“Stranger Things” Unleashes Kinetic Final Trailer for Season 5, Vol. 1
The final trailer for Stranger Things season 5 (volume 1) has arrived, revealing our fearless Hawkins’ heroes have a plan to take the battle to Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and end his reign of terror once and for all. “I want to see Vecna’s heart on a platter,” says the always game Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), and his comrades agree.
The new trailer isn’t nearly as long as the bombastic, nearly three-minute-long look we got right before Halloween, but it’s no less action-packed. It once again gives you a sense of just how truly epic of a finale the Duffer Brothers, the cast, and crew have cooked up for us in the two-volume fifth and final season. With Volume 1arriving in just a few days on November 26, and Volume 2 arriving on Christmas, the Stranger Things team has built a massive send-off, which co-creator Ross Duffer said included a year of filming which captured more than 650 hours of footage. “It’s like eight blockbuster movies,” Duffer said. By the looks of this trailer, that seems accurate.
The stakes are as high as they’ve ever been in season 5, which will kick off on November 26 with four episodes. We’re now in the fall of 1987, and Hawkins, Indiana, has been changed forever by the opening of the Rifts. This means our heroes have a very simple, if terrifying, goal—to kill Vecna. But that means escaping the military quarantine they’re under while the U.S. government searches for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). They also have a dark anniversary approaching: the day Will first disappeared, the event that turned Hawkins’ peaceful suburb into a nexus for supernatural horrors.
Joining the aforementioned cast in the final season are series regulars Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers), and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).
Netflix has already announced the titles for the final eight-episode season: “The Crawl,” “The Vanishing of [censored for now],” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz,” “The Bridge,” and “The Rightside Up.” Volume 1 of the final season premieres on November 26, while Volume 2 arrives on Christmas.
Check out the trailer below:
Featured image: STRANGER THINGS: SEASON 5. (L to R) Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair in Stranger Things: Season 5. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2025
