We’ll have to catch the new season next summer to find out for sure. Will and his family have relocated to California, meaning he might really be safe…for now.Īs the latest Stranger Things season 4 teaser shows, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) will most certainly face some danger, per usual, but perhaps Will is off the hook this time. Of course, the show started with him being abducted to the Upside Down, and then he was possessed by the Mind Flayer in season 2, so he deserves a break. While these claims sound a bit different than what Schnapp is now saying, we assume season 4 might be the first time Will Byers isn’t at the forefront of all the horror. We didn’t get a specific release date, but we do know that it will arrive in Summer 2022, three years after Season 3 came out in 2019. Netflix celebrated Stranger Things Day last weekend with lots of reveals and teases for Season 4, which lands on the streaming service next year. Their silence amidst the melodious synthesizer soundtrack tells an emotional story with muted dialogue (Hmm, kind of like Eleven herself). Similarly, Sadie Sink, who plays Max Mayfield, said in an interview earlier this year that Stranger Things season 4 is “intense.” Stranger Things Season 4 gets a new trailer and Summer 2022 release window. Just this month, Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler on the Netflix Original, called season 4 “scary,” adding: “This season is like truly messed up, and it’s going to freak people out a lot.” This echoes previous statements from Wolfhard, who also told Jimmy Fallon while on The Tonight Show that the next installment would be “really messed up.” Is Stranger Things season 4 scary?Īlthough there are funny scenes in Stranger Things, we’d hardly call it a comedy, so this quote from Schnapp is pretty interesting - especially when you compare it to what his costars have said about season 4. I’ve never laughed more and had as much fun as I did this season. I get to be part of the less scary storyline this season which was really fun. Eleven struggles to reach Will, while Lucas warns that 'the bad men are coming. It is definitely leaning into horror as it always does but it also has some playful aspects too. Stranger Things 1 (Trailer) Teaser 1: Stranger Things 4. When asked about the horror aspect of the new season, the 17-year-old actor suggested that his character isn’t involved in all the danger this time around: Actor Noah Schnapp, who’s played Will Byers since season 1, recently spoke with Showbiz CheatSheetand revealed a surprising tidbit about Stranger Things season 4.