Abstract
Stranger Things is an American series created by Matt and Ross Duffer. It was first broadcast in 2016 on the streaming platform Netflix where it is now one of the most watched series. The series is set in a retro-pop aesthetic mixing science fiction and horror. The scenario takes place in 1983 in a small town in Indiana. The plot revolves around the strange disappearance of young Will Byers. His mother, Joyce Byers, his group of friends, James "Jim" Hopper, the chief of police and Eleven, a mysterious young girl go looking for him. At the same time, the town of Hawkins, known for its tranquility, is experiencing horrific supernatural events that seem to have a direct link to the missing boy's disappearance involving the town's laboratory and government experiments. Our question is to understand how the series Stranger Things integrates a monstrous and mythological imaginary while denouncing various social realities in a cultural mashup. To answer this question, we will present several hypotheses. First, we will evoke the numerous works of reference found in the series and in the monsters which compose them in order to understand its inscription in pop culture. We will then discuss the place of social violence in the work.