“Bang!”

Inside a dark military lab, a booming voice announces an unseen explosive event, and Millie Bobby Brown falls to the floor, a drop of blood trickling from her nose. Sirens flash above her as she curls up amid piles of shattered glass and smashed equipment, signs of a recent, violent struggle. She cries out in pain, and the disembodied voice speaks once more.

“You hear footsteps coming from behind the door,” says Matt Duffer, his direction piped in from a hidden speaker. “Closer. Closer . Door opens. You see something! Get up. Cut!”

It’s July 2024, and Matt and his twin brother, Ross Duffer, are on the Atlanta set of the fifth and final season of “ Stranger Things ,” the television phenomenon they created that propelled Netflix from an upstart streamer into a transformative

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