Science fiction-horror web series 'Stranger Things' soon to have an aftershow

The latest season of the show gets darker in aftermath of death and Demogorgon

Popular science fiction-horror web series Stranger Things will soon have an aftershow.

Netflix has announced that it will launch Beyond Stranger Things, a post show on which the cast, writers and producer will explore the series' behind-the-scenes stories, reports Hollywood Reporter.

All seven episodes of the aftershow will be available on Friday, which is also the same day the second season premieres on the platform.

However, to avoid major spoilers, viewers are advised not to watch Beyond Stranger Things before finishing the entire season of the show.



The aftershow will be hosted by Jim Rash and feature series creators Ross and Matt Duffer, executive producer and director Shawn Levy as well as stars Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard.

It will also feature other cast members, including Sean Astin, Linnea Berthelsen, Natalia Dyer, Brett Gelman, David Harbour, Randy Havens, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Dacre Montgomery, Paul Reiser, Noah Schnapp and Sadie Sink.

Beyond Stranger Things will be different from other aftershows like Talking Dead for The Walking Dead and Thronecast for Game of Thrones.

Unlike the above mentioned shows, which air following each episode of their respective shows, Beyond Stranger Things is altered by Netflix so that it will automatically play after viewers complete the final episode of season 2 of Stranger Things.



A year has passed since a supernatural demon terrorized the town of Hawkins, Indiana, but as Netflix’s hit 1980s science fiction series Stranger Things returns for a second season on Friday, life has not returned to normal for the unlikely heroes.

The adults and teenagers of Stranger Things 2 wrestle emotionally with the events of the first season: a town boy’s disappearance, a death, a mysterious girl with superpowers and a decaying parallel universe called the Upside Down.

“We wanted that trauma to really run through the entire season so it’s about these characters confronting the horrors,” said Matt Duffer, one half of the Duffer Brothers, the twins who created the show.

At the center of the show are its young teenage breakout stars. Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) suffers worsening visions of the Upside Down after being rescued, forcing his friends to try to find a way to defeat the demon known as Demogorgon.

Eleven, the innocent, tormented young girl with superpowers played by Emmy-nominated 13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown, is believed dead and is in hiding, staying with the town’s police chief, Jim Hopper.



Frustrated at being kept away from her friends, Eleven clashes with Hopper (David Harbour) and embarks on a mission to find her mother and finally find a home.

“We wanted (Eleven) to go through her own journey in a way that was much more personal to her and wasn’t tied to the boys,” Matt Duffer said. “We wanted her to go through a journey of self-discovery without the help of anyone else.”

Stranger Things has become a phenomenon for Netflix Inc, landing Emmy wins and drawing a cadre of obsessed fans who launched a viral online campaign, #JusticeForBarb, sparked by the gruesome demise of supporting character Barb Holland.



The second season ramps up the quest to bring closure to her death while introducing new characters and expanding the story geographically.

The Duffers said they anticipate five seasons to bring Stranger Things to a conclusion.

“It was important to us this season to start to move out of Hawkins and to introduce this world,” said Ross Duffer.

“It’s such a fine line and it’s difficult and obviously sequels always feel this way because people want some of the same - that’s why they liked it in the first place - but you don’t want to just go in circles,” he added.

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