Stranger Things Season 4 Concept Art Reveals Even Grosser Vecna Looks
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4
Concept art from Stranger Things season 4 reveals alternate designs for Jamie Campbell Bower’s Vecna. Now that Stranger Things season 4, volumes 1 and 2 haves become Netflix’s most-watched English language series, audiences are well acquainted with the Upside Down’s big bad, Vecna. Named after the Dungeons & Dragons’ spell-caster, the sentient monster invades the minds of his victims before murdering them in a grotesque way. With each kill, Vecna opened a portal in the once-peaceful town of Hawkins, Indiana.
Stranger Things season 4 episode “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” revealed Vecna is in fact Henry Creel (aka One), the “friendly" orderly who manipulated Eleven during her time as a test subject at Hawkins Laboratory. After Eleven removed the implanted Soteria in Henry’s neck, he embarked on a telekinetic massacre. Eleven was able to overpower him and send him to the Upside Down while opening the first inter-dimensional portal. The alternate dimension’s environment mutilated his body, which adopted a look akin to Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, Game of Thrones’ Night King, and a spider. With so many inspirations, Vecna had many possible final designs.
Related: Why Vecna Made The Mind Flayer Look Like A Spider
Concept artist and director on Stranger Things, Michael Maher Jr., recently shared some art from season 4. The post provides a look at alternate designs for Vecna that would’ve further leaned into how the Upside Down rotted away patches of the villain’s skin. The result is even more disturbing than his final design. Check out the images below:
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