Stranger Things can be said to be one of the science-fiction series that has many fans and is always faithfully waiting for the new season. There are quite a lot of surprises that are present in each season, even different enemies and a level of difficulty to defeat also always decorate the series. In this fourth season, there are quite a lot of interesting facts that you must consider before watching it. Curious? Let's see more.

1. The Final Season of the Stranger Things Series

Tells the story of a group of schoolchildren, Mike (played by Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (played by Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas (played by Caleb McLaughlin) who are trying to find their missing friend, Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp). Stranger Things has reached its 4th season, where the 4th season which aired on Netflix on May 27th 2022, will be the last season of the Stranger Things series.

2. Stranger Things: Season 4 Will Be Divided Into 2 Parts

The Netflix original series, Stranger Things season 4 will indeed be the last season of the series, but you need to know that season 4 will not end immediately. It is known, the Stranger Things: Season 4 series will have 2 different story parts, part 1 starting on May 27th 2022, while part 2 will begin on July 1st 2022.

3. A More Terrifying Story Than Other Seasons

Being the last season, of course, it should give a more interesting impression on the final season. It is reported that Stranger Things season 4, both part 1 and part 2 will be a darker season, the darkest and more terrifying than the other seasons. It is also proven and seen from the trailer that has been aired, where there are lots of visual displays of monsters and terrible places.

4. Story Is Set For 6 Months After Season 3

As it is a continuation, of course the story of season 4 will continue the previous season, season 3. However, the stories in season 4 will have a long time gap from season 3, season 4 will be set 6 months after what happened last time in season 3 of Stranger Things.

5. Unveiling Many Mysteries

In season 3 alone, there have been many secrets and problems that must be resolved, where some of these secrets are still related to the Upside-Down which should have been tightly closed. And in season 4, it turns out that it's not finished. There are still new problems and mysteries that need to be revealed and resolved, and make the Hawkins gang have to regroup.

6. New Characters

To enliven and add a more interesting impression, the writers of the Stranger Things series season 4 added several new faces. Now the new characters who will play in season 4, Eddie Munson (played by Joseph Quinn) and also another Argyle (played by Eduardo Franco). 

7. Differences Clothing = A Difference Location

In season 4, it is known that there are differences in locations, and it looks quite recognizable from the clothes worn by the characters. Like the school students in California who wear bright colors, light and pastel shades. Then, the colors of clothes in Hawkins look more intense, while in Russia dark colors stand out very much to convey a sense of cold and eerie.

8. Vecna Inspired by Pinhead and Freddy Krueger

The birth of a new monster is also one of the reasons season 4 becomes even scarier. In season 4, the audience will be introduced to a new monster called Vecna, a scary zombie-like monster that will terrorize in season 4. Interestingly, Vecna himself is a monster inspired by Pinhead in Hellraiser and Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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9. Robert Englund, The Iconic Freddy Krueger’s Actor

Although the new monster Vecna is also inspired by Freddy Krueger's character, the actor who plays it is not the actor from Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)). But the iconic actor Freddy Krueger turns out to also have a role in Stranger Things: Season 4, where Robert Englund plays Victor Creel who also has a relationship with the monster Vecna.

10. Joe Keery and Maya Hawke Turned Back the Time

In the latest season of Stranger Things, it is known that the characters Steve (played by Joe Keery) and Robin (played by Maya Hawke) will work at a video rental company called "Family Video". Lter on, the two actors would inevitably have to learn to go back to the past, to be precise in the 1980s, at which time video rental sites were on the rise with Betamax and VHS video formats.

11. Director Matt Duffer Enjoys Shooting on 1980s Video Store Sets

The shooting process in the 1980s clearly made it difficult for some actors like Joe Keery and Maya Hawke to understand, especially when it came to understanding the rental of “Family Video” videos. But even so, they were helped by the director, Matt Duffer, to understand it. Matt said “Shooting on the set of the video shop was so much fun because it felt like going back in time. It feels full of nostalgia and magic”.

12. A Tribute to Kobe Bryant

In season 4 we saw a tribute to Kobe Bryant, a professional basketball player who died in 2020. The tribute was given to the character of Lucas Sinclair (played by Caleb McLaughlin), who wore jersey number 8 when he competed on the Hawkins High School basketball team. Now interestingly again, Caleb is a big fan of Kobe, so the clothes he wears are meant as a tribute to the legendary athlete.

13. E.T (1982) was a Source of Inspiration

Stranger Things directors, the Duffer brothers once stated that E.T (1982) was one of the inspirations for the fourth season of Stranger Things. He said that “California has its own very distinctive color, and for the California setting in this series we wanted to include an E.T. into it,” said Ross Duffer in his statement.

14. Shooting in 3 Different Locations

Not only is it known to be in California, season 4 has also been confirmed to be shooting in several different locations. Season 4 is known to undergo the shooting process in 3 different places, namely in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US); Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA); and Lithuania. Now, interestingly, the three locations will be the main setting that describes the characters who are in Hawkins, Indiana, California and Russia.

15. Delayed Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Unfortunately, the 4th season of the Stranger Things project coincided with the Covid-19 virus pandemic, which made season 4 postpone its production. However, for several reasons, inevitably the players have to keep shooting, so that season 4 starts the shooting process during the pandemic.

So, that's some interesting facts about Stranger Things season 4. Stay tuned for more information about the movie and don't forget to follow DuniaGames Facebook and Instagram.

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