After almost three years, stranger things returned with more force in a fourth season that has captivated even the most skeptical of this television success of Netflix. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer immerse us in a story heavily influenced by horror classics, and they don’t fail to include large doses of science fiction to move the narrative around what happens in the human world and in the Upside Down. The first volume premiered at the end of May, and the second volume will arrive on July 1. To ease the wait We share some similar titles with which you can put together a marathon.
Dark
The acclaimed German series created by Baran bo Odar Y Jantje Friese takes us on a confusing journey involving a tangled family tree and time travel. The story begins with Jonas, a young man who is mourning the death of his father, after he committed suicide. On Halloween, he and his inseparable friends explore the forest until a strange cave scares them away. This is how Mikkel, the youngest son of police officer Ulrich Nielsen, disappears. It all starts with this event. It has three seasons Netflix.
The OA
Between science fiction, mystery and drama, Brit Marling Y Zal Batmanglij they design a fictional universe where anything can really be possible. Marling takes on the lead role of Prairie Johnson, a Russian-born woman who appears after seven years in which her adoptive parents, an American couple, fueled a relentless search. However, she is completely different: she calls herself “OA”, she bears some mysterious scars on her back and the most surprising thing is that she regained her sight (she was blind before). Both seasons are available at Netflix.
The unknown dimension
This is a classic small screen anthology that has inspired many other productions since the 1960s. In 2019, a modern version was released with jordan peele as host of each episode, and the following year, it was renewed for a second and final season. As its format indicates, this production tells a different story in each chapter and, for the most part, they are stories of very strange situations. In Prime Video.
Wayward Pines
Based on the homonymous novel by Blake Crouch, this fiction created by M.Night Shyamalan (The sixth Sense Y the protégé) and Chad Hodge tackles a plot full of mystery, horror and sci fi. Ethan Burke is an agent of the US Secret Service who investigates the disappearance of two of his companions in Wayward Pines, a small and mysterious town located in Idaho. It will be very difficult to find a way out once he is already inside, and what he will eventually find will end up surprising him. It only has two seasons and can be seen on Star+.
Twin Peaks
Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, this crime drama is set in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, in northeast Washington. There we meet Dale Cooper, an FBI agent who arrives to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer, a popular high school girl. As he proceeds in his collection of clues to find the culprit, the man begins to understand that nothing is really what it seems in this place. The first season (of 8 episodes) was released in 1990, and the second (of 22) premiered the following year. In 1992, Lynch directed the film Twin Peaks: fire walk with meand more than two decades later, in 2017, he revived the franchise with an 18-episode third season. The original series is in the catalog of Paramount+.
