Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series developed by the Duffer Brothers. Along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, the brothers also act as showrunners and executive producers. It is produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment. Set in the 80s, it also revives the pop culture of that time through the show.
Stranger Things is a Netflix Original show, and it landed first on the platform on July 15, 2016. The supernatural series is Netflix-exclusive and enjoys high global viewership courtesy of a broad, active, international fanbase.
After the show’s third season premiered in July 2019, Netflix announced that 40.7 million member accounts around the world had seen it in just four days.
Set in the 1980s in the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, where apparently everyone knows everyone, Stranger Things focuses on a mystery, the cold war tensions, government experiments, and a gateway to the upside-down.
The first season follows an investigation into the disappearance of a young boy (Will Byers) amid mysterious phenomena in the town and the emergence of a girl with psychokinetic skills (Eleven). Dark agencies and ominous, otherworldly forces descend on the village.
The second season focuses on Will’s side effects from being in the Upside Down, with its entities crawling into the actual world. As the kids continue their war against the Upside Down forces, the third season centers on Eleven and Mike’s relationship.
It’s official, season 4 is coming in 2022. The first episode of the upcoming season is titled “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club.” A minute-long creepy clip dropped on Stranger Thing’s YouTube channel on May 6, 2021. It began with some children in a room in the Hawkins facility, where Eleven initially escaped from. Then, Dr. Martin Brenner entered and told the kids that he has “something very special planned” for them. After that, the camera zoomed in to a door with the number “11,” and Brenner spoke, “Eleven, are you listening?”
In what was the second teaser of the upcoming season, viewers can see a facility made in a snowy landscape in some secluded place where workers are constructing a railway track. At this point, the camera zooms in to one worker’s face. A Sneak Peek video into Season 4 was also released on August 6, 2021.
The cast of Stranger Things includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser, Sean Astin, and Shannon Purser
Stranger Things has won over 65 awards and received 175 nominations. It has been a part of the Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys, SAG, DGA, PGA, WGA, BAFTA, a Peabody Award, AFI Program of the Year, People’s Choice Awards, MTV Movie & TV Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and many others. Some of the notable victories are mentioned below.
Stranger Things: Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt (2019) won Primetime Emmy 2020 for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), and Stranger Things: Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer (2017) won the same award in 2018.
In 2017, the show won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards in categories including Outstanding Main Title Design, Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.
The show’s cast won the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2017 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
The show won Saturn Awards for Best Streaming Horror & Thriller Series in 2019 and Best New Media Television Series in 2017 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, USA. Furthermore, Stranger Things has won many other accolades in various categories on different stages.
| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller |
| Release Date | July 15, 2016 |
| Certificate | 16+ per Netflix |
| Cast | Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser, Sean Astin, and Shannon Purser |
| Director(s) | The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Rebecca Thomas, and Uta Briesewitz, |
| IMDb Ratings | 8.7/10 |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Countries where available | Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States |
| Total Seasons | 3 |
| Total Number of Episodes | 25 |
| Episode Length | ~ 60 minutes |
| Upcoming Season | Season 4, 2022 |
| Filming Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Soundtracks | Spotify Playlist |
