Stranger Things
This supernatural horror-drama covers five seasons (2016-2025) of escalating intensity, blending 1980s nostalgia with monster attacks, government conspiracies, and increasingly graphic violence. The series grows markedly darker and gorier with each season, with Season 4 and Season 5 representing a significant step up from the comparatively atmospheric earlier seasons.
Episodes to know about
A scientist is attacked and dragged away by an unseen creature at the Hawkins Lab; little is shown graphically, but the tension is abrupt.
A teenage girl is attacked and pulled into a pool by the Demogorgon; the threat to child characters is established as deadly and recurring from here on.
A child character experiences a visceral supernatural possession episode at school, with the creature's tendrils overwhelming his environment.