Basically, with Max’s “death,” Vecna is able to open a fourth gate from the Upside Down to Hawkins which means ALL HELL ESSENTIALLY BREAKS LOOSE and a bunch of innocent people die from a sudden “earthquake” (it was absolutely NOT an earthquake). Oh, and Will confirms that Vecna didn’t die, and is just hurt and … Read more
To bring the unmistakable antagonist to life, Barrie and his team at BGFX received a blueprint of Vecna’s character in advance. “The show is based in the ’80s and it draws a lot of references a lot of homages to ’80s science fiction, movies from the time. I think, with the effects, the [Duffer Brothers] … Read more
Netflix The Duffer’s choice to use Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” as the song that was able to break the demonic Vecna’s hold on Max during season 4 of Stranger Things keeps yielding benefits. And not just for Bush, who saw the song chart for the first time since the … Read more
Ralph Ordaz It’s been a little over a week since Stranger Things dropped and while the rest of the cast kept busy teasing season four for fans, Jamie Campbell Bower is just now getting to talk about his game-changing role. That’s because Bower, who you’ll recognize from other fantasy franchises like The Mortal Instruments and … Read more
And though some materials were “lighter,” cumulatively, the prosthetics were weighty. Specifically, Vecna’s head and shoulders weighed “about six to eight kilos,” according to Barrie. That’s about 13 to 17 pounds. “And then it’s a full silicone chest, a full silicone back, foam rubber this, that, and the other. It’s an awful lot of weight … Read more
“I was like, ‘Yeah, Hellraiser, I’ll take a bit of that, a little bit of Freddy [Krueger].’ But not too much Freddy, because the way Robert [Englund] played Freddy, there was a chaotic energy,” actor Jamie Campbell Bower told Entertainment Weekly of his role. “With Vecna, I saw this resentment, this really built-up anger. You … Read more
Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1. A new season of Netflix’s sci-fi show Stranger Things means a new villain is in store. Season 4 introduces Vecna, an almost-humanoid demon from the Upside Down with the ability to “curse” Hawkins residents, who almost immediately begins picking off students in … Read more