The fourth season had many downright crushing moments, but perhaps the saddest came at the loss of two beloved characters. Max and Eddie. While Eleven brought Max back, she remained in a coma. Eddie wasn't so lucky.
1) Max Mayfield
There are so many heartbreaking things about this almost-death scene. In the end, the realization that Max barely experienced happiness during her entire life is what completely wrecks the viewer. If there is a character that undoubtedly deserves better, it is her.
Demogorgon - Season One/Three/Four
Demogorgons are not just one of the scariest Stranger Things villains, but they're also one of the most original, terrifying creatures ever to be seen on TV screens. They did kill Barb, though, so fans won't be happy until they're all dead.
Chrissy Cunningham
Then her bones started breaking and it became true horror. Of course, she was not the only victim, but as the first, Chrissy's death is easily the most shocking. Along with his human nature, Vecna's brutality in killing Chrissy and the others is what established him as the series' best villain.
Henry Creel, also known as One, Vecna, or the Mind Flayer, is the main antagonist of the Netflix original series Stranger Things, serving as the unseen overarching antagonist of Season 1, the unseen main antagonist of Seasons 2 and 3 (as the Mind Flayer), the main antagonist of Season 4 and the main protagonist of the ...
Eleven is examined as a child hero of the series who has a potential diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), has significant psychosocial developmental delays that she continues to overcome as the series develops, and is an emblem for the cultural mythology of the 1980s.
Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) is the main villain in Stranger Things seasons 1 and 4.
The lab massacre scene in season 4 is the most bloodiest scene in the show so far. Eleven kills several people using her powers, you see blood coming out of their eyes. Not too graphic but quite disturbing.
Frequent uses of "goddamn", especially in Seasons 3 and 4. Various abuses of "Jesus" as well, including "Christ" and "Jesus H. Christ".
While there are no direct statements, it's still clear that Max suffers from mental illnesses, such as depression, trauma, and even PTSD.
But new villain Vecna is a reflection of something very real: post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and grief.
Once he takes control of the mind, he traumatizes them by showing the visions of their dark past. He takes them to unknown places and gives them a glimpse of himself. The pain of his victims doesn't end here. Every single one of his victims experiences nose bleeding and severe headaches as well.
As Vecna continued to go after young victims in order to open more portals, he set his sights on Max Mayfield, since she was investigating the deaths of Chrissy and another student named Fred Benson with help from her friends (including Dustin, Steve, and her boyfriend Lucas).
In episode 7, Vecna is revealed to be Henry Creel (played as a youngster by Raphael Luce), the son of Victor Creel (Robert Englund) and his wife Virginia (Tyner Rushing) shown in the 1950s flashbacks.
More powerful than any other creature in the show's history, and someone who feeds on the pain of the living, Vecna is the villain Stranger Things has been building toward all along. Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are streaming on Netflix.
Vecna Represents Freddy Kruger, Pinhead and Damien
Season 4 introduced Stranger Things' best and most terrifying villain yet, Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), a psychic from the Upside Down who haunts Hawkins' students with their own traumas before killing them.
Vecna is a major bad guy in Dungeons & Dragons, which Stranger Things relies heavily on for its monsters. According to the helpful folks over at the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms fandom wikipedia, Vecna was once a human king who became a lich (a powerful undead wizard).
Of all the fan-favorite characters who have been introduced in Stranger Things, only to die in the same season, Eddie Munson's death is the most tragic.
I saw a means to realize my potential, to transcend my human form, to become the predator I was always born to be. Vecna reached out to the Mind Flayer, seemingly using his powers to reshape it into the spider-legged monster he had doodled as a child.