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Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer

Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer

2017TV Episode⏱️ 47mTV-14
DramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller
9.2
IMDB Rating
44,642 votes

An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.

Director
N/A
Writers
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez
Stars
Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard
Release Date
October 27, 2017
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
as Joyce Byers
David Harbour
David Harbour
as Jim Hopper
Finn Wolfhard
Finn Wolfhard
as Mike Wheeler
Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown
as Eleven
Gaten Matarazzo
Gaten Matarazzo
as Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin
Caleb McLaughlin
as Lucas Sinclair
Noah Schnapp
Noah Schnapp
as Will Byers
Sadie Sink
Sadie Sink
as Max Mayfield
Natalia Dyer
Natalia Dyer
as Nancy Wheeler
Charlie Heaton
Charlie Heaton
as Jonathan Byers

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
6501 Church Street Douglasville, Georgia, USA
Production
21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office

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🎯 Categories

Dark FantasyMonster HorrorSci-Fi EpicSupernatural HorrorDramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Just my opinion
by iscrzx2025-11-17
10/10

"Simply put, after rewatching the series, for me this has been the best episode of all of Stranger Things so far, having watched both season, The sequence of scenes, the suspense, everything is well constructed in this episode; the music, the atmosphere creates tension like never before in stranger things...."

💡 Did You Know?

Dacre Montgomery lobbied the Duffer brothers (Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer) for the scene between Billy and his father, Neil Hargrove (Will Chase), saying that "I can't just play bad, because nobody's just bad."

📖 Synopsis

An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.