Stranger Things Season 3 Review (Spoiler-Free)
This review is spoiler-free for Stranger Things season 3 and is based on all eight episodes. Although the residents of Hawkins, Indiana show remarkable resilience in recovering from nearly annual monster attacks, Stranger Things season 3 shows no intention of slowing down or backing off. In fact, when the series returns to Netflix on July 4, 2019, it will capitalize on the various main characters’ ability to notice when things are amiss even when others might not be as suspicious. The Mind Flayer still has a strategy or two to hatch, and thanks to a new bit of help from our side of the breach, its presence will be felt very quickly and in fact will end up feeling much creepier than last season, evoking more of what gave season 1 its vintage 80s horror movie feel. One thing Stranger Things continues to excel at is allowing different teams of characters to tackle the Upside Down scourge from a variety of angles without necessarily cro...