minutesProduction companies21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre Productions Upside Down Pictures season 5 2 DistributorNetflixBudget 270 million season 4 3 ReleaseOriginal networkNetflixPicture format4K Ultra HD High dynamic rangeAudio formatDolby Digital 5 1Original releaseJuly 15 2016 2016 07 15 present present Set in the 1980s the series centers around the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins Indiana as they are plagued by a hostile alternate dimension known as the Upside Down after a nearby human experimentation facility opens a gateway between the Upside Down and the normal world It stars an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder David Harbour Finn Wolfhard Millie Bobby Brown Gaten Matarazzo Caleb McLaughlin Natalia Dyer Charlie Heaton Cara Buono Matthew Modine Noah Schnapp Sadie Sink Joe Keery Dacre Montgomery Sean Astin Paul Reiser Maya Hawke Priah Ferguson and Brett Gelman The Duffer Brothers developed Stranger Things as a mix of investigative drama and supernatural elements portrayed with horror and childlike sensibilities while infusing references to the pop culture of the 1980s Several thematic and directorial elements were inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg John Carpenter David Lynch Stephen King Wes Craven and H P Lovecraft They also took inspiration from experiments conducted during the Cold War and conspiracy theories involving secret government experiments One of Netflix s flagship series Stranger Things has attracted record viewership on the streaming platform The series has been critically acclaimed for its characterization atmosphere acting soundtrack directing writing and homages to 1980s films It has received numerous awards and nominations Contents 1 Overview 2 Cast and characters 3 Episodes 4 Production 4 1 Development 4 2 Writing 4 3 Casting 4 4 Filming 4 5 Visual effects 4 6 Music 5 Release 5 1 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Audience viewership 6 2 Critical response 6 3 Commentary 6 4 Controversies 6 5 Accolades 7 Other media 7 1 Beyond Stranger Things 7 2 Tie in books 7 2 1 Novels 7 2 2 Comics 7 2 3 Collected Editions 7 3 Tabletop games 7 4 Video games 7 4 1 Mobile games 7 4 2 PlayStation VR game 7 4 3 PC 7 4 4 Cancelled Telltale game 7 5 Podcasts 7 6 Stranger Things Experience 7 7 Stage play and spinoff series 7 8 Others 8 References 9 External linksOverviewStranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins Indiana during the 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 4 5 The first season begins in November 1983 Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down His mother Joyce the town s police chief Jim Hopper and a group of volunteers search for him A young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and is found by friends of Will Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will 6 The second season is set a year later in October 1984 Will has been rescued but he begins having premonitions of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the Upside Down When it is discovered that Will is still being possessed by an entity from the Upside Down his friends and family learn that there is a larger threat to their world 7 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 the majority of other local stores out of business due to the mall s popularity Hopper becomes increasingly concerned about Eleven and Mike s relationship and becomes very protective of his daughter Unbeknownst to the town a secret Soviet laboratory underneath Starcourt seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down Meanwhile the Mind Flayer uses mind control to make Billy do his bidding 8 9 The fourth season is set several months later in March 1986 Joyce Will Eleven and Jonathan have moved to Lenora California for a fresh start In California Eleven struggles with the loss of her powers and being bullied in school Meanwhile in Hawkins a being from the Upside Down an entity later dubbed Vecna begins killing the residents of Hawkins opening new gates between the two worlds in the process Planning to stop Vecna Dr Sam Owens takes Eleven to a facility to help her regain her powers Simultaneously Joyce and Murray fly to Russia to rescue Hopper from the Gulag in Kamchatka Cast and charactersMain article List of Stranger Things characters The Duffer Brothers Shawn Levy and the main cast of season 2 of Stranger Things at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers 10 the mother of Will and Jonathan Byers She is divorced from Lonnie Byers the father of Will and Jonathan In season two she dates her old high school classmate Bob until his death later in the season She and Hopper have feelings for each other David Harbour as Jim Hopper 10 chief of Hawkins Police Department After his young daughter Sara died of cancer Hopper divorced and lapsed into alcoholism Eventually he grows to be more responsible saving Will Byers after he is taken in season 1 as well as taking Eleven as his adopted daughter He and Joyce have feelings for each other Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler 11 middle child of Karen and Ted Wheeler brother of Nancy and Holly and one of three friends of Will Byers He is an intelligent and conscientious student and is committed to his friends He develops romantic feelings for Eleven and later dates her Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven Jane Hopper El 11 a teen girl with telepathic and psychokinetic abilities a result of being one of Dr Brenner s subjects from Hawkins National Laboratory She escapes the lab and eventually becomes an adoptive daughter to Jim Hopper taking his surname and adjusts to living a normal life with the help of Mike whom she later dates and his friends Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson 11 one of Will Byers friends His cleidocranial dysplasia causes him to lisp In the second season he is proud of his new front teeth and is attracted to Max In season 3 he gets a girlfriend Suzie portrayed by Gabriella Pizzolo whom he met at Camp Know Where prior to the start of the season Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair 11 one of Will s friends He is wary of Eleven but later befriends her In season two he is one of Max s love interests and eventually becomes her boyfriend in season three He becomes more popular in season 4 as a result of joining the Hawkins High basketball team which briefly puts him at odds with his regular friend group Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler 11 daughter of Karen and Ted and older sister of Mike and Holly Studious and rule abiding Nancy finds another side of herself while investigating the Hawkins Lab and the death of her friend Barbara In the first two seasons she is the girlfriend of Steve Harrington but breaks up with him and then dates Jonathan Byers She is an aspiring journalist Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers 11 the older brother of Will Byers and the son of Joyce Byers He is a quiet and kind hearted teenager an outsider at school and an aspiring photographer He is close with his mother and brother and he becomes the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler seasons 1 3 also starring season 4 12 mother of Nancy Mike and toddler Holly Karen has a brief fling with Billy in season 3 Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner seasons 1 and 4 recurring season 2 13 the scientist in charge of Hawkins Laboratory and training Eleven Manipulative and remote he and his team are searching for Eleven in season 1 after she escapes He is referred to as Papa by Eleven In season 4 he returns to help Eleven gain her powers back and protects her from the government agents hunting her down 14 Noah Schnapp as Will Byers season 2 present recurring season 1 11 the son of Joyce Byers and younger brother of Jonathan Byers He is captured by a monster from the Upside Down an alternate dimension discovered by Hawkins Laboratory scientists in season 1 He later develops a connection to the upside down and the Mind Flayer due to his capture 15 16 Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield season 2 present Billy s younger stepsister and a tomboy who catches the attention of both Lucas and Dustin eventually dating Lucas In season 4 she is one of the teens that is targeted by Vecna 16 Joe Keery as Steve Harrington season 2 present recurring season 1 a popular high school student and the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler He ostracizes Jonathan Byers but later comes to befriend him He and Nancy later break up in season two but remain friends He is known as the babysitter of the group since he is often left to look after the kids 17 16 Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove seasons 2 3 guest season 4 Max s violent unpredictable and abusive older stepbrother He challenges Steve s popularity In season 3 he is controlled by the Mind Flayer and later sacrifices himself to protect the kids 16 Sean Astin as Bob Newby season 2 guest season 3 a former schoolmate of Joyce and Hopper who runs the Hawkins RadioShack 18 and is Joyce s boyfriend putting him at odds with Hopper He dies at the end of season 2 after being attacked by Demodogs 19 Paul Reiser as Sam Owens seasons 2 and 4 guest season 3 a Department of Energy executive who replaces Brenner as director of Hawkins Laboratory He is stubborn and committed to scientific research yet empathetic to the residents of Hawkins and helps Hopper adopt Eleven as his legal daughter He returns with Brenner in season 4 to help Eleven gain back her powers and protects her from the government agents hunting her 18 Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley season 3 present a girl who works alongside Steve at the ice cream store in the mall who later comes out as a lesbian She and Steve Harrington are close friends having worked together at the Scoops Ahoy ice cream shop and later the video store 20 Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair season 3 present recurring season 2 Lucas s 10 year old sister who helps the group She is revealed to be very smart and have avid interest in D amp D 20 Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman season 4 recurring seasons 2 3 a conspiracy theorist private investigator and longtime friend of Hopper s who helps Nancy and Jonathan in season 2 and Hopper and Joyce in seasons 3 and 4 Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel One Vecna season 4 a murderous psychic being from the Upside Down revealed to have created the Mind Flayer He was born as a human named Henry Creel with psionic abilities After murdering his family and falling into a coma he was put under the care of Dr Brenner Flashbacks in season 4 reveal he was sent to the Upside Down by Eleven when she was nine years old where he was disfigured by lightning causing his appearance as Vecna After exploring the Upside Down he created the Mind Flayer and took control of the dimension 21 EpisodesMain article List of Stranger Things episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally released18July 15 2016 2016 07 15 29October 27 2017 2017 10 27 38July 4 2019 2019 07 04 497May 27 2022 2022 05 27 2July 1 2022 2022 07 01 58 22 TBAProductionDevelopment Ross left and Matt Duffer the creators and showrunners of the series Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer known professionally as the Duffer Brothers 23 who also serve as showrunners and head writers as well as direct many of the episodes The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden in which they had tried to emulate the style of M Night Shyamalan However due to changes at Warner Bros its distributor the film did not see a wide release and the Duffer Brothers were unsure of their future 24 To their surprise television producer Donald De Line approached them impressed with Hidden s script and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode s production so that when they finished they felt they were ready to produce their own television series 25 The Duffer Brothers prepared a script when that would essentially be similar to the series actual pilot episode along with a 20 page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network 26 They pitched the story to about fifteen 27 cable networks all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work asking them to either make it a children s series or drop the children and focus on Hopper s investigation into the paranormal 25 In early 2015 Dan Cohen the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy They subsequently invited the Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series giving full authorship of it to the brothers After reading the pilot the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount 28 the series was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015 29 The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they pitched to Netflix the company had already been recognized for its original programming in shows such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black with well recognized producers behind them and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance 26 The brothers started casting and brought Levy and Cohen in as the other executive producers to discuss storylines with Levy also directing for the show 30 Montauk is an eight hour sci fi horror epic Set in Long Island in 1980 and inspired by the supernatural classics of that era we explore the crossroads where the ordinary meet the extraordinary emotional cinematic and rooted in character Montauk is a love letter to the golden age of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King a marriage of human drama and supernatural fear The Duffer Brothers original pitch for Montauk 31 The book cover the Duffer Brothers created to pitch Montauk For this they took inspiration from Stephen King book covers such as Firestarter The series was originally known as Montauk The setting was then Montauk New York and nearby Long Island locations Montauk figured into a number of real world conspiracy theories involving secret government experiments 29 32 The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island 33 After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead the brothers felt they could now do things to the town such as placing it under quarantine that they really could not envision with a real location 33 With the change in location they had to come up with a new title for the series under direction from Netflix s Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King s Firestarter novel to consider the title s font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel Needful Things though Matt noted they still had a lot of heated arguments over this final title 34 To pitch the series the Duffer Brothers showcased images footage and music from classic 1970s and 1980s films such as E T the Extra Terrestrial Close Encounters of the Third Kind Poltergeist Hellraiser Stand by Me Firestarter A Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws in order to establish the tone of the series 31 Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story they wanted to introduce the idea of childlike sensibilities they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans The brothers thought the combination of these things was the best thing ever 25 To introduce this monster into the narrative they considered bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War such as Project MKUltra which gave a way to ground the monster s existence in science rather than something spiritual This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out which focused on Cold War paranoia 25 Subsequently they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s the decade they were born as elements of the series 25 35 crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror 36 Other influences cited by the Duffer Brothers include Stephen King novels films produced by Steven Spielberg John Carpenter David Lynch Wes Craven 37 38 39 40 and Guillermo del Toro 34 films such as Star Wars Alien and Stand by Me 34 38 41 Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied 34 37 and several video games including Silent Hill Dark Souls and The Last of Us 42 43 37 The Duffer Brothers believe that they may have brought influences from other works unintentionally including Beyond the Black Rainbow and D A R Y L discovered by reviewing fan feedback on the series 33 Several websites and publications have found other pop culture references in the series particularly references to 1980s pop culture 44 45 46 47 The main villain for the last seaons was inspired by the villains that scared the brothers when they watched the movies and miniseries as children Freddy Krueger Pinhead and Pennywise 48 With Netflix as the platform the Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22 episode format opting for the eight episode approach They had been concerned that a 22 episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to tell a cinematic story with that many episodes Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development if they had less time available they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization 26 Within the eight episodes the brothers aimed to make the first season feel like a big movie with all the major plot lines completed so that the audience feels satisfied but left enough unresolved to indicate there s a bigger mythology and there s a lot of dangling threads at the end something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more 49 Regarding writing for the children characters of the series the Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike and his friends and particularly for Barb 34 Joyce was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind as she appears absolutely bonkers to everyone else as she tries to find Will 50 Casting The Duffer Brothers cast David Harbour as Chief Hopper believing this was his opportunity to portray a lead character In June 2015 it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police respectively 10 The brothers casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce which the two were immediately drawn to because of her predominance in the films of the 1980s 25 Levy believed Ryder could wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of Joyce Ryder praised that the show s multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as if she s out of her mind but she s actually kind of onto something and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role 51 The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters and they felt that he had been waiting too long for this opportunity to play a lead while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play a broken flawed anti hero character 34 52 Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Natalia Dyer as Nancy and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan 11 In September 2015 Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen 12 followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later 13 Additional cast who recur include Noah Schnapp as Will 11 16 Shannon Purser as Barbara Barb Holland 53 Joe Keery as Steve Harrington 17 16 and Ross Partridge as Lonnie 54 among others Actors auditioning for the children roles read lines from Stand by Me 25 The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles They noted that Wolfhard was already a movie buff of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role while they found Matarazzo s audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape 26 As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show and prior to the scripts being fully completed this allowed some of the actors takes on the roles to reflect into the script The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors 49 The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr Brenner whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative 50 Filming Emory University s former Georgia Mental Health Institute served as the location of Hawkins National Laboratory The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept However with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015 it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta Georgia area The brothers who grew up in North Carolina found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins Indiana 33 The filming of the first season began in November 2015 and was extensively done in Atlanta Georgia with the Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes 55 Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins Indiana 56 57 Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site Bellwood Quarry and Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge Georgia for the middle and high school scenes 58 Emory University s Continuing Education Department the former city hall in Douglasville Georgia the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers Georgia the probate court in Butts County Georgia Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point Georgia Fayetteville Georgia Stone Mountain Park Palmetto Georgia and Winston Georgia 59 clarification needed Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta 59 and the series was filmed with a RED Dragon camera 50 Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016 56 After the third season finished filming producers considered the idea of keeping the Starcourt Mall set as a permanent attraction for fans to visit but ultimately decided against it 60 The fourth season of Stranger Things was expected to consist of eight episodes with the first episode titled Chapter One The Hellfire Club 61 Filming for the season was slated to begin in January 2020 and to last through August 62 With the release of a February 2020 teaser for the fourth season the Duffers confirmed that production had started 63 Some filming for the fourth season took place at Lukiskes Prison and nearby in Vilnius Lithuania 64 In March 2020 production was stopped due to the COVID 19 pandemic 65 Production resumed in September 2020 66 Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series a film grain was added over the footage which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s 50 The Duffer Brothers wanted to scare the audience but not to necessarily make the series violent or gory following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG 13 movie rating They said such films were much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements particularly towards the end of the first season 50 The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects so they created an animatronic to play the part of the Demogorgon 67 68 However the six month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could but for other shots such as when the monster bursts through a wall they opted to use digital effects Post production on the first season was completed the week before it was released to Netflix 25 The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces formerly part of R GA led by creative director Michelle Doughtey 69 Levy introduced the studio to the Duffer Brothers who explained their vision of the 1980s inspired series which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted Later but prior to filming the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script the synth heavy background music for the titles as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery and were looking for a similar approach for the series titles primarily using a typographical sequence 70 They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R GA such as Altered States and The Dead Zone They also got input from Dan Perri who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films Various iterations included having letters vanish to reflect the missing theme of the series and having letters cast shadows on others alluding to the mysteries before settling into the sliding letters The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the series and come back with more input 71 Initially they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close ups of the best features of these fonts but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat requiring them to rework those shots The final sequence is fully computer generated but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software The individual episode title cards used a fly through approach similar to the film Bullitt which the producers had suggested to the studio 72 Music Main article Music of Stranger Things Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive have composed the original soundtrack for the show including the show s theme song 73 It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean Michel Jarre Tangerine Dream Vangelis Goblin John Carpenter Giorgio Moroder and Fabio Frizzi 74 According to Stein and Dixon the Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive s music since the 2014 film The Guest 73 75 76 Once the series was green lit the Duffer Brothers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band s past to gain their interest helping to land them the role 73 In addition to original music Stranger Things features period music from artists including Joy Division Toto New Order the Bangles Foreigner Echo and the Bunnymen Peter Gabriel and Corey Hart as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream John Carpenter and Vangelis 77 78 Some songs have been used as narrative elements such as The Clash s Should I Stay or Should I Go within the first season 78 and Kate Bush s Running Up That Hill in the fourth Some of these licensed songs saw subsequent resurgence on sales charts after the respective seasons of Stranger Things aired notably Running Up That Hill and Metallica s Master of Puppets from the fourth season and Limahl s The NeverEnding Story from the third season 79 80 81 Soundtracks containing separately the original compositions and the licensed music for each season have been released by Lakeshore Records ReleaseThe first season consisted of eight one hour long episodes which were released worldwide on Netflix on July 15 2016 82 in Ultra HD 4K The second season consisting of nine episodes was released on October 27 2017 in HDR 83 84 The third season once again consists of eight episodes 85 and was released on July 4 2019 86 The fourth season consisting of nine episodes was released in two volumes on May 27 and July 1 2022 respectively 87 88 89 In February 2022 Netflix renewed the series for a fifth and final season 90 Shortly after the fourth season s release viewers reported that Will s friends did not acknowledge his birthday in an episode of the season that took place on that day The Duffers said in an interview that they could rectify the matter by changing its month which they called George Lucas ing the situation in reference to the canon changes that George Lucas had made to the original Star Wars trilogy to match what the prequel trilogy had added 91 Some viewers took this to imply that scenes from earlier seasons were also being edited including one scene where Jonathan takes discreet pictures of a pool party that Steve Nancy and Barbara are holding The writers stated that no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re edited including this scene 91 Home media The first season of Stranger Things was released on a Blu ray DVD combo pack exclusively to Target retailers on October 17 2017 and the same for the 4K Blu ray combo pack on November 15 2017 both of which includes vintage CBS FOX VHS inspired packaging 92 93 The second season received a similar release on November 6 2018 94 95 Reception Winona Ryder left was nominated for Golden Globe Award Satellite Award and Screen Actors Guild Award while Millie Bobby Brown right was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards in the same category and two Primetime Emmy Awards Audience viewership Netflix did not initially reveal subscriber viewership numbers for their original series and Symphony Technology Group compiled data for the season based on people using software on their phones that measures television viewing by detecting a program s sound According to Symphony within the first 35 days of release Stranger Things averaged ratings of around 14 07 million adults between the ages of 18 49 in the United States This made it the third most watched season of Netflix original content in the U S at the time behind the first season of Fuller House and fourth season of Orange Is the New Black 96 In a September 2016 analysis Netflix found that Stranger Things hooked viewers by the second episode of the first season indicating that the second episode was the first installment that led at least 70 percent of viewers who watched that episode to complete the entire first season of a show 97 For the third season Netflix revealed that the show had broken viewing records for Netflix with 40 7 million households having watched the show in its first four days and 18 2 million already watched the entire series within that timeframe 98 Within its first month the third season was watched by 64 million households setting a new record for the most watched original Netflix series 99 100 The series is the most followed TV show on social media app TV Time s history with over 5 million followers 101 Critical response Critical response of Stranger ThingsSeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic197 91 reviews 102 76 34 reviews 103 294 150 reviews 104 78 33 reviews 105 389 140 reviews 106 72 28 reviews 107 488 185 reviews 108 Volume 1 69 29 reviews 109 Volume 2 74 18 reviews 110 Rotten Tomatoes gave the show an overall score of 92 111 while Metacritic gave the show an overall score of 74 112 Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season an approval rating of 97 based on 91 reviews and a weighted average rating of 8 12 10 The site s critical consensus states Exciting heartbreaking and sometimes scary Stranger Things acts as an addictive homage to Spielberg films and vintage 1980s television 102 The New York Times has compared the show to Rob Reiner s Stand by Me relating their nostalgic feel by finding that timeless moment where everything seemed tantalizingly scarily new 113 Review aggregator Metacritic gave the first season a normalized score of 76 out of 100 based on 34 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 103 On Rotten Tomatoes the second season has an approval rating of 94 based on 150 reviews and an average rating of 7 86 10 The site s critical consensus states Stranger Things slow building sophomore season balances moments of humor and a nostalgic sweetness against a growing horror that s all the more effective thanks to the show s full bodied characters and evocative tone 104 On Metacritic the second season has a normalized score of 78 out of 100 based on 33 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 105 On Rotten Tomatoes the third season has an approval rating of 89 based on 140 reviews and an average rating of 7 86 10 The site s critical consensus states Vibrant and charming Stranger Things transforms itself into a riveting if familiar summer ride that basks in its neon laden nostalgia without losing sight of the rich relationships that make the series so endearing 106 On Metacritic the third season has a normalized score of 72 out of 100 based on 28 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 107 On Rotten Tomatoes the fourth season holds an approval rating of 88 based on 185 reviews with an average rating of 7 90 10 The site s critical consensus reads Darker and denser than its predecessors Stranger Things fourth chapter sets the stage for the show s final season in typically binge worthy fashion 108 On Metacritic the fourth season s two volumes have scores of 69 out of 100 based on 29 critics and 74 out of 100 based on 18 critics both indicating generally favorable reviews 109 110 Stranger Things was ranked third best TV show of the year 2016 by The Guardian and Empire 114 115 It was also included on The Atlantic s best TV show of 2017 list 116 Commentary Shannon Purser s performance as Barb received widespread attention from fans and led to her being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Stranger Things gained a dedicated fan base soon after its release One area of focus was the character of Barb Nancy s nerdy friend and classmate who is taken and killed by the monster early in the season 117 According to actress Shannon Purser Barb wasn t supposed to be a big deal and the Duffer Brothers had not gone into great detail about the character since the focus was on finding Will However many fans sympathized with the character Laura Bradley of Vanity Fair suggested that Barb would be a similar misfit in society and looks more like someone you might actually meet in real life compared to the other characters particularly Nancy Hashtags grew in popularity after the series release such as ImWithBarb and JusticeforBarb and several fan sites and forums were created to support her 118 Purser did not return for the second season but the Duffer Brothers used the real life Justice for Barb movement as inspiration for narrative at the start of the second season Nancy addresses the fact that no one ever cares about Barb 19 Purser and several media outlets took her nomination as Barb for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in the Primetime Emmy Awards as achieving Justice for Barb highlighting how well her character was received 119 120 121 Another impact of the series has been an increased demand for Eggo waffles as they are shown to be Eleven s favorite food in several episodes and are seen as a representation of the series 122 The Kellogg Company manufactures Eggo and had not been part of the production prior to the first season s release but they recognized the market impact of the series They provided a vintage 1980s Eggo television advertisement for Netflix to use in its Super Bowl LI commercial and they intend to become more involved with cross promotion 123 Coca Cola released a limited run of New Coke introduced in 1985 to coincide with the third season of the show which takes place in 1985 124 Controversies In April 2018 filmmaker Charlie Kessler filed a lawsuit against the Duffer brothers claiming that they stole his idea behind his short film Montauk which featured a similar premise of a missing boy a nearby military base doing otherworldy experiments and a monster from another dimension Kessler directed the film and debuted it at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival During the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival he pitched his film to the Duffer brothers and later gave them the script ideas story and film for a larger film idea which he called The Montauk Project Kessler contended that the Duffer brothers used his ideas to devise the premise for Stranger Things and sought a third of the income that they had made from the series 125 126 The Duffer brothers lawyer stated that they never saw Kessler s film nor spoke to him regarding it and that Kessler had no input into their concepts for Stranger Things 127 The judge denied summary judgment for the Duffer brothers in April 2019 allowing Kessler s suit to proceed to trial 128 Just before the trial was due to start in May 2019 Kessler withdrew his lawsuit after hearing the depositions and seeing documents from as early as 2010 which showed him that the Duffers had independently come up with the concept of Stranger Things 129 Journalists have noted that the idea of supernatural events around Montauk had originated due to urban legend of the Montauk Project which came to light from the 1992 book The Montauk Project Experiments in Time 130 131 132 In September 2017 multiple media outlets published articles about a cease and desist letter sent by a Netflix in house attorney to the operator of a Stranger Things themed bar in Chicago 133 134 The letter included humorous references to the series unless I m living in the Upside Down we re not going to go full Dr Brenner on you the demogorgon is not always as forgiving The letter also won praise from lawyers for its even handedness in not demanding immediate closure of the bar only demanding that the bar not remain open without Netflix s permission past its initial scheduled run 133 In July 2022 six Jewish and Roma groups condemned Netflix s use of Lukiskes Prison as a filming location for season four of Stranger Things Protestors pointed out the prison s involvement in the Holocaust and its role in the Ponary massacre denounced Netflix s partnering with local tourism board Go Vilnius to rent out a refurbished Stranger Things themed prison cell on Airbnb and criticized Netflix s decision to repost images of fans Eleven inspired numerical tattoos on their Instagram saying it desecrates the living memories of Holocaust survivors A petition calling on Netflix to close the rental and apologize garnered more than 60 000 signatures leading Go Vilnius to shut down the Airbnb listing indefinitely Multiple news outlets reached out to Netflix which did not comment 135 136 137 Accolades Main article List of awards and nominations received by Stranger Things Stranger Things has received numerous awards and nominations across the entertainment industry including ten Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations through the second season The series cast has received several of these the series first season cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series while series leads Ryder Brown and Harbour have earned individual awards and nominations Other media Logo for the aftershow Beyond Stranger Things With the release of the second season of the series Netflix also released Beyond Stranger Things an aftershow hosted by Jim Rash The guests are cast and crew from the series including the Duffer Brothers and the series stars who discuss the development and production of the series and its larger mythology Unlike previous aftershows created by Embassy Row such as Talking Dead and Talking Bad Beyond Stranger Things is intended to be watched after a screening of the entire second season 138 No TitleGuestsVideo guestsOriginal release date1 Mind Blown Shawn Levy the Duffer Brothers Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby BrownDavid HarbourOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 2 Mad for Max Shawn Levy the Duffer Brothers Caleb McLaughlin Gaten Matarazzo and Sadie SinkNoneOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 3 Unlikely Allies Shawn Levy the Duffer Brothers Gaten Matarazzo and Joe KeeryNoneOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 4 Truth in Hawkins Joe Keery Natalia Dyer Charlie Heaton and Brett GelmanDavid Harbour and Shannon PurserOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 5 The AV Club Caleb McLaughlin Gaten Matarazzo Noah Schnapp Randy Havens and Bill NyeSean AstinOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 6 The New Class Sadie Sink Brett Gelman Dacre Montgomery and Linnea BerthelsenSean Astin and Paul ReiserOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 7 Closing the Gate Shawn Levy the Duffer Brothers Millie Bobby Brown Noah Schnapp and Natalia DyerDavid Harbour Sean Astin and Eddie TsangOctober 27 2017 2017 10 27 Tie in books Penguin Random House partnered with Netflix to release a series of books related to Stranger Things starting in late 2018 These include How to Survive in a Stranger Things World 139 a children s book released on November 13 2018 that offers advice wisdom and warnings from Stranger Things They have also published the behind the scenes book Stranger Things World Turneds Upside Down The Official Behind The Scenes Companion 140 released on October 30 2018 and a two in one Hawkins Middle School Yearbook Hawkins High School Yearbook released on March 26 2019 141 Visions from the Upside Down Stranger Things Artbook was released on October 15 2019 142 Will Byers Secret Files was released on September 24 2019 143 Stranger Things The Official Sticker Album was released on June 15 2021 144 Stranger Things The Official Coloring Book was released on June 28 2022 145 A Stranger Things themed Little Golden Book Stranger Things We Can Count on Eleven was released on July 5 2022 146 Insight Editions released Stranger Things Tarot Deck and Guidebook on August 16 2022 147 148 followed by Stranger Things The Ultimate Pop up Book on August 30 2022 149 150 In the second quarter of 2019 as part of its Silver Archive series UK publisher Obverse Books released a book on the first season of Stranger Things by writer Paul Driscoll 151 Novels The novel Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond takes place before the first season and focuses on Eleven s mother Terry Ives and her experiences with Dr Brenner in the Hawkins laboratory in 1969 152 The novel was released on February 5 2019 and was soon followed by Darkness on the Edge of Town by New Zealand author Adam Christopher on May 28 2019 In Edge following the events of the second season Hopper relates details of his past life in New York City during the 1970s to Eleven 153 Runaway Max a young adult novel by Brenna Yovanoff was released on June 4 2019 and explored Max Mayfield s early life in San Diego prior to moving to Hawkins in 1984 as well as offering a retelling of events from the second season from her perspective 154 Rebel Robin a young adult novel by A R Capetta was released on June 29 2021 detailing Robin Buckley s struggle to accept her identity prior to the events of Season 3 Hawkins Horrors by Matthew J Gilbert a collection of short scary stories told from the perspective of the Party was released on May 3 2022 155 and Lucas on the Line by Suyi Davies Okungbowa a novel set after the events of the third season from Lucas s perspective was released on July 26 2022 156 Comics Dark Horse Comics announced a partnership with Netflix for a multi year publishing line of stories set in the Stranger Things world The initial title was a four issue miniseries written by Jody Houser and interior art by Stefano Martino The story took place during the events of the first season and took Will s perspective while he was still trapped in the Upside Down 157 The first issue of the miniseries was released on September 26 2018 158 On May 4 2019 Dark Horse Comics published a special Stranger Things comic as part of the event Free Comic Book Day FCBD The Dark Horse FCBD 2019 General comic contained a Stranger Things story entitled The Game Master set a few days after the events of the first season It was written by Jody Houser and illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa 159 The second Stranger Things title is another four part miniseries written again by Jody Houser with interior art by Edgar Salazar titled Stranger Things Six The comic focuses on one of the experiments preceding Eleven a girl named Francine who possesses powers of precognition The first issue went on sale on May 29 2019 160 An original graphic novel based on the series called Stranger Things Zombie Boys was released on February 19 2020 It was written by Greg Pak drawn by Valeria Favoccia lettered by Nate Piekos of Blambot colored by Dan Jackson with cover art by Ron Chan It is 72 pages and set after the first season 161 A third comic miniseries Stranger Things Into the Fire started in January 2020 Also lasting for four issues it is a sequel to the Six miniseries set prior to the show s third season It is written by Jody Houser penciled by Ryan Kelly and inked by Le Beau Underwood 162 Another Stranger Things one shot was released as part of Free Comic Book Day 2020 It was written by Greg Pak and set shortly after the Battle of Starcourt Mall depicted in the series third season 163 A second Stranger Things original graphic novel titled Stranger Things The Bully was released on October 13 2020 It was written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Valeria Favoccia 164 and focuses on the characters Troy and James concurrent with the events of the second season as the former struggles with PTSD following his encounter with Eleven On June 18 2020 it was announced that IDW Publishing and Dark Horse are co publishing a Stranger Things and Dungeons amp Dragons miniseries 165 166 A fourth miniseries from Dark Horse entitled Stranger Things Science Camp started in September 2020 It also ran for four issues 167 On July 23 2020 Dark Horse announced a prequel one shot entitled Stranger Things Halloween in Hawkins 168 A third graphic novel Stranger Things Erica the Great was released on January 26 2022 169 Issue Release Date Story Art Colors Cover Collection 1 170 September 26 2018 Jody Houser PENCILS Stefano MartinoINKS Keith Champagne Lauren Affe Aleksi BriclotRafael Albuquerque variant Kyle Lambert variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant Lee Bermejo variant Ben Oliver variant Babs Tarr variant Clayton Crain variant Lucio Parrillo variant Francesco Mattina variant Fabio Moon variant Patric Reynolds variant Stranger Things Volume 1 The Other SideRELEASE DATE May 7 20199781506709765 171 2 172 October 31 2018 Aleksi BriclotSteve Morris variant Greg Ruth variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant 3 173 November 28 2018 Aleksi BriclotGrzegorz Domaradzki variant Matthew Taylor variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant 4 174 January 2 2019 Aleksi BriclotJen Bartel variant Ethan Young variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant Free Comic Book Day 2019 General Stranger Things Black Hammer Stranger Things story The Game Master 175 May 8 2019 Ibrahim Moustafa Triona Farrell Chun Lo N ASIX 1 176 May 29 2019 PENCILS Edgar SalazarINKS Keith Champagne Marissa Louise Aleksi BriclotKyle Lambert variant David Mack variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant Jenny Frison variant Stranger Things Volume 2 SIXRELEASE DATE November 26 20199781506712321 177 SIX 2 178 June 26 2019 Aleksi BriclotE M Gist variant Micaela Dawn variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant SIX 3 179 July 31 2019 Aleksi BriclotCasper Wijngaard variant Tyler Crook variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant SIX 4 180 August 28 2019 Aleksi BriclotChristian Ward variant Jenn Ravenna variant Patrick Satterfield photo variant Zombie Boys 181 January 22 2020 Greg Pak Valeria Favoccia Dan Jackson Ron Chan Original Graphic Novel 9781506713090 182 Into the Fire 1 183 January 20 2020 Jody Houser PENCILS Ryan KellyINKS Le Beau Underwood Triona Farrell Viktor KalvachevJeremy Wilson variant Kyle Lambert variant Stranger Things Volume 3 Into the FireRELEASE DATE July 28 20209781506713083 184 Into the Fire 2 185 February 12 2020 Viktor KalvachevJonathan Case variant Claire Roe variant Into the Fire 3 186 March 25 2020 Viktor KalvachevEmily Pearson variant Adam Gorham variant Into the Fire 4 187 July 8 2020 Viktor KalvachevEvan Cagle variant Kelly McKernan variant Free Comic Book Day 2020 All Ages Stranger Things Minecraft Stranger Things story Erica s Quest 188 July 29 2020 189 Greg Pak Gabriella Antali Dan Jackson Ron Chan Stranger Things Volume 4 Science CampRELEASE DATE May 5 20219781506715766 190 The Bully 191 September 1 2020 Valeria Favoccia Original Graphic Novel 9781506714530 191 Science Camp 1 September 30 2020 Jody Houser PENCILS Edgar SalazarINKS Keith Champagne Marissa Louise Viktor Kalvachev Kyle Lambert variant Francisco Ruiz variant Stranger Things Volume 4 Science CampRELEASE DATE May 5 20219781506715766 192 Science Camp 2 October 28 2020 Viktor KalvachevEric Nguyen variant Tula Lotay 193 and or Raul Allen 194 variant Science Camp 3 November 25 2020 Viktor Kalvachev and Raul Allen variant Pius Bak variant Science Camp 4 December 30 2020 Viktor Kalvachev Sebastian Piriz variant Pius Bak variant Halloween in Hawkins Halloween Special one shot October 21 2020 Michael Moreci Todor Hristov Chris O Halloran Francesco Francavilla Stranger Things Holiday SpecialsRELEASE DATE November 23 20229781506734583 195 Stranger Things and Dungeons amp Dragons 1 November 4 2020 Jody Houser Jim Zub Diego Galindo Michele Assarasakorn E M Gist Diego Galindo variant Anna Dittmann variant David Michael Beck variant Stranger Things and Dungeons amp DragonsRELEASE DATE June 30 20219781506721071 196 Stranger Things and Dungeons amp Dragons 2 December 2 2020 E M Gist Anna Dittmann variant David Michael Beck variant Max Dunbar variant Stranger Things and Dungeons amp Dragons 3 January 6 2021 Anna Dittmann Variant Cover David Michael Beck Variant 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26 2022 Greg Pak Danny Lore Valeria Favoccia Dan Jackson Ron Chan Original Graphic Novel 9781506714547Kamchatka 1 March 23 2022 Michael Moreci Todor Hristov Marc Aspinall Elizabeth Beals variant Hayden Sherman variant Rafael Albuquerque variant Stranger Things Volume 6 Kamchatka Graphic Novel RELEASE DATE November 8 20229781506727653 200 Kamchatka 2 April 20 2022 Marc Aspinall Alex Hanukafast variant CoupleofKooks variant Katerina Belikova variant Kamchatka 3 May 25 2022 Marc Aspinall Ashley Witter variant Diego Galindo variant Julie Dillon variant Kamchatka 4 June 22 2022 Marc Aspinall Jacob Philips variant Micaela Dawn variant Pius BakFree Comic Book Day 2022 General Stranger Things Resident Alien Stranger Things story Creature Feature 201 May 7 2022 Pius Bak Diego Galindo N AStranger Things Summer Special one shot July 06 2022 Keith Champagne Caio Filipe Diego Galindo Heather Vaughn variant Stranger Things Holiday SpecialsRELEASE DATE November 23 20229781506734583 202 The Many Ghosts of Dr Brenner 1 TBA Originally planned for January 11 2023 203 Brenden Fletcher Mack Chater Rosh Marc Aspinall Kyle Lambert variant Diego Galindo variant Malachi Ward variant TBAThe Many Ghosts of Dr Brenner 2 TBA TBAThe Many Ghosts of Dr Brenner 3 TBA TBAThe Many Ghosts of Dr Brenner 4 TBA TBATales from Hawkins 1 February 08 2023 Jody Houser Caio Filipe Dan Jackson Marc Aspinall Danny Luckert variant Kyle Lambert variant Diego Galindo variant TBATales from Hawkins 2 c March 2023 TBATales from Hawkins 3 c April 2023 TBATales from Hawkins 4 c May 2023 TBACollected Editions Title Material collected Publication date ISBNStranger Things Library Edition Volume 1 hardcover Stranger Things a k a The Other Side 1 4Stranger Things Science Camp 1 4 The Game Master from Free Comic Book Day 2019 General Stranger Things Black Hammer Erica s Quest from Free Comic Book Day 2020 All Ages Stranger Things Minecraft September 8 2021 204 978 1 50672 762 2Stranger Things Library Edition Volume 2 hardcover Stranger Things Six 1 4Stranger Things Into the Fire 1 4 November 10 2021 205 978 1 50672 763 9Stranger Things Omnibus Volume 1 softcover Stranger Things a k a The Other Side 1 4Stranger Things Six 1 4Stranger Things Into the Fire 1 4Stranger Things Science Camp 1 4 The Game Master from Free Comic Book Day 2019 General Stranger Things Black Hammer Erica s Quest from Free Comic Book Day 2020 All Ages Stranger Things Minecraft October 11 2022 206 978 1 50672 764 6Stranger Things Afterschool Adventures Omnibus softcover Stranger Things Zombie BoysStranger Things The BullyStranger Things Erica The Great October 18 2022 207 978 1 50672 773 8Tabletop games Hasbro published a licensed version of a Stranger Things themed Dungeons amp Dragons starter kit in May 2019 The kit besides including instruction books character sheets and dice includes a campaign called The Hunt for the Thessalhydra which the children played in the first season written with the intent of having come from the pen of the character of Will himself as well as Demogorgon minifigs 208 Magic The Gathering will include a series of Stranger Things crossover cards as part of its special Secret Lair series in 2021 209 Video games Mobile games This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2019 Netflix and BonusXP developed a free mobile game tie in for Stranger Things released to iOS and Android devices on October 4 2017 The game uses a retro pixel style of art similar to games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System The game is loosely based on the Stranger Things story after season one with the player starting as Chief of Police Jim Hopper looking for the missing boys Once these characters are found they become playable and have special abilities that allow the player to access more areas in the game 210 211 BonusXP had less than a year to complete the game The team decided to make the game in a similar style to The Legend of Zelda because it was a perfect match because both Stranger Things and Zelda are about exploration and it s kind of a mysterious fit that fit the mood of the show according to BonusXP president Dave Pottinger The map of Hawkins in the game was based on a Google street view map of Jackson Georgia where the series is filmed In order to help keep the game a secret BonusXP did not hire game testers for their quality assurance instead having family members from the design team provide feedback this process helped create the two difficulty levels in the game 212 Completing the game gives players a clip from the first episode of the second season of the series 213 The game was downloaded 3 million times in the first week becoming a top download and receiving critical praise With the release of season two an update to the game added Max as a playable character and a release for the Amazon Fire TV which included controller support 212 The game was nominated for Mobile Game at the 14th British Academy Games Awards 214 215 A second mobile game by BonusXP Stranger Things 3 The Game was announced during The Game Awards 2018 It was released as a tie in for Stranger Things s third season launching on July 4 2019 216 This game is an isometric action game where players lead selected show characters including Joyce Jim Max and Eleven through various levels with gameplay inspired by several video games of the 1980s The game follows the narrative of the third season as BonusXP has some input with the Duffer brothers and provided additional story elements that the show does not have time to explore 217 218 The game was not only released for mobile platforms but also personal computers Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Both of these Stranger Things mobile games were used to launch Netflix s video games service for its mobile app in November 2021 219 A third mobile game called Stranger Things Puzzle Tales was developed by Next Games It was initially announced as a location based game with role playing game mechanics 218 Instead when it was released in 2021 it was instead a story driven puzzle role playing game 220 PlayStation VR game Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is working on a PlayStation 4 exclusive game based on Stranger Things for their PlayStation VR peripheral The company has since released a teaser showing the Christmas lights on a wall scenes 221 PC A DRM free Windows and Mac game based on Season 3 was released on July 4 2019 222 Cancelled Telltale game In June 2018 Netflix announced plans for Telltale Games to produce an episodic adventure game based on the series as part of a larger partnership that would see ports of other Telltale series as interactive movies on Netflix However the project was cancelled after Telltale laid off the majority of its staff in September 2018 223 224 225 226 227 As planned the game would have taken place in the springtime of 1985 bridging the events of the second and third season Telltale had also commissioned a companion game from Night School Studio titled Kids Next Door that would be a precursor to their title but this also was cancelled on Telltale s closure 228 Podcasts In July 2019 a three episode Behind The Scenes Stranger Things 3 podcast was released taking a look at the making of the show s third season It was hosted by Dan Taberski 229 230 231 A six episode scripted podcast companion to the Rebel Robin novel entitled Rebel Robin Surviving Hawkins was released in mid 2021 232 Maya Hawke reprises her role as Robin Sean Maher plays her favorite teacher Mr Hauser and Lauren Shippen writes and directs 233 Stranger Things Experience From 16 to 19 June 2022 Netflix South Africa partnered with Fourways Mall to operate the Stranger Things Experience 234 The Experience previously operated at the Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town 235 Come to Fourways Mall and immerse yourself in this epic mysterious amp fantastic world The terror and excitement of heroes Mike Will Dustin Lucas and Eleven as you make your way through the unbelievable interactive moments from the most watched English series to hit screens in May Fourways Mall amp Netflix SA June 2022 Stage play and spinoff series In July 2022 it was revealed that a spin off stage play and a spinoff series was in the works 236 The stage play will be produced by Sonia Friedman and Stephen Daldry 237 On March 1 2023 it was announced as Stranger Things The First Shadow written by Kate Trefry which will premiere in late 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre 238 In December 2022 it was revealed to be an anime series spinoff titled Stranger Things Tokyo 239 Others Lego introduced a Stranger Things set called The Upside Down based on a version of the Byers home and its replica in the Upside Down in May 2019 240 241 242 In 2020 The Upside Down set was awarded Toy of the Year and also Specialty Toy of the Year by the Toy Association 243 Netflix partnered with Epic Games to include some elements of Stranger Things as cosmetics in Fortnite Battle Royale in the weeks preceding the show s third season launch 218 Stranger Things DLC for the VR game Face Your Fears was also released 244 245 246 Within a September 17 2019 update for the asymmetric multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight the Demogorgon was released as one of the killers along with Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington as survivors The chapter was later removed on November 17 2021 247 Stranger Things themed vehicles and cosmetics were added to Rocket League for its 2019 Halloween event 248 In the MOBA SMITE a number of Stranger Things themed character skins were created and released as part of a crossover Battle Pass such as Starcourt Eleven Scylla Hopper Apollo The Demogorgon Bakasura and The Mind Flayer Sylvanus 249 United States Representative David Cicilline compared the state of the nation during the presidency of Donald Trump to that of Stranger Things during a speech given in Congress on February 16 2017 using a sign Trump Things in 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