TV Shows to Watch if You Love Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers' Stranger Things(Opens in a new window) seemingly came out of nowhere in 2016 to capture the world's imagination, and it paid off for Netflix. The show is a bonafide hit of the likes we haven't seen since Lost and Game of Thrones. Now it's time for Season 4. At least, "volume 1" of season 4.
Set in the 1980s, the series follows a group of young kids as they attempt to prevent an invasion from an alternate dimension and the creatures that live there. They are helped by a mysterious girl named Eleven who has special powers.
Stranger Things stands out thanks to its unyielding commitment to '80s nostalgia and culture. This isn't just a horror story set in the past; you feel like you're there with them, playing Dungeons & Dragons and wearing Ghostbusters costumes. It's like Stephen King wrote a show for Steven Spielberg to direct.
You'll probably binge Volume 1 in no time. What will you do as you wait for Season 4 Volume 2 to arrive on July 1, 2022? Thankfully, there are plenty of TV shows that share the same vibe or at least a somewhat similar premise as Stranger Things. Here's our rundown of streaming programs to watch to quench your thirst for weird science, small-town horror, sweet synthesizers, and kid adventures.
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You can picture the meeting at Amazon corporate HQ. Jeff Bezos is slamming his hand on a table saying "Where is our Stranger Things?!" and some clever producer times it right to pitch a sci-fi period piece set in small-town Ohio near an underground research center. It sounds like Stranger Things—except Loop is not even remotely like it.
The tales in this show are inspired by the art book by a Swedish painter who inserted science-fiction elements into everyday landscapes. The
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