Genre: Science fiction, Horror, Mystery, Drama
Created by the Duffer Brothers
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Matthew Modine & Paul Reiser.
Executive Producers: The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Cindy Holland, Brian Wright, Matt Thunell, Karl Gajdusek, Iain Paterson, Curtis Gwinn
Cinematography: Tim Ives, Tod Campbell, Lachlan Milne, David Franco, Ricardo Diaz
Editors: Dean Zimmerman, Kevin D. Ross, Nat Fuller, Katheryn Naranjo
Production Company: 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre
Distributor: Netflix Streaming Services
Plotlines: Set in March 1986, eight months after the events of the third season, the fourth season is split between different plotlines.
The first plotline takes place in Hawkins, where several teenagers are killed in mysterious ways. It features Dustin Henderson, Max Mayfield, Lucas and Erica Sinclair, Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, and Eddie Munson, the leader of the Hellfire Club; a Dungeons & Dragons group that includes Dustin and his friends. Eddie becomes the prime murder suspect and is hunted down by Jason Carver and members of the basketball team, who believe that Eddie killed Jason’s girlfriend, Chrissy Cunningham, using satanic powers. Dustin and friends investigate and discover that the murders were carried out by a powerful being that lives in the Upside Down, whom they dub “Vecna”.
The second plotline involves Mike Wheeler visiting Eleven, Will, and Jonathan Byers at their new home in California. Due to the events in Hawkins and the imminent danger to her friends, Eleven goes with Dr. Martin Brenner and Sam Owens to a secret facility to help her regain her powers. Mike, Will, Jonathan, and Jonathan’s friend Argyle try to track Eleven down.
The third plotline follows Joyce Byers and Murray Bauman when they learn that Jim Hopper may still be alive. They are told to bring money to arrange for his transfer. Meanwhile, in a Russian gulag in Kamchatka, Hopper is held prisoner and is forced, alongside other inmates, to battle a Demogorgon that the Russians have captured.
Season 4 of Stranger Things was amazing.
Pros: I gave breaks in-between episodes “few-days-at-a-time”. This season was some heartfelt, emotional, terrifying, and cheerful moments. Each member of the main cast did an excellent job with their performance including Eddie. Vecna was a mean scary presence and I like how the squad split into teams with plotlines that intertwined with each other. Special effects were “money well spent and I was belated after finishing watching this season.
Cons: The long length for these episodes was so under wheeling to sit through. Some newest characters were a waste of time and the finale itself didn’t need to be that long.
Casts & characters:
Main
- Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
- David Harbour as Jim Hopper
- Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper
- Martie Blair as Young Eleven
- Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
- Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
- Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
- Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
- Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield
- Belle Henry as Young Max
- Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler
- Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers
- Joe Keery as Steve Harrington
- Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley
- Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman
- Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair
- Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner
- Paul Reiser as Sam Owens
Also starring
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel / One / Vecna
- Raphael Luce as Young Henry Creel
- Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler
- Eduardo Franco as Argyle
- Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson
Recurring
- Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler
- Mason Dye as Jason Carver
- Tom Wlaschiha as Dmitri “Enzo” Antonov
- Nikola Đuričko as Yuri Ismaylov
- Rob Morgan as Sheriff Powell
- John Reynolds as Officer Callahan
- Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan
- Myles Truitt as Patrick McKinney
- Gabriella Pizzolo as Suzie
- Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler
- Clayton Royal Johnson as Andy
- Tristan Spohn as Two
- Christian Ganiere as Ten
- Regina Ting Chen as Ms. Kelly
- Elodie Grace Orkin as Angela
- Logan Allen as Jake
- Hunter Romanillos as Chance
- Pasha D. Lychnikoff as Oleg
- Vaidotas Martinaitis as Warden Melnikov
- Nikolai Nikolaeff as Ivan
- Paris Benjamin as Agent Ellen Stinson
- Catherine Curtin as Claudia Henderson
- Karen Ceesay as Sue Sinclair
- Arnell Powell as Charles Sinclair
- Ira Amyx as Harmon
- Kendrick Cross as Wallace
- Hendrix Yancey as Thirteen
Guests
- Grace Van Dien as Chrissy Cunningham
- Amybeth McNulty as Vickie
- Logan Riley Bruner as Fred Benson
- Joel Stoffer as Wayne Munson
- Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove
- Robert Englund as Victor Creel
- Kevin L. Johnson as Young Victor Creel
- Tyner Rushing as Virginia Creel
- Livi Burch as Alice Creel
- Ed Amatrudo as Director Hatch
- Audrey Holcomb as Eden
I highly recommend watching this season of stranger things only on Netflix.
Rating: 10 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.