Netflix has released the terrifying opening scene of Stranger Things season 4, which completely changes the background of Eleven’s character. In anticipation of Stranger Things season 4's debut on May 27, Netflix revealed the first eight minutes of Volume 1, which depicted a flashback to Hawkins Lab in 1979, as told from the perspective of Dr. Martin Brenner. The scene shows a bloody, horrific massacre of the doctors and other children being held at the lab, with Dr. Brenner walking into the Rainbow Room to see that the deadly event’s perpetrator was none other than an eight-year-old Eleven.
As teased by the cast and crew, Stranger Things season 4 is already proving itself to be the scariest season yet, with the opening massacre scene appearing to come straight from an ‘80s horror movie. The opening also delivered on the much-anticipated reveals of Eleven’s other siblings from Hawkins Lab, with Stranger Things giving a spotlight to Ten, who first sensed that something was wrong with Six. However, rather than depicting Eleven as bonded with the other children who were also being held against their wills as lab rats for governmental experiments, Stranger Things season 4’s opening presents a much more terrifying reality for the mystery of her siblings’ fates: Eleven brutally murdered them all.
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The question of why Eleven was the only child still at Hawkins Lab at the beginning of Stranger Things season 1 remained one of the series’ greatest mysteries, but this wasn’t the answer that was expected. Stranger Things season 4’s opening scene now makes Eleven more dangerous than ever before, suggesting Lucas was completely justified in being scared of her
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