While not much is known about the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit seriesStranger Things, it appears the show has taken an interesting new route to reveal hints to fans. A Walmart exclusive cassette player was revealed this week that will include an “exclusive voicemail left by a mysterious character” as a sneak peek for Season 4. This merchandise is a part of aNetflix-Walmart deal announced earlier this month. The bundle also includes a Crosley stereo and a set of 8 vinyl stickers inspired by the show, including a sticker for “The Hellfire Club” which we know isthe name of the first episode of Season 4.
Stranger ThingsSeason 3 left off with the epic battle at Starcourt Mall and the disappearance of beloved character Hopper (David Harbour) in Russia. However, new images and trailers have revealed that Hopper will return and the show will bethe biggest it has ever been, according to Harbour.The trailer mainly focused on the new Creel House, where a 50s-style family had been tormented, before our gang of heroes break into the mysterious old house later in the trailer. We also see the house in the Upside Down at the end of the trailer, perhaps indicating a connection between the two locations.
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Season 4 will premiere sometime in 2022, with the exact date still unknown. The show has addeda slew of new cast members for Season 4, includingJamie Campbell Bower,Eduardo Franco, andJoseph Quinnas series regulars. Also joining the cast is horror iconRobert Englund, Freddie Kruger himself.Via Twitter, theStranger Thingsaccount described his character, Victor Creel, as “a disturbed and intimidating man who is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for a gruesome murder in the 1950s.” While Englund himself does not appear in the trailer, it seems that the father of the young family at the beginning of the trailer could be a younger version of Englund’s character.
The Cassette Player Bundle is currently only available for preorder, appearing to release sometime in mid-November, meaning we do not currently know what the secret message will be. Do you think the secret voicemail will be from Hopper, returning from Russia, or perhaps one of the new series regulars? Could it even be a message from Englund’s Creel? We’ll have to stay tuned to find out once the merchandise is released! Season 4 ofStranger Thingsis currently set to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2022.
Learn more about theStranger ThingsCassette Player Bundlefrom Walmart below, available for preorder now:
