Over the last couple of months, I’ve been watching Stranger Things 2 with Elliot. Like the first series, I feel like the second series really pulls off dark fantasy quite well. There was a fair bit less mystery this season and a bit more reliance on the character dynamics to make the show work, but I thought it worked out well enough.
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Based on a tip I got from Gamerstable, Jessa and I decided to watch Stranger Things over our evening meal. Like Boogiepop Phantom, I was looking for something with a bit of mystery but also elements of the fantastical, so as to turn that mystery into horror.
For me, I think Stranger Things misses horror, but really nails dark fantasy. This may seem like an odd quibble, but for me horror is about struggling against evil… …and failing or living with the despair that you will fail. Stranger Things is about horrible things… …and the heroes that rise and overcome them. This is not a criticism of the show, I actually find that I enjoy dark fantasy a bit more than horror most of the time, as it is typically better done. Continue reading Stranger Things