'Stranger Things' Teaser Reveals New Season 3 Setting

The third season of the Emmy-nominated Netflix series unveils a brand-new location: Starcourt Mall.

For its third season, Netflix's Stranger Things is adding an important new location into the mix: Starcourt Mall.

The shopping center is front and center in a new teaser video (below) released by the streaming service Monday, showing off what stands to be a critical set piece for the forthcoming season three. Filmed and presented in nostalgic 1980s style, the Starcourt Mall commercial highlights several different storefronts and even reveals first looks at two characters: returning player Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) and newcomer Robin (Maya Hawke), both of whom work at an ice cream shop known as Scoops Ahoy.

"Ahoy!" they both exclaim near the end of the video, though neither one appears completely comfortable with their role in front of the camera.

Ahoy! Something is coming... to Hawkins, Indiana! pic.twitter.com/BI4wFRVzvB

What's more, the prominence of Starcourt Mall should leave fans wondering what exactly Stranger Things has in store for season three, both with tone and in terms of its reference points. The show is no stranger to leaning on classic films as points of inspiration, and with that said, an iconic horror staple that immediately comes to mind when looking on Starcourt Mall is Dawn of the Dead, the George Romero classic that takes place almost entirely within a shopping center. Could Stranger Things voyage into its own version of zombie territory? And if so, will Steve's steady supply of ice cream come in handy? Ice cream cones could be an underrated weapon in the zombie apocalypse, not to mention brain freeze....

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