Stranger Things stars explain why season 4 is the show's "scariest, darkest" chapter yet

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Stranger Things season 4 will be the Netflix show's "scariest and darkest" one yet, stars Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown have claimed.

In a new interview with Collider, the pair – who play Mike Wheeler and Eleven, respectively – talked about the upcoming installment turning up the fright factor, and joked about how they really mean it, too, despite saying the same thing with every passing season.

"Four is the scariest and the darkest, easily. This season, I have the more comedic side of the storyline, the more playful side. But reading the scripts and being like, "Oh da, da, da, our stuff, fun, fun stuff," and then I just look, and I'm like, "This is the craziest thing that..." I mean, it is the craziest thing that the Duffers have like..." Wolfhard recalled. 

"I feel like if they could have gone darker the first season, they would've. I think season 1 is incredible, it's so amazing, but the Duffers love dark. They love horror stuff. They love Evil Dead stuff, and I think they had to prove themselves and have all audiences be able to watch it."

The actor went on to assure less horror-hungry fans that while the scares in season 4 aren't so spine-tingling they'll put them off, it definitely "twists things up a notch" – which is something, he argues, the Duffers did with seasons 2 and 3, as well.

"It always is constantly moving and breathing," Wolfhard noted. "That's what's so weird and awesome about our show is that it just constantly is breathing and changing. Like its own monster."

While Mike is off having a good time with his new bestie Argyle, "you get to see Eleven in the darkest state she's ever been", says Brown. 

"This has definitely been the hardest season I've ever filmed, and there have been some of the