Eleven has a tough time at her new California school, whilst the remaining crew are part of the Hellfire Club at Hawkins High School.
This is an incredibly entertaining episode with great 80s nostalgia and horror-genre filmmaking.
The plot's primary focus is to set the scene following the events of the previous season and establish the lives of certain characters split between different locations. It does this incredibly well with great cinematography, editing, colour grading, and use of music.
I love the scenes that bounce seamlessly between the two locations using audio transitions from similar conversations taking place between certain characters.
It does a solid job of generating intrigue and suspense in the plot with a new threat shown via the experiences of certain new characters. This involves some very effective horror sequences that combine imagery and sound to frightening effect. All of it is done in a very retro way of course.
As ever the nostalgia is done brilliantly and rather than being for the sake of it serves the plot and tone of the episode very well. All the songs, cultural references and movie homages are perfect. The intercut basketball/Dungeons and Dragons sequence is particularly entertaining and impossible not to enjoy, especially if you are an 80s child like me.
All performances are excellent.
For me it's an 8.5/10 but I round upwards.
This is an incredibly entertaining episode with great 80s nostalgia and horror-genre filmmaking.
The plot's primary focus is to set the scene following the events of the previous season and establish the lives of certain characters split between different locations. It does this incredibly well with great cinematography, editing, colour grading, and use of music.
I love the scenes that bounce seamlessly between the two locations using audio transitions from similar conversations taking place between certain characters.
It does a solid job of generating intrigue and suspense in the plot with a new threat shown via the experiences of certain new characters. This involves some very effective horror sequences that combine imagery and sound to frightening effect. All of it is done in a very retro way of course.
As ever the nostalgia is done brilliantly and rather than being for the sake of it serves the plot and tone of the episode very well. All the songs, cultural references and movie homages are perfect. The intercut basketball/Dungeons and Dragons sequence is particularly entertaining and impossible not to enjoy, especially if you are an 80s child like me.
All performances are excellent.
For me it's an 8.5/10 but I round upwards.