The wait is finally over. Netflix has just released the first official trailer for Stranger Things: Season 5, and it’s nothing short of epic. Billed as the final season of the global phenomenon, the trailer teases a high-stakes conclusion filled with action, heartbreak, and the darkest horrors yet from the Upside Down.

Opening with a haunting piano rendition of “Running Up That Hill,” the trailer gives fans their first look at Hawkins in ruins. A red storm brews above the town as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) stands in the middle of a desolate street, her nose bleeding, eyes glowing. “It’s not over… until we end it,” she whispers.

Season 5 picks up months after the events of Season 4, with the gates to the Upside Down left wide open. The original gang—Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Eleven—must now reunite for the ultimate battle. The trailer teases new threats, including a monstrous evolution of Vecna and mysterious government experiments gone wrong. There are brief glimpses of intense battles, secret underground bunkers, and a time-bending twist that left fans gasping.

Fan-favorite characters like Hopper (David Harbour) and Joyce (Winona Ryder) return, alongside new cast additions, whose roles are being kept tightly under wraps. The teaser ends with a chilling shot: the entire cast facing the Upside Down’s epicenter, as a giant shadow looms behind them.

Within minutes of release, #StrangerThings5, #TheFinalSeason, and #ElevenReturns began trending worldwide. Fans have praised the trailer for its emotional punch and blockbuster scale, with many calling it “the Avengers: Endgame of television.”

Stranger Things: Season 5 premieres October 31, 2025, exclusively on Netflix—just in time for Halloween.

The end is near. The fight begins.