Each chapter of the new season of Stranger Things 4 had a production cost of 30 million dollars. The season finale will last longer than a movie. The curious facts about the long-awaited fourth season of Stranger Things accumulate and make it very clear that it will be a success. Undoubtedly audience, but also at the level of television milestone.

It was from the premiere of its first and already iconic season. Stranger Things immediately became a phenomenon that opened the doors to nostalgia as a language of pop culture. Also, a reference in the world of streaming when telling stories. With its experimental, brilliant, and peculiar air, the series of the Duffer brothers became a starting point for something new. The way of using narrative and visual resources as a game of mirrors on a central story.

His fourth season is no exception. With considerable ambition, the Duffer brothers have every intention of turning the new Stranger Things chapters into a celebration. Also, in a tour of the highest points of a product that became emblematic. We tell you what you should know before watching the new episodes of the Netflix series.

After almost three years of waiting, Stranger Things returns with some novelties in its way of telling its story. The fourth season will consist of nine episodes. But due to its complicated nature and length, Netflix decided to split the series into two parts. The first part, which covers the first 7 episodes, will premiere on May 27. On July 1, the remaining two will be released, which will be the longest. So the arrival of the new season will be a double event, apparently related to the thematic unity of the story.

Shot in three different locations and intended to encompass several new storylines, Stranger Things 4 is a risk. One that must cover the considerable hiatus between the previous chapters and the new ones. How do the Duffer brothers approach the fact that an audience has lost contact with the series? They will do so by allowing the series to explore its main lines with patience. This translates into longer chapters and especially, in a more careful look at its plot core.

The titles of the chapters also make it clear that the series will maintain its habit of analyzing, in an almost anthological way, plot lines separately:

The Hellfire Club
Vecna’s Curse
The Monster and the Superhero
dear billy
The Nina Project
The Dive
The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
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Piggyback

The story of the fourth season of Stranger Things takes place six months after the third

The official synopsis of the program establishes how much time passed between the previous season and the one that premieres. “Six months have passed since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the fallout, our group of friends break up for the first time, and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable moment, a horrific new supernatural threat emerges, presenting a terrifying mystery that, if solved, could finally bring the horrors of the Upside Down to an end.”

The summary clears up at least three of the most persistent rumors about the series over the past few months. First of all, the group of central characters will start separate stories. The second is that the series will assume the impact of the passage of time – especially noticeable in its protagonists – with changes of scenery. And the third, transferring the action to the impulses of adolescence. Something that had already been outlined in season three, but that in the fourth will have a leading role.

Hopper is coming back

From its first advances, the fourth season decided not to leave the mystery to the chapters and discovered its biggest secret. Hopper returns after being left for dead in the season three finale. And it seems he will, after a long period of imprisonment and torture in some facility in Kamchatka, Russia. Now, the big unavoidable question is under what conditions will the character return. Will it be the same one we met before? Did your seclusion of him involve any mental or physical repercussions?

Apart from the central revelation about the fact that he survived, little is known about Hopper. So the real and important question is whether he will be an enemy or an ally this time. Whether letting him escape is part of some devious Russian plan or even some other macabre and disturbing experiment. There are still no answers and this may be the real mystery of the season.

The full cast is back

If you were worried about losing a core cast member, we have good news. The fourth season will have all the characters back despite the obvious — and worrying — age increase. But apparently, the series has an answer for that. Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo), are in high school. So are Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), making it easy to include the theme of adolescence.

Hawkins adults are back. Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) will be in California. At the other extreme, Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) and Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) will remain in Hawkins. Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery) who died saving the children from the Mind Flayer, will likely appear in flashbacks or flashbacks. For those worried, Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke) is also back.

And new characters on stage in the fourth season of Stranger Things

But in addition to the beloved traditional characters, the series will bring in a host of new faces. Through its official Instagram account, the show featured most of them. On November 20 they showed several of the news stories that we will meet with new additions to the cast. The cast includes Victor Creel (Robert Englund), Argyle (Eduardo Franco), Peter Ballard (Jamie Campbell Bower), and Lt. Col. Sullivan (Sherman Augustus). We will also have Jason Carver (Mason Dye), Dmitri (Tom Wlaschiha), Yuri (Nikola Djuricko), and Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn).

On June 9, 2021, another list of new characters and their interpreters was included. Vickie (Amybeth McNulty), Patrick (Myles Truitt), Kelly (Regina Ting Chen), and Chrissy (Grace Van Dien).

The Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game is an important element

According to a recent interview published by Collider for the Duffer brothers, the set of pop references in the series is of considerable importance. So one of the most beloved role-playing games of the eighties will have a special place in Dungeons and Dragons. And not in an innocent way at all, which will allow terror to have a metanarrative element of enormous interest.

And new characters on stage in the fourth season of Stranger Things

On June 9, 2021, another list of new characters and their interpreters was included. Vickie (Amybeth McNulty), Patrick (Myles Truitt), Kelly (Regina Ting Chen), and Chrissy (Grace Van Dien).

The Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game is an important element

Hawkins will have his haunted mansion

Was trouble missing from the mysterious Hawkins? Now there will be one more. The fourth season will include Creel House, a creepy mansion where several murders were committed. According to the IG publication that included the presentation of the new scenario, especially serious crimes have been committed in the place. Will it be the door to the Other Side, which has already been announced and will be revealed in the fourth season?

New season, new monster

And of course, the Duffer brothers will include the novelty of a new terrifying creature for the new season of Stranger Things. Vecna, a creature straight from the Dungeons and Dragons mythology will have a place of special interest