8-Minute Peek: Stranger Things!

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The new Netflix series Stranger Things premieres at midnight tonight. The series is the story a boy who goes missing and how his mother and friends try to find him.

Sounds simple enough, right? But when you know that the series was influenced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and Stephen King, that takes things to a whole new level – especially after you see the first eight minutes of the premiere – which you can do by following the jump. Enjoy!

Stranger Things – The Vanishing of Will Byers – Netflix [HD] – YouTube

How it all begins: The Vanishing of Will Byers

See the first 8 minutes of Netflix original series, Stranger Things. A love letter to the supernatural classics of the 80’s, Stranger Things is the 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.

Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, and Matthew Modine.

Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (Wayward Pines, Hidden) serve as writer, directors and co-showrunners of the series, and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen via their 21 Laps entertainment banner (The Spectacular Now, Night At The Museum, Real Steel, Date Night). Shawn Levy also serves as director. Stranger Things is a Netflix original series.