Why Stranger Things Season 4's Monster Is Different To Earlier Villains
Stranger Things’ cast teases Vecna as a new kind of horror at the worldwide premiere of season 4. The Duffer Brothers’ homage to ‘80s nostalgia, Stranger Things, has become a massive hit for Netflix since premiering in 2016. The series follows a group of high school friends in Hawkins, Indiana as they uncover a mystery involving secret government experiments, a telekinetic child, and the Upside Down: an alternate dimension inhabited by monsters such as Demogorgons and the Mind Flayer. Following a nearly three-year hiatus, Stranger Things season 4 will premiere later this month.
Last month, a trailer for Stranger Things season 4 teased the series' terrifying new villain Vecna who, in true Stranger Things fashion, is named after a character from Dungeons & Dragons. It’s been revealed that the monster — who vaguely resembles both Game of Thrones' Night King and a spider — was created using 90% practical effects. That said, he’s the most human-like creature from the Upside Down audiences have seen to date. In the latest Stranger Things season 4 trailer, Vecna even speaks the words, “you’ve broken everything. Your suffering is almost at an end.” Now, the cast of Stranger Things have given their take on what could be their final foe.
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In a recent interview with Variety at the world premiere of Stranger Things season 4 in Brooklyn, N.Y., David Harbour, Gaten Matarazzo, and the rest of the cast were asked about the show’s new villain. Harbour, who plays thought-to-be-dead police chief Jim Hopper, teased Vecna as a new kind of horror that will take fans by surprise. Matarazzo supported Harbour’s sentiment by saying the villain is completely different
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