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When 12-year-old Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) vanishes one night, the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, is thrown into chaos. As friends and family search for him, they uncover a dark mystery involving secret government experiments at Hawkins Lab, terrifying supernatural forces from the Upside Down, and a mysterious girl with powers known only as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown).

Stranger Things Season 1 is streaming now, only on Netflix.

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