KUALA LUMPUR: Relive the 80s nostalgia when sci-fi horror Stranger Things returns for a second season on Oct 27 on Netflix.
The streaming giant announced the date today together with the release of an official Season 2 key art of the supernatural drama series, which received critical acclaim when it premiered in July last year.
The American web TV series, which was created, written, directed and co-executive produced by the Duffer Brothers, was largely praised for its nostalgic setting in the 1980s and its homage to the era’s pop culture.
Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, Stranger Things centres on four young friends who are thrown into a life-changing ordeal when one of them, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), disappears without a trace.
The investigation leads to the discovery of the nearby Hawkins National Laboratory’s bizarre paranormal experiments that unwittingly affect the townspeople.
At the same time, supernatural events occur around town, including the appearance of a psychokinetic girl, nicknamed Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who assists in the search for Will.
In Season 2, set a year after the events in the first season, the citizen of Hawkins are still reeling from the the town’s supernatural horrors and the secrets of Hawkins Lab.
Will has been rescued but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who had survived it.
Reprising their roles in Season 2 are its main cast members Brown, Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Charlie Heaton and Natalia Dyer.
Upon its release on July 15 last year, Stranger Things quickly amassed a large cult following, making it the third most-watched show on the online platform within its first five weeks of release, placing right behind Orange Is The New Black (Season 4) and Fuller House.
Since then, it has bagged several awards including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series last year, as well as TV Show of the Year and Best Actor In A TV Show (Brown) at this year’s MTV Movie And TV Awards.
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