This has been described as a "love letter to '80's cinema", with its cheesy gooey monsters and boundary-crossing research on humans that drive the plot. I don't watch this genre, but fell in love with Stranger Things. There's the main plot of trying to find a lost boy, and then the plots and relationships that develop around it - a group of kids that form their own search party to look for their friend, and their relationship with another kid who is running from mysterious bad guys and whom they enlist to help them. I love this show for the epic monster-battles and the loyalty that the kids have for each other. It's one of those things where they have their own little world, separate from the adults, and is the cutest thing to watch.

*Possible spoiler* The solitary reason I gave it 9 stars instead of 10 is that the friendships take a predictable turn in one way. Nevertheless, I give it major points for not being afraid to make their bond more complicated than being perfect all the time, which makes it realistic and all the sweeter for it. Absolutely fantastic.