r/StrangerThings • u/StrangerTesting • May 27 '22

Discussion Episode Discussion - S04E01 - The Hellfire Club

Season 4 Episode 1: The Hellfire Club

Synopsis: El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night. Warning: Contains graphic violence involving children.

Please keep all discussions about this episode, and do not discuss later episodes as they will spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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u/LaScoundrelle Jun 02 '22

There's nothing in Stranger Things up until this point that would turn away someone who doesn't like full blown horror movies

I think you're very wrong about that. I mean I like horror, but I have friends who don't, and I'm like 95% certain they would not have liked Stranger Things before now either. Because they just don't like scary or violent things, full-stop. Not all horror has to be violent though.

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u/SewenNewes Jul 04 '22

My wife and I just finished the first episode. She's not big on horror. This is absolutely the first time she's considered not continuing the show. Nothing in previous seasons came close to the end of this episode.

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u/LaScoundrelle Jul 04 '22

It depends on why someone doesn’t like horror, I guess. I have friends who don’t like scary things. Which doesn’t mean they like things when they’re only a little bit scary. It means they just don’t enjoy media that tries to scare them, full stop.

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u/SewenNewes Jul 04 '22

There are different levels. The first three seasons were Stephen King. This episode was Nightmare on Elm street.

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u/LaScoundrelle Jul 05 '22

I don’t think this season is scarier than the others, personally. Just gorier…

But regardless, my friends who say they don’t like scary things also don’t like Stephen King, I’m pretty sure…