Netflix has released the first 8 minutes 45 seconds of Stranger Things season 4, Vol. 1, and it looks like the rumors that this latest season of the mega-popular series has significantly increased its horror elements were true!
The footage begins with the return of the sinister Doctor Brenner (Matthew Modine), who makes his way to his lab and begins a series of tests with one of his subjects. The boy realizes that something is going terribly wrong in the facility, before the blood starts to flow!
We won't spoil what happens right at the end, but while this sequence would appear to be a flashback, something tells us there might be a little more to it.
Season 4 will be split into two parts, with Volume 1 set to premiere on May 27, and Volume 2 following on July 1. The show was recently renewed for a fifth and final season.
“It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins," reads the official synopsis. "Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time — and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.”
New cast additions for season 4 include A Nightmare on Elm Street legend Robert Englund, Jamie Campbell Bower (the Twilight films), Eduardo Franco (American Vandal), Joseph Quinn (Howard’s End), Sherman Augustus (Into the Badlands), Mason Dye (Bosch), Nikola Djuricko (Legends) and Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones).