Stranger Things
InStranger Things , Hawkins , Indiana has one helluva monster problem . Ever since Eleven accidentally opened an inter - dimensional gateway to the terrifying world of the Upside Down , smalltown USA has become the larboard of call for all things that go bump in the Nox . Together with her pals Dustin , Lucas , Mike , and Will , Eleven has face everything from prowling packs of Demodogs to towering Demogorgons .
Now finish with its third time of year , Stranger Thingshas boast a wide motley of monsters over the twelvemonth . The serial started off with several mysterious entities like the Demogorgon , in the end graduating to full - on creature feature when it introduced the horrific Mind Flayer in season 2 . Luckily , Eleven and her friends got some reinforcements because by time of year 3 as the Mind Flayer was closer than ever to come through the Gate and wiping Hawkins off the map .
Updated on June 16th , 2022 by Kayleena Pierce - Bohen : Stranger thing season 4 has finally arrived in 2022 , and Vol . 1 has make Hawkins two newfangled monsters unlike anything Eleven and her Quaker have faced before ; a long - lurking lich fudge the town from the Upside Down , and the wing creatures that do his bidding . Vecna is an incredibly severe foe , and his Demobats are surprisingly fell , but how do they compare to all the other monsters in Stranger Things ?
D’artagnan
If there was a category for the shortened wight — as opposed to nightmare fuel — D’Artagnan might be a competition for Best in Show rather than aStranger Thingsmonster . An adolescent translation of the terrific Demogorgons the crew face after in season 2 , this little guy began as a slug - like creature found by Dustin .
Dustin ’s curio one Halloween dark led him to place the slug in his turtle ’s tank and run Three Musketeer bars ( hence its deceptively altruistic name ) . Taking care of the monster was one of the worst things Dustin did , and " Dart " soon grew from the sizing of his paw to the size of a small dog-iron , which go to its relief valve and later attack of the Party in the burrow . luckily for Dustin and his friends , it could spot him and somewhat hinder out the Mind Flayer ’s influence .
The Hawkins Tunnel System
One of thethings devotee roll in the hay aboutStranger Thingsis its mystery , and the Hawkins Tunnels provided just that in time of year 1 . When a gateway was open beneath the Hawkins National Laboratory , a biologic emergence began to transform the tunnels under the lab , spread out in all direction underneath the fringe of the town . Chief Hopper first expose an area of the burrow by digging up an domain of a pumpkin patch .
The tunnel intersected in a power point call the " Hub " , which was an important sphere where all the Mind Flayer ’s sentinel , the Demodogs and Demogorgons , collect and coordinate their next attack . Strewn with the bones of the dead , the Hub also is full of mysterious ballock .
Vines
Of all theStranger Thingsmonster names , " vine " might not be so originative , but none of the Hawkins crew equated the Snake River - like tendril that pervert the tunnels under Hawkins to something fromDungeons & Dragons . They were first seen covering the Hawkins Public Library in season 1 and crawling out of the Gate itself .
When Will Byers was kidnap into the Upside Down , the tendrils wrapped around his dead body holding him in lieu , while another tendril went down his trachea . This led to one of Jim Hopper ’s most badass momentswhen he inquire the tunnels for himself and battled their many tendril with a makeshift torch .
Demobat
Introduced in season 4 of the serial , Demobats are winged wight with needle - sharp tooth and recollective tendril tail assembly , which can wrap around victims ' cervix or drag in them off . They tuck in swarm around the gateway in the lake , nosedive - bombing any intruder to the Upside Down .
Steve , Eddie , Robin , and Nancy have to combat several of these fauna when they make their way to Vecna ’s lair in the Creel House , with Steve particularly meet numerous injuries during the attack . They may not be the largest of the monster inStranger Thingsbut they ’re some of the nastiest .
Demodog
The Demodog was the penultimate stage that a member of the Demogorgon coinage arrive at before molting into a last adult form . The Demodog was so nicknamed by Dustin because of its quadrupedal nature and resemblance to a heavy dog . Dustin ’s preferred " Dart " make this leg in development when the Party met him again , and he now belong to a pack of Demodogs .
Demodogs are passing strong , fast , and agile . They possess the " petal mouth " that their mintage is known for , with row of crisp teeth . Demodogs are known to be exceptional diggers , a fact the gang finds out when they face them in the Hawkins junkyard . In one of Steve ’s most heroical mo , he beat one with a nail - incrust baseball game bat .
The Flayed
The antagonists and precursors of the Mind Flayer ’s dreaded appearance , the Flayed were members of Hawkins ' biotic community that were corrupted by the Mind Flayer ’s mental tycoon . When it could no longer check Will Byers , it select Billy , one ofthe series ' most underrated characters , to be its emissary of doom .
In one of the most heartbreaking scenes inStranger Things , it read over Billy ’s mind and used him as an instrument of its will , as well as a means to sight on the movements of Eleven and her Friend . He was able-bodied to take over other citizen , and like a zombie outbreak , 12 became reasonless zombie that finally sacrificed themselves to the Mind Flayer .
The Demogorgon
By far the most recognizable of all theStranger Thingsmonsters , the Demogorgon was introduced in season 1 as the chief opponent to assault Hawkins . consult to simply as " the Monster " until Dustin and the gang come up with a name derive from the infamousDungeons & Dragonsantagonist , it was unleashed when Eleven made one of her biggest mistake — accidentally opening the Upside Down with her idea .
The Demogorgon abducted various citizen of Hawkins , including Will Byers , kidnapping him to be placed in the Upside Down and used to cover more of its kind . Standing anywhere from six to ten feet tall , the Demogorgon towered over its target , and with its unbelievable strength , hide that could resist smoke , and a " petal mouthpiece " full of sharp teeth , it ’s hard to believe Eleven could stop its rampage in the confrontation at Hawkins Middle School .
The Hospital Monster
Much like the creature inThe Thing , the Hospital Monster was a horrible uniting of pieces of human tissue paper . It was aStranger Thingsmonster made from the Flayed member Bruce Lowe and Tom Holloway , both employee of the local Hawkins newsprint . When Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers kill them in the Hawkins Memorial Hospital , their physical structure turned into a blinking pulp magazine that assault them brutally , until Eleven get to kill it .
have the genial sharp-sightedness of the Mind Flayer , this monster was not only a terrifying - attend abomination , but it was also level-headed — in essence , a mini - version of the much larger creature ) . Fortunately — or unfortunately — it was subsequently reabsorb into the Mind Flayer to make it even more sinewy .
The Spider Monster
In one ofStranger Things ' scariest scenes , this loom freak — the largest shape of the Mind Flayer yet — attack the Party in the Starcourt Malllike something out of a Stephen King book . By using the bodies of the Flayed to fabricate a strong-arm body , it had managed to maturate from the dormant particulate matter inside Will Byers to become a gargantuan spider - wildcat .
The Spider Monster was the only piece of the Mind Flayer that did n’t get destruct when Eleven closed the logic gate , allowing it to follow ( through its connective with Will Byers ) and expect for its opportunity to take . Not only was it one of the most worrisome - look monsters inStranger thing , but its methodical consumption of Hawkins ' citizens also made it a secretive , devious killer that not even Eleven saw come .
Vecna
Of all the monsters inStranger Thingslurking in the Upside Down , Vecna is the most humanoid and unpredictable . He ’s able to predate on the guiltiness and disgrace of impressionable teenagers above , attack their minds and then killing them in awful ways . He nearly gets Max , but she manages to outwit him before he can finish her off .
Dustin has referred to Vecna as the Mind Flayer ’s " five - star general , " bespeak that he ’s under the controller of the spider - like entity , but someReddit hypothesis about Vecnamaintain that he and the Mind Flayer are one and the same . That , combined with his personal history with Eleven , could potentially make him the most severe monster the gang has ever faced .
The Mind Flayer
The Mind Flayer is the ultimate antagonist inStranger Thingsand the hulking ruler of the Upside Down . bring out in season 2 as the " Shadow Monster " based on Will ’s experience being abducted , Will inform Eleven and his friends that after his return from the Upside Down he apportion a link with its hideous overlord , a creature with spider - like legs that towers over its area and want nothing more than to take over Hawkins .
What make the Mind Flayer so dangerous is its mental ascendency of not only the Hawkins burrow organisation and vine , but Demogorgons , the Flayed , the Spider - Monster , and even Vecna . He use all of them as instruments of devastation on Hawkins , though he hopes to eventually seize the populace — unless he ’s stopped .
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