Netflix's Stranger Things: Season 1 — First 8 Minutes: 'The Vanishing of Will Byers'

added: Thu, Jul 14th '16

What if back in the early 1980s Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter had done a horror series together? Now that would have really been something. Well, unless someone invents a time-machine, this might be the next best thing!

Just ahead of its Friday release, Netflix has unveiled the first 8 minutes of their new 1983-set mystery-horror series "Stranger Things," which is written, directed, and created by "Wayward Pines" writers/producers Matt and Ross Duffer.

The filmmaking brothers shamelessly display their love for everything '80s (that includes a clear devotion for Spielberg, Carpenter, and Dungeons & Dragons) in this extended film clip, which reveals the show's starting point: "The Vanishing of Will Byers."

Starring Winona Ryder and David Harbour who are sharing the screen with a cast of mostly young actors, "Stranger Things: Season 1" premieres this Friday, July 15.

synopsis:
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.

directed by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine

release date July 15, 2016 (on Netflix)

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Netflix's Stranger Things