Finn Wolfhard Says 'Stranger Things' Season 4 Is 'Darker' Than Its Predecessors

Finn Wolfhard is sharing his thoughts on Stranger Things season 4!

In a round table with the cast in June 2021, the 19-year-old actor teased what was in store for fans and explained why the new season was “darker” than those prior.

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“I think inherently it becomes darker every season,” he said, per Polygon. “It gets funnier, gets scarier, gets more dramatic. And I think that just comes with all of us growing up and getting older. We’re not all going to be in like mop top wigs, and we’re like, 40 years old, like screaming about like, demogorgons and stuff.”

“I think this is like a very good example of the Duffers really treating our characters like their ages,” he continued. “And I like to compare it to Harry Potter — like Harry Potter as those movies went on, the darker they went. And that’s kind of where we’re at now. It’s a perfect progression in my opinion.”

Collider writes that during that roundtable with the cast, Finn added that while the Duffer brothers “love evil, dead stuff,” they couldn’t make the tone too dark in the first season.

“I feel like if they could have gone darker the first season, they would’ve,” he said. “The Duffers love dark. They love horror stuff. They love evil, dead stuff, and I think they had to prove themselves and have all audiences be able to watch it and not be too safe.”

Part one of Stranger Things‘ season 4 will hit Netflix on May 27, with part two debuting on July 1. Check out the trailer here!