Who is that little kid with the curly hair and no front teeth that you keep seeing on your Twitter feed? Or that slightly creepy theme song that people keep dancing to in Vines? Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) is his name, and both he and the song are from the new Netflix Original series “Stranger Things.”

Stranger Things premiered July 15. The show has a large following of fans waiting until next year for the new season to come out. With only eight episodes out this season, of course they had to leave us on a cliffhanger. Leading up to that point though, what exactly is Stranger Things about?

When 12-year-old Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) goes missing, his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) is terrified. Living in a small town in Indiana, this type of event does not happen here…until more people begin to disappear each week. An investigation is put in place, with Will being the lead target to rescue. The local police go on a thrilling, dramatic, mysterious adventure that leads them to secret government experiments. But the most helpful piece to finding Will? An unusually gifted girl, who knows the full story behind all the disappearances.

Drama, mystery, fiction, thriller–if you can name it, Stranger Things has it. There are not many shows that are similar to this new Netflix original, as it’s an idea completely of its own.

The three young boys who search for their friend are able to show every emotion that somebody would feel if their friend disappeared in thin air. I would have expected the boys and everyone else in that town to be more upset and distraught about the disappearance of Will. Instead, the boys jump straight to the conclusion that Will can’t be dead, hasn’t really been taken by anyone, and that they need to try and find him. I can see how friends would think someone is not actually missing, but I would think that they would be more scared to try and find him.

The young girl that we meet a few episodes into the series hits every move and action wonderfully. She speaks little, but with her body movements alone you can tell what she would be saying.

Ryder, in her role as Joyce, is great.

If you begin this show, it is completely understandable and okay to finish it in 3 days or less. It’s addicting. It has different twists to keep you guessing what is going on, and I love the way that each episode begins.