"Chapter One: The Hellfire Club" | |
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Stranger Things episode | |
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Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 1 |
Directed by | The Duffer Brothers |
Written by | The Duffer Brothers |
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Original release date | May 27, 2022 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
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"Chapter One: The Hellfire Club" is the fourth season premiere of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, and the 26th episode overall. Set in 1986, months after the events of the previous season, it shows the changes and challenges of Eleven, Mike Wheeler, and their friends in their freshman year of high school, while a new supernatural monster begins attacking the inhabitants of Hawkins. The episode was written and directed by the series' creators, the Duffer Brothers.
The episode stars Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Matthew Modine, and Cara Buono, all returning from previous seasons, alongside new cast members Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco, and Joseph Quinn.
"The Hellfire Club" was released on May 27, 2022, on Netflix. It received mostly positive reviews, with particular praise going towards the horror elements and Quinn's performance.