Season 1 was wonderful, and season 2 was nearly as good with a greatly enhanced budget and scope. But season 3 is crap.

The kids are no longer charming and fun - they're annoying angsty teenagers, obsessed with relationships and being teenagers (apart from Will, who gave by far the best performance of the series with his powerful outburst over the others turning their backs on childhood while all he wanted to do was stay a kid).

The main villain was too overpowered and difficult to believe. A big crawling invincible spider of goop and teeth that had no business losing a fight, making the fight scenes feel really far fetched. It could (and would) have shredded them all in minutes... If massive goop & teeth spiders were real...

And the violence and adult content was turned up way too much for my taste. This started as a show the family could enjoy, which was a big part of its charm; but this season is bloody gore from beginning to end. People are torn apart, blown to pieces, melted, stabbed and gunned down liberally, there are drug references, endless swearing including a few attemps and F bombs, and the whole thing generally feels too adult for charming old Stranger Things. The show has really lost itself to become part of the Netflix 15+ club (seriously, try finding a show on Netflix that isn't at least 15+), and completely lost its "naff" 80s charm.

I won't be back for S4.