Everyone is watching this.
Not since Netflix launched Making A Murderer has a series managed to captivate audiences quite like Stranger Things has.
We’re huge fans of the show because it’s a perfect tribute/homage to some of the best films of the 80s, mixed with Stephen King’s novels and gothic TV shows like The X-Files and Eerie Indiana.
Without saying too much, the first episode feels like you’re watching The Goonies, E.T, The Breakfast Club and Stand by Me but with a soundtrack that features the likes of Joy Division, David Bowie and The Clash.
Irish fans have really identified with the supernatural story of a young boy who vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.
Here’s a small insight into the impact that it has already had with Irish viewers.
Stranger Things is phenomenal. I doubt even Spielberg's wife ever wrote him such a wonderful love letter. Or King's…or Carpenter's…
— 📻 ED SMITH 📻 (@EdTodayFM) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/CianByName/status/755507207291170820
Loved episode one of #StrangerThings. Loved how it was shot and cast. Unreal.
— Shane (@ItsGillen) July 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/BronaghAnn/status/754403178142130176
For the love of Xenu start watching #StrangerThings right fucking now. That ending to episode 3… pic.twitter.com/18rTH03CNE
— LE GALAXIE (@LeGalaxie) July 18, 2016
Stranger Things on Netflix is the absolute business. Big ET/Close Encounters/Poltergeist 80's vibe off it.
— Rochenstein (@rochenstein) July 19, 2016
#StrangerThings is wonderfully 80s, a mash up of goonies, E.T., Twin Peaks, Salems Lot, Needful Things, IT and synth!
— Chris Galvin (@ChrisGalvin1981) July 15, 2016
Mesmerised by #StrangerThings already after a single episode. It just sucks you in.
— Chósta (@chostaa) July 19, 2016
First five minutes of #StrangerThings on @NetflixUK = awesome! 😊
— Sarah Bryan (@SarBryan) July 15, 2016
Four episodes in and I can't get enough! @Stranger_Things pic.twitter.com/l7A2hagDvP
— TheRazoredEdge 🇮🇪 (@TheRazoredEdge) July 15, 2016
Well, @Netflix's Stranger Things is a damn masterpiece. Not just a recommended watch, more a necessity! #StrangerThings
— Adrian (@strangerbyday) July 20, 2016
The soundtrack to #StrangerThings is so good 🙌
— Amanda Connolly (@tweets_amanda) July 19, 2016
You're all watching #StrangerThings , yeah? Grand.
— Paul Moore (@ElChiefMoore) July 19, 2016
The show is also getting a lot of love from some famous faces all around the world.
Everyone do yourselves a favor and watch Stranger Things !!! Absolutely amazing. #winonaryder and the kids in it are brilliant actors
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) July 19, 2016
STRANGER THINGS is pure fun. A+. Don't miss it. Winona Ryder shines.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 18, 2016
Yeah we are huh?! Sooooo hooked!!! #bestshowof2016 #StrangerThings https://t.co/DXXjDFmwDz
— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) July 18, 2016
Stranger Things may be a lot of thngs: King, Spielberg, 80's, myself (Duffers pointed that to me) but what it is, above all, is good!!
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) July 17, 2016
I was just going to watch one episode of #StrangerThings tonight. Now I'm on episode 3 and pizza has been ordered.
— Har Mar Superstar (@HarMarSuperstar) July 19, 2016
Take a look at what’s in store.
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