stranger things is about the disappearance of a young girl
set in the fictional town of hawkins  indiana in the 1980s  the first season focuses on the investigation into the disappearance of a young boy by his friends  older brother and traumatized mother and the local police chief  amid supernatural events occurring around the town including the appearance of a psychokinetic girl who helps the missing boy s friends in their own search
stranger things is an american science fictionhorror web television series created  written  directed and coexecutive produced by the duffer brothers  as well as coexecutiveproduced by shawn levy and dan cohen