Stranger Things
News
There's a secret 25-page guide to the Upside Down that the Stranger Things creators wrote for Netflix in 2015 - and I want to read it
What's going on in the Upside Down? Netflix top brass has known since before season 1 even aired, thanks to a top secret document, MKUltra-style, that the Duffer Brothers wrote a decade ago
June 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Want to have Stranger Things season 5's ending explained to you? Ask Louis McCartney, star of Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway
No, the star of Broadway's Stranger Things chapter didn't tell anybody what he knows. More like Henry CRUEL, amiright??
May 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things: The First Shadow star Louis McCartney tells us the biggest audience reactions from every Broadway performance (Heads up, it's a pretty huge spoiler)
The live theater chapter of Stranger Things (currently on Broadway) features a young Jim Hopper and Joyce Maldonado on stage, but it's neither of them that get the crowd riled up
May 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The first Stranger Things game has been stripped from Steam, and now users are saying its basically unplayable
Has Stranger Things 3: The Game been banished to the Upside Down as part of Netflix's new gaming push?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix hit Stranger Things originally had a different setting (and title) to honor the series creators' favorite movie: Steven Spielberg's Jaws
Who knew that Montauk, which was almost the title of Stranger Things, was the inspiration for Jaws? And not for nothing, who knew Jaws was the Duffer Bros.' favorite movie?
May 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Netflix's Stranger Things influenced Star Wars: Starfighter, according to director Shawn Levy
Expect Lucasfilm to announce things the way they did Starfighter at Star Wars Celebration 2025. And if you don't like that? Well, blame those pesky Hawkins kids
April 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things: Tales from '85: Netflix's animated adventures from Hawkins, IN gets a title
The Duffer Brothers and Netflix have conquered your screens and stages, announced their plans for your gaming console, and now, are coming for your Saturday Mornings
April 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix's Stranger Things season 5 series finale was almost spoiled by The First Shadow, until the writers changed the script midway through rehearsals
In the Netflix documentary Behind the Curtain, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Broadway's Stranger Things chapter, we see (censored) footage of a reveal that the high-ups decided needed to wait for the series
April 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things: The First Shadow is built on the Vecna backstory that didn't make it into season 4
Kate Trefry, who cowrote the play and episodes of the show, said she pulled from early discussions about Henry Creel in the Stranger Things writers' room to bring his story to Broadway
April 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix wants Stranger Things on your screens, in your theaters, and now, on your game console
Speaking to the Game Developers Conference 2025, Netflix’s game chief revealed the streamer’s desire to host a Stranger Things game… and even teased what one would look like
March 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Will Millie Bobby Brown join the MCU? Maybe - but to "hundreds of dogs," the Stranger Things star is already a hero
While promoting Netflix film The Electric State, which stars Brown, Joe & Anthony Russo revealed that, yes, they could see a Marvel role for Stranger Things' Eleven. But more importantly, they highlighted the actor's real life good deeds
March 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things' iconic theme song wouldn't have come together without an underrated Dan Stevens horror movie
After the Duffer Brothers saw The Guest, a 2014 movie described as 'John Wick for horror fans,' they knew exactly what kind of music would go into their scifi pitch to Netflix
February 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix hasn't decided on a Stranger Things season 5 release date yet, say creators
The Duffer Brothers say that a decision about when we'll see the final season of Stranger Things should be made in the next couple of weeks
January 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things: Converse made Netflix custom shoes in Hawkins High colors for season 4
Stranger Things costume designer Amy Parris reveals that the Hawkins gang weren't just wearing thrifted Chucks for that scene in season 4, episode 1
January 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things: The Byers House filming location from the hit Netflix show is available to book on AirBnB (sorta)
Turn your vacation... Upside Down. You can now stay in the house that Netflix used to create the home of Will, Joyce, and Jonathan Byers on Stranger Things. Although, just like in Hawkins, IN, nothing is *exactly* what it seems...
January 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things' David Harbour created a Dungeons & Dragons character to promote the show before it was a Netflix hit
In 2016, the newly-introduced Jim Hopper himself took to a Reddit AMA to promote the first season of Stranger Things. One of his answers had attendees wondering if David Harbour was a Dungeons & Dragons player
November 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
"They land the plane," David Harbour describes the Stranger Things finale, which he calls its "best episode"
Speaking at the Happy Sad Confused panel at NYCC '24, David Harbour shared his thoughts on the Stranger Things series finale and its tearful cast readthrough
October 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How and where to watch the Stranger Things Netflix TV show & spinoffs in release and chronological order
Want to get started on watching Stranger Things? Here's how to do it!
December 26, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
We've just learned much more about the upcoming Stranger Things prequel
A trip to Hawkins which requires you to go to London.
November 06, 2023
Fran Ruiz
News
Stranger Things: How the Russians got the demodogs could be explained in new comic spin-off
Demogorgons on a ship to be explored in Stranger Things: The Voyage
August 15, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Netflix's Stranger Things is headed to the stage with an original, official prequel
Stranger Things: The First Shadow will open in London this fall
March 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Netflix teases details from this year's Tudum global event
If you want a sneak peek at upcoming Netflix shows and movies, better free up your Saturday this weekend
September 22, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Stranger Things: Cosplay characters from season four... based on clothes you already own
The costumes in the latest Stranger Things season are perfect for putting together closet cosplays!
June 09, 2022
Ani-Mia