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'Stranger Things' to end with an all-out battle against Vecna

The upcoming Volume 2 of the final season will consist of three episodes dropping on December 25, and the finale, which will be released on New Year's Eve

Published: Wed 17 Dec 2025, 2:15 PM

The makers have finally released the trailer for 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Volume 2. It will consist of three episodes dropping on December 25, and the finale, which will be released on New Year's Eve.

The entire main cast of Stranger Things returned for the fifth and final season, in which the residents of Hawkins go to war against Vecna and his army of Demogorgons from the Upside Down.

They include Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Jamie Campbell Bower and more.

New cast members for Season 5 include Nell Fisher, Linda Hamilton, Alex Breaux and Jake Connelly.

The new trailer offers a glimpse at the endgame between the Hawkins residents and Vecna, who strives to change the order of the world.

The all-out battle is expected to take place between them, which could be seen in the finale episode.

Netflix shared the trailer of the series on Monday.

In the Volume 1 episodes, fans reunite with the Hawkins residents, who are living in lockdown as the military investigates the Upside Down rift and hunts for Eleven. Demogorgons begin crossing over into the real world and attack Mike and Nancy's parents. While Vecna searches for new victims and abducts Mike and Nancy's sister, Holly Wheeler, she runs into Max, who's somehow survived being in a coma since the Season 4 finale.

The two realise they're trapped in Vecna's memories.

As Demogorgons wreak havoc on the military base and nearly devour everyone, Will finally believes in himself and summons his hidden power to control the monsters and save the day.

However, Vecna has emerged from the Upside Down and survived a military assault without taking a scratch, and while he's walked away from the battle for now, he's ready to take over Hawkins and the world.