One of the most exciting developments in Stranger Things 4 was the introduction of Vecna – a new big-bad, a (formerly) human manifestation of the evil lurking in the Upside Down, ready to wage war on Eleven and her friends. Played by Jamie Campbell Bower, he proved a terrifying, nightmarish addition to the show, indebted to A Nightmare On Elm Street ’s Freddy Krueger and contributing to one of the show’s best-ever sequences in that heart-pounding ‘Running Up That Hill’ scene. But, as Stranger Things 5 looms, the journey of Vecna – aka Henry Creel, aka One – has only just begun.

As Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers tell Empire , the villain will be even more powerful in the final chapter. “We’ve been calling him Vecna 2.0, because he’s changed,” says Matt Duffe

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