Spoilers ahead
The first five minutes of Stranger Things season five have been released – check it out below.
Released today via Netflix‘s official accounts, the opening minutes mark possibly the darkest season opener in the series. After four long seasons of waiting, we finally know what happened to Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) when he disappeared into the Upside Down in season one.
While Will returned safely at the end of that season, the character was never able to return to his normal life afterward, scarred by what had happened to him. In the first five minutes of season five, it is revealed that Will came face-to-face with none other than Vecna.
The clip opens up with a petrified Will singing The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ in an attempt to soothe himself to sleep, but is awoken by the roar of a Demogorgon. Will is chased through the woods by the Demogorgon, before he climbs up a tree. He falls off the tree soon after and is knocked unconscious, only to wake up finding himself being gagged by Vecna.
Vecna warns Will: “You and I, we are going to do such beautiful things together, William. Such beautiful things.”
Watch the chilling first five minutes of Stranger Things season five below.
Stranger Things 5 will be released in three parts on Netflix. The first chapter will arrive on November 27 at 1am GMT, while the second part will drop at 1am on December 26. Its finale will then air at 1am on New Year’s Day in the UK.
Recently, it was announced the finale will debut in over 350 cinemas in the US and UK, with screenings starting at 5pm PT on December 31 – the same time as it drops on Netflix in North America and the rest of the world.
Recently, series star Finn Wolfhard admitted the cast were “pretty worried” about backlash for the final episodes having seen the divisive response to the last season of Game Of Thrones.