STRANGER THINGS 5 Finale Trailer Teases Our Hero's Last Stand Against Vecna
Netflix has released the Stranger Things 5 finale trailer, and it teases the final chapter of the series, titled “The Rightside Up”, which arrives on December 31 and runs a hefty two hours and five minutes, giving the series a sendoff that plays more like a feature film than a standard TV finale.
I will be watching the finale episode in theaters, and I seriously hope that it delivers the great ending that fans have been hoping for.
The new trailer centers on the team of heroes gearing up for one last confrontation with Vecna as the fate of Hawkins and reality itself hangs in the balance.
After being brought back to consciousness, Max, played by Sadie Sink, reveals Vecna’s true objective. He plans to merge the human world with a twisted parallel dimension beyond the Upside Down known as the Abyss.
The group responds with a desperate plan to enter the Abyss, save the children Vecna has taken, and destroy the dimension using a bomb. The final moments of Episode 7 leave viewers on an eerie note, with Vecna, still hiding behind his human identity as Henry Creel, guiding his brainwashed victims through a séance as they’re transported into the Abyss.
Matt and Ross Duffer created the series nearly ten years ago, with the first season debuting in July 2016. What started as a small-town paranormal mystery quickly turned into a cultural juggernaut.
As the story closes, the Duffers have been clear that the biggest unresolved question isn’t just how to stop Vecna, but what a happy ending even looks like for Eleven. In a recent interview, they discussed the complicated future she faces even if the world is saved.
“There is the supernatural threat, which is represented by Vecna this season. But the military has always posed a threat, from Season 1 on. Even when Brenner is gone, he gets continually replaced by someone else. In this case, in Season 5, by Kay,” said Ross Duffer.
“So we needed Kali to represent maybe a more pessimistic, but perhaps realistic, version, compared to Mike’s worldview of we’re gonna have butterflies and rainbows. And Kali’s going, ‘How is this going to work? And what is the solution here, that you can live a normal life?’ That’s really a huge part of Eleven’s journey this season.”
That push and pull between hope and harsh reality sits at the heart of the final season, adding emotional weight to what, should be, the biggest battle the series has ever staged.
With Eleven facing her greatest threat and the future of the world on the line, the Stranger Things 5 finale looks ready to close the book in a huge, emotional, and very Hawkins way.