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From left to right, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, and Gaten Matarazzo in 'Stranger Things' season 5.
The official teaser trailer for Season 5 previews a final battle with Vecna, whose complex origin story is the focal point of the play "Stranger Things: The First Shadow."
The final season will be released in chunks over the winter.
One part that broke fans' hearts, though, is a shot of Dustin visiting the grave of his old Hellfire Club pal Eddie Munson, who chose to stay behind in the Upside Down and distract a swarm of demobats so that his friends could escape last season – and subsequently succumbed to the creatures' fatal bites.
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While 'Stranger Things' brought a new life to Metallica's 'Master of Puppets,' the show's final season may do the same for another metal classic.
Yet, the Stranger Things version of the Demogorgon visually deviates from its D&D counterpart, which is described as a towering 5.5 metres entity with a serpentine body, simian strength, dual baboon heads, and a lengthy bifurcated tail.
The long wait for Stranger Things Season 5 still has months left to go in the 2025 TV schedule, but Netflix finally delivered something substantial to whet the appetites of fans. Following nearly two months of waiting after the premiere date (s) were announced,