2021 film directed by Jack Clough and Josh Ruben

Darkness returns to Hawkins just in time for spring break, igniting fresh terror, disturbing memories — and an ominous new threat.

The story is picked up six months after the battle at the Starcourt Mall, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Fighting the aftermath, our group of friends is separated for the first time and has to face the complexities of high school, which does not make things easy for them. Right now, the most vulnerable of all, a terrifying new supernatural threat emerges that represents a new and horrible mystery that, if they manage to solve, could end the horrors of the Upside Down. (FILMAFFINITY)

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

Budding romance. A brand-new mall. And rabid rats running toward danger. It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins ... and one summer can change everything.