[Tentacles chittering]

They use words that perfectly capture the vibe.
It’s not just “creature walking,” it’s “squelching.”
It also shows how much thought their team put in to *every detail*. They thought about the whole experience.
~Kyle Bowe about the closed captions for the latest season of Stranger Things

True Confession: I have only seen part of the first episode of the Netflix series Stranger Things. I was too distressed by the "child in peril" storyline to keep going. But my parents and my daughter Ariana have watched it all. Ariana sent a message about the evocative closed captions -- a friend of hers had been snapping pics of some of these wonderful descriptions, e.g. "dissonant gibbering" and "tentacles chittering."

People on Twitter have been discussing the closed captions as well. One person even mentioned wanting to make found poetry from it. Sounds like a fun idea. Also, writing expressive, theatrical captions for favorite shows or movies, just as an exercise, or writing them for your life. What is happening in your soundtrack at the moment? "Coffee burbles invitingly." "Dog yips intently."

Here are more Stranger Things captions in case you want to use them for poetry/inspiration! (Clearly, I did not see them myself! Other folks reported them.)

sibilant whispering
sinister vocalizations
whimsical music turns menacing, swells
curious plucky music
desiccated withering
hand unfurling creakily
tentacles undulating moistly
eldritch thrumming
delicate, distressing music
otherworldly moaning
eerie whooshing
gate writhing wetly
ferocious guitar riff

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Bookseed Studio has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Jan!