Stranger Things set for final bow: five things to know

Shattering streaming records since it first hit screens in 2016, the Netflix show follows a group of teenagers in a small American town as they take on supernatural creatures and a parallel universe. Here are five things to know. Star-studded cast Stranger Things brought back 1980s icons like actress Winona Ryder, who earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2017 for her role as Joyce Byers. In another dose of 80s nostalgia, Robert Englund –- the actor behind horror icon Freddy Krueger –- made a cameo appearance in season 4.