STRANGER THINGS

NETFLIX SCI-FI

A long-awaited return for Netflix’s retro horror-sci-fi hit. It’s been three years since the last season, and those cute kids from Hawkins, Indiana, who we met in the first series back in 2016 are now young adults who probably wouldn’t be seen dead dressing up as Ghostbusters for Halloween. Season 4 – being released in two parts, as is the fashion – is leaning more heavily into the horror genre. When it opens, the mysterious Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is unable to use her powers and police chief Hopper (David Harbour) is a prisoner of the Soviets. This time round, the gang has to deal with bullies, new cliques, grief and – of course – the terrifying forces of the Upside Down. From Friday