The Stranger Things line that made Stephen King fall off his chair

Horror author Stephen King is a huge fan of Stranger Things, and there is one line in the third series of the Netflix hit that made him laugh so hard he claims to have fallen off his chair.

*Major spoilers follow*

King took to Twitter on Sunday to praise a line spoken by Lucas’s sister Erica (Priah Ferguson) in episode four of the show, shortly before she climbs into an air vent in an attempt to find the secret room in the Starcourt Mall.

“STRANGER THINGS: ‘Commence Operation Child Endangerment.’ I fell off my chair,” reads King’s tweet.

The author of It has been a fan of Stranger Things since it began, describing the show as “pure fun” and acknowledging its references to his own books.

Stranger Things is currently streaming on Netflix.