Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stage play and prequel story that debuted prior to season 5, provides a little hint to the Abyss. The opening sequence goes back to the year 1943 when the U.S. military tried to turn a navy ship invisible but accidentally sent it to this dimension, denoted visually by the yellow-hued atmosphere.

The final showdown between the Hawkins’ residents and the Upside Down monsters has finally begun!After a long wait, Netflix released Vol 1 of Stranger Things Season 5 on November 26, 2025, and the story is now moving toward its conclusion,

Of the many mysteries that Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ has created over the years, the one that remained unexplained was the nature of the Upside Down. It is revealed to be a place in the first season after Eleven tells Mike,

After five seasons, nine years and about 1,000 renditions of Running Up That Hill, Stranger Things is nearly at an end. Although Will vanished into the Upside Down within the first five minutes of the show,

This story contains spoilers from Season 5, Volume 2 of “Stranger Things, now streaming on Netflix. After four-and-a-half seasons of questions prompted by “Stranger Things,” in Volume 2 of the show’s fifth and final season,