The trailer for Stranger Things Season 5 opens with a haunting aerial shot of Hawkins, now showing the devastating scars from the rifts to the Upside Down. The once-quiet town is now a ghostly landscape, the sky perpetually stormy and flickering with red lightning as tendrils of the Upside Down reach into the real world. Mike’s voiceover ominously says, “We thought we’d seen the worst of it…but it’s only the beginning.”
The scene shifts to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), now visibly stronger but bearing the weight of her past battles. We see her in an intense training sequence, preparing herself for the final showdown with Vecna, who seems to have grown even more powerful, controlling the Upside Down with dark, supernatural authority. “He’s not done with us,” she says, her eyes flashing with determination as she rallies the group.
The trailer quickly cuts to our familiar crew—Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, and Max—each facing eerie challenges in Hawkins as the Upside Down’s influence leaks into their world. Will, who’s always had a connection to the Upside Down, starts experiencing disturbing visions, his nose bleeding as he senses Vecna’s looming presence. He warns the group, “He’s calling to me…again.”
Hopper and Joyce, now back from Russia, are seen working with Murray to decipher cryptic messages tied to Vecna’s origin. They uncover an old newspaper headline about a series of mysterious lab experiments and realize that Hawkins Lab’s dark secrets go even deeper than they feared.
In one intense scene, we see the kids attempting to break into the Upside Down itself, equipped with handmade weapons, flashlights, and protective suits, as they battle monstrous creatures in a twisted, decaying version of Hawkins. The trailer builds to a chilling finale, with Eleven standing face-to-face with Vecna in an abandoned building, her hands crackling with power. As the screen fades to black, we hear her whisper, “This ends now.”
