When Stranger Things ended, some fans were so upset by the finale they became convinced that there was still more to come. Thus emerged an elaborate theory, dubbed “ Conformity Gate ,” that Netflix was planning to surprise-drop one more episode that would right all the wrongs of season six’s eighth episode, the feature-length “ The Rightside Up .”

Great visuals and thin storytelling result in a light, slight animated spin-off.

The first spinoff of the "Stranger Things" universe feels like the type of quick, cash grab animated spinoff that would have been made in the '80s. But it misses some of they key elements that made

Familiar faces and new adventures feature in the new Netflix animated series "Stranger Things: Tales from '85," out this week.

The Freddy Krueger horror legend voices Cosmo, editor-in-chief of Hawkins tabloid magazine "The Weekly Watcher."

That said, Eric Robles didn't want "Stranger Things: Tales from '85" to look and feel like an old Saturday morning cartoon. Like its parent series, the spin-off is a horror show that deals with subject matter that isn't suitable for kids, and the creator didn't want to mislead viewers. As he told GamesRadar:

The new animated adventure, Stranger Things: Tales From '85, revisits the beloved characters of Netflix's five-season, live-action, sci-fi series, Stranger Things, at a stage of their lives when they don't have the weight of the world on their shoulders.