Harrowing ‘Stranger Things’ News Slows Production Further Down, After Already Delayed Schedules

Published 06/19/2024, 10:34 PM EDT

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Since their massive landing on Netflix in 2016, the Millie Bobby Brown-led show Stranger Things has made four successful landings, and is in the queue for the fifth and last time. But blame the model or fuel, this time things are not going smoothly. The show was at first met with the crippling hurdle of the growth of its adored cast. Second, came the SAG AFTRA strikes, and now there seems to be a threat lurking on the sets.

As the Netflix blockbuster finally set things into motion and started filming, contrary to the various statements made by the cast and crew, it seems not everyone was happy to be back.

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With its peppy set designs and ever-so-shocking plot twists, Stranger Things has subjected its fanbase to a lot of 'strange things' in the form of death eaters and burned-out Vecna. However, as it heads towards its final destiny, someone has played a reverse uno card. As per the X account, Stranger Things Updates, the team received some threats that slowed down the production. More specifically, the blackmailer instituted they would "burn" themselves on the "Upside Down backlot."

Not only is the threat scary, to say the least, but it seems to take into consideration the theme of the show, where almost every menacing act goes down in the Upside Down. The Stranger Things Updates account concluded that this was an anonymous note left by someone from the set design department.

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While it is quite a threatening thing to do, given where the cast and crew had been filming, someone may have just been compelled to put the cherry on top.

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It is a fact known to many that the plot of Stranger Things is set in Hawkins of the 90s. Therefore, the show not only gets a chance to make riches from 90s culture but also gets into the nitty gritties of little Hawkins. This led to the iconic cemetery scene where Max finds herself mid-air, and it seems as per the latest update that the cast will find themselves at another cemetery in Stranger Things Season 5.

According to the Stranger Things Updates account, the cast has been filming at the Stone Mountain Cemetery as of late. While the onslaught of delays that Stranger Things has been meeting is truly worrisome leaving fans to cope with bizarre theories, it is very likely that the latest 'threat' may have just been a cast or crew member compelled to do so given the filming location. Regardless, the delay is done, and the damage is caused.

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What do you think about the anonymous note on the Stranger Things Season 5 set? Let us know in the comments below.

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Aliza Siddiqui

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Meet Aliza Siddiqui, a Hollywood News reporter at Netflix Junkie. Her love affair with Hollywood began with Anne Hathaway and The Princess Diaries, but it was the thrilling climax of Don’t Look Up that cemented her infatuation with the industry and its filmmaking. Aliza's journey into entertainment reporting began with her time at Otakukart, where she wrote over a thousand articles.

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