Stranger Things season 4 – review
Stranger Things season 4 Vol 1 review: Duffer Brothers prepare to say goodbye and go out with a scary, spooky bang in this first part of the final season of Netflix’s first big hit.
In 2016, Netflix launched Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things into the world and nothing was ever the same. It changed everything we knew about the power of nostalgia, the constant demand for YA horror, the insurmountable coolness of the high school years and also how a show released on single streaming platform can achieve blockbuster status around the world, within a week. Stranger Things was a success story like no other. And six years later, as story of Hawkins’ meddling kids begins to end with a final fourth season, Stranger Things has still so much good to offer.
Back in 2020, in my review of the third season, I rued how horror took a backseat while our heroes and heroines roamed the mall slurping slushees, slinging satin scrunchies or dumping stupid boys’ ass. The villains were silly and boring and nothing really inspired any spook. However, I am happy (and still sad) to report that showrunners Duffer Brothers flip the tone completely this season. Even with multiple episodes running longer than 1 hour each, the brothers and their rotating directors do not put much effort in taking us through the fast times of Hawkins High, or the spring break weekend at Lenora. The easy moments of friendships and teenage romance manage mere slivers in a season packed with more horror than all three previous seasons combined.
