Stranger Things is officially coming back in 2026 through an animated prequel, Tales from '85, and the upcoming spinoff is setting up the return of an interesting Upside Down detail. Tales from '85 is ...

The final season of Stranger Things attempted to settle the debate regarding the origin of the dark dimension by revealing that the Upside Down is actually a bridge connecting Earth to a realm of pure ...

The original Stranger Things series ended on December 31, 2025, after five seasons and nearly a decade of terrifying adventures in Hawkins. But Netflix was never going to let one of its biggest ...

No, Vecna does not appear in Stranger Things: Tales From ’85. The big bad of Stranger Things himself is currently still hiding somewhere in the depths of the Upside Down, waiting for his moment in the ...

In 2021, when the world was beginning to stagger out of the global pandemic, Eric Robles developed an animated horror series and pitched it to Netflix. After four months of development conversations, ...

There is still much to explore in the Upside Down. Netflix's new "Stranger Things" spin-off animated series, "Stranger Things: Tales from '85," premieres on Thursday, April 23. Created by "Stranger ...

Does Vecna appear in Stranger Things: Tales From ’85? What about the Upside Down? We break down what happens in this animated spinoff. All winter, we had one big bad on our mind— and that was Vecna.