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TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AS WE CELEBRATE SEASON ONE OF STRANGER THINGS

Step into the SFX interview archives for exclusive, all-new treats from past seasons of Stranger Things. Over the next four months, we'll be bringing you behind-the-scenes secrets from the cast and crew, on-set stories from your Hawkins favourites, as well as interviews we've NEVER published before.
Collect all four features for a retrospective of the show we all know and love - one season at a time. With the final season of Stranger Things launching later this year, this is the perfect prep for your upcoming season five binge.
ON 15 JULY 2016, THE DUFFER Brothers unleashed a bold new television drama on Netflix. Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour and a host of fresh-faced newcomers, Stranger Things introduced the masses to Demogorgons, the Mind Flayer and the marvellous mystery of the Upside Down. The coming-of-age story delicately balanced themes of supernatural horror with '80s nostalgia, along with slivers of drama, romance and comedy - and fans flocked.

Stranger Things' very first scene takes place in Hawkins, Indiana. It's 6 November 1983 and a star-filled sky fills the screen before the camera pans down to an exterior shot of Hawkins National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy.
This story is from the 45870 edition of SFX UK.
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