The Upside Down

This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things 3.

The kids and monsters of Hawkins, Indiana are back to run amok this Fourth of July.

If it's Stranger Things, you bet your butt there's gonna be some kind of big ol' monster terrorizing the young citizens of Hawkins, Indiana.

There's something irresistible about nostalgia -- obviously.

This story contains spoilers about the end of Stranger Things 3.

Stranger Things was the TV sensation of last summer, and its second season, out now on Netflix, is repeating the water-cooler domination.

"The Lost Sister" starts like a normal episode of Stranger Things.

In the opening moments of Stranger Things 2, it becomes immediately clear that Eleven née Jane isn't the only superpowered woman with a penchant for nosebleeds in the right-side-up universe.

It makes sense that Stranger Things has spawned so much fan art because the show, which was inspired by the work of creators like Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and Stephen King, is itself a mega-budget piece of fan art.

Stranger Things 2 is officially out in the wild and surely, leading many to wonder just where The Duffer Brothers '80s throwback series is going.

Update: Actor Joe Kreery, who plays Steve on Stranger Things, says there’s an actual connection to Jean-Ralphio in Stranger Things 2.

Last year, Stranger Things skyrocketed to popularity thanks to its liberal use of '80s references, from E.T. to The Goonies to Devo to everything in between.