Stranger Things 4 inspired by the nightmare on Elm Street

kirkwilliamMay 22, 2022

“This is a psychological horror,” says co-creator Ross Duffer.

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Millie Bobby Brown as an eleven of Stranger Things. Photos by Netflix

As Stranger Things Near the end, Hawkins heroes are about to meet a villain they have never faced in the past.

Ross Duffer, 38-year-old twin brother sitting beside his companion Stranger Things Creator Matt says his goal was simple when he started writing the fourth and last to last season of Netflix’s hits.

“We really wanted to draw the character in the corner,” Ross said in a Zoom interview from New York City. “They are really in danger.”

Set six months after the Battle of Star Court, which brought horror and destruction to the sleepy Indian town. Volume 1 In Season 4 (Friday this week), teenage heroes spread after Joyce (Winona Ryder) took families such as Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), Will (Noah Schnapp), and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) to California. I did.

Vecna tries to navigate life at Hawkins High as Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Max (Sadie Sink). A new creature named is emerging upside down and terrorizing the sleepy streets of the city.

“He’s really scary,” Heaton says in another virtual chat. “Many little kids are watching our show and I feel they won’t be able to sleep. It’s like having a mirror this year. Nightmare on Elm Street.. I was scared of Freddy Krueger when I was a kid, and I think that’s what it is. That’s horrible at that level. “

Eduardo Franco, who joins the cast as Jonathan’s friend Surfer Boy Pizza Delivery Argyle, wishes Vecna a lot of sleepless nights for his fans.

“Hopefully it will happen. That’s a good thing,” he says with a smile.

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“I felt it was necessary because the core group of kids is no longer kids,” says Matt. “They are high school students and it’s a tough time. There’s a lot of anxiety and depression, plus some characters who experienced real trauma at the end of Season 3. It was a fun but dark ending. . “

“This is easily the most horrifying and horrifying season ever,” says Schnap. “Fans have so much to embrace, so we need to look at a few things.”

(From left to right) Eduardo Franco as Stranger Things Argyle, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Noah Schnapp as Will Buyers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler .. Photos by Netflix

Inspiration for what you’ll come across in nine episodes of the fourth season, drawn from Wes Craven’s horror Nightmare on Elm StreetMatt says the brothers were keen to try their hands on the “heavier horror” type with more demonic adversaries.

It also means that Vecna will be a more cunning type of villain.

Watch the giant villain Vecna terrorize Hawkins in Stranger Things 4. Photos by Netflix

“He’s still a monster and he’s upside down, but he can’t betray so easily,” Ross says. “He’s much smarter, which will make it harder for our characters to understand how to beat him.”

The key to fighting Vecna is to solve the mystery behind the indescribable horror that unfolded inside the Creel House in the 1950s.Robert Englund, the legend of the horror genre who played Freddy Krueger Elm Street The movie depicts Victor Creel, the lone survivor of the night of the murder.

Robert Egrund as Victor Creel. Photos by Netflix

With Hopper (David Harbor) trapped in a Russian prison, teens try to unravel the mystery with their older companion, video store clerk Steve (Joe Keery). I have to hire Robin (Maya Hawke).

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“I always wanted to do it Nightmare on Elm Street This is our view because it’s a movie and probably never happens, “Matt laughed. “And it’s really fun because you get Robert Englund.

But when this new evil appears in Hawkins, Eleven-at least initially-isn’t there to help them fight it.

“Last season was our big monster movie, Jurassic Park, Summer blockbuster season, this is a psychological horror, “Ross says. “In addition, Eleven no longer has her power, nor does Hawkins.”

Matt Duffer (left) and Ross Duffer will attend the Stranger Things 4 premiere at Netflix Studios in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Photo by Evan Agostini / /Associated Press

What’s beyond that Stranger Things 4The Duffer brothers say they knew for years how the fifth final season would end. But they are still thinking about how to get there.

“We felt where it was going very early on,” Ross explains. “We always knew what that endgame was, so it’s really the way to get there that keeps changing. We don’t want to repeat it, so it keeps evolving.”

Stranger Things 4: Volume 1 Hit Netflix on Friday. Volume 2 Debut on July 1st.

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