Netflix has released the highly anticipated first trailer for Stranger Things Season 4, offering chilling glimpses into Eleven's haunting past.
More than a year ago, on February 14, 2020, Netflix dropped a teaser showing Jim Hopper—the Hawkins police chief presumed dead after Season 3—imprisoned in a snowy Russian labor camp. Since those brief clips, fans had heard nothing.
Today, Thursday, May 6, 2021—15 months later—Netflix has finally unveiled this full trailer. Fans have eagerly awaited it since Season 3 aired in summer 2019. Production delays, like many shows, stemmed from COVID-19.
Amid ticking clock sounds and eerie imagery, the trailer revisits the Hawkins lab's basement, site of horrific child experiments. Kids play innocently under the watchful eye of surveillance cameras.
Even more unsettling: the children chorusing "Hello, Dad" to Dr. Brenner, the architect of those nightmarish tests. It culminates at a door marked "11"—the same number sported by Millie Bobby Brown's character. This season promises deeper insights into Eleven's troubled origins.
The trailer has fans buzzing, but Netflix holds back on a premiere date. Keen observers spotted "002/004" in the series' Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram bios. Is this a cryptic nod to the launch? Time will tell.
