Stranger Things star Joe Keery, who played beloved character Steve Harrington, posted photos from a recent visit to the "real-life" Hawkins on Instagram, and fans are loving it. SPOILER—This post includes spoilers from the Stranger Things series finale.

Therefore, Stranger Things is not a Dungeons & Dragons game invented by Mike Wheeler. The Duffer Brothers have stated that the series is a supernatural drama that draws from the 1980s culture, horror, and fantasy storytelling, with DnD being a symbolic framework, not a narrative twist.

Linnea Berthelsen, who played Kali on "Stranger Things," shared her own interpretation on whether Eleven's death was real or an illusion.

Stranger Things created an expert formula, with a meta-narrative where the audience’s love for 80s icons deepened their connection to Hawkins.