A new TV show that combines pretty much everything I love is hitting Netflix very soon, so I felt like it was my duty to urge you all to watch Stranger Things on July 15.
I’m a child of the 80s, and the show – from the minds of brothers Matt and Ross Duffer – takes much of what made the movies and TV of that era so great and creates something fresh, imaginative, and downright awesome.
Our full review can be read here, but if you want more of a teaser, here are five reasons why Stranger Things might just become your next Netflix obsession…
Set in 1983 in a small Indiana town, Stranger Things criss-crosses genres to combine horror, science-fiction and coming-of-age drama, with a few laughs thrown in for good measure. Following an intense game of Dungeons & Dragons with friends, a young boy disappears on his way home. At much the same time, a mysterious girl with a shaved head arrives in town. The two incidents appear to be linked, but the adults don’t have much success solving the mystery at the heart of the show, so it’s left to the kids to figure out what’s going on. To say more would be to spoil the show’s many surprises, but there are conspiracies, supernatural horrors, and twists and turns that pack a genuine emotional punch. Seriously – if you don’t cry when Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes plays mid-way through proceedings, there’s something wrong with you.
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I’m a child of the 80s, and the show – from the minds of brothers Matt and Ross Duffer – takes much of what made the movies and TV of that era so great and creates something fresh, imaginative, and downright awesome.
Our full review can be read here, but if you want more of a teaser, here are five reasons why Stranger Things might just become your next Netflix obsession…
Set in 1983 in a small Indiana town, Stranger Things criss-crosses genres to combine horror, science-fiction and coming-of-age drama, with a few laughs thrown in for good measure. Following an intense game of Dungeons & Dragons with friends, a young boy disappears on his way home. At much the same time, a mysterious girl with a shaved head arrives in town. The two incidents appear to be linked, but the adults don’t have much success solving the mystery at the heart of the show, so it’s left to the kids to figure out what’s going on. To say more would be to spoil the show’s many surprises, but there are conspiracies, supernatural horrors, and twists and turns that pack a genuine emotional punch. Seriously – if you don’t cry when Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes plays mid-way through proceedings, there’s something wrong with you.
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