| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: April 23, 2026 |
Summary:
Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max face another monster in the winter of 1985 in the animated Stranger Things spin-off series.
Genre(s):
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Season 1 Episodes
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Apr 23, 2026
Mounted by showrunner Eric Robles, it’s a streamlined, supercharged telling, stripped of the soap operatics that occupied more of the original series than you might remember. It’s a classic kids-versus-monster adventure from which adults are largely absent, which in its own way makes this a superior “Stranger Things.”
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Radio Times
Apr 23, 2026
Slashfilm
Apr 23, 2026
IndieWire
Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
I suspect viewers content to settle for a diet version of Stranger Things, whether because they’re too little for the real thing or too fanatical to pass it over, will find little to object to in the spinoff’s faithful if watered-down recreation of the original’s appeal. But I can’t imagine most of them finding much to adore about it, either.
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Apr 23, 2026
Without the liability of actors whose voices will deepen and heights will shoot up over time, Netflix can continue to exploit this IP as long as its audience desires, looking ever-more-solipsistically inward rather than branching out. I’ll give “Tales From ‘85” this much credit: it’s as creepy and unsettling an idea as this horror-adjacent franchise has produced in years.
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Air Date: April 23, 2026
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