Directed by Matt Duffer Ross Duffer Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Jessie Nickson-Lopez   Cast Winona Ryder ... Joyce Byers David Harbour ... Jim Hopper Finn Wolfhard ... Mike Wheeler Millie Bobby Brown ... Eleven Gaten Matarazzo ... Dustin Henderson Caleb McLaughlin ... Lucas Sinclair Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler Matthew Modine ... Martin Brenner Joe Chrest ... Ted Wheeler Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington Rob Morgan ... Officer Powell Ross Partridge ... Lonnie Byers (voice) Shannon Purser ... Barbara Holland John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Mark Steger ... The Monster Chris Sullivan ... Benny Hammond Andrew Benator ... Elevator Scientist Stefanie Butler ... Cynthia (voice) David Dwyer ... Earl Catherine Dyer ... Agent Connie Frazier Salem Hadeed ... High School Principal (as Salem Hadeed-Murphy) Randy Havens ... Scott Clarke Hugh B. Holub ... Scientist (as Hugh Holub) Tobias Jelinek ... Lead Agent Cade Jones ... James Anniston Price ... Holly Wheeler Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler Anthony Reynolds ... Agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence Tony Vaughn ... Principal Coleman Peyton Wich ... Troy Brenda Wood ... Local Newswoman Uncredited Cast Anastasia Bastien ... Middle School Student Owen Beam ... Middle School Student Jb Blaine ... Student Camden Ella Brown ... Middle School Girl Stephen Conroy ... Agent #2 Gordon Dillard Jr. ... Agent #3 Mikayla Fields ... Middle School Student Isabel Chanel Freeman ... Middle School Kid Shelby Christine Freeman ... Middle School Kid Alex Hargett ... High School Student Aiden Hattier ... Science Class Kid Jim Heard ... Townsperson Jesse Kindred ... Phone Tapper Stephen M. LaBar Jr. ... Agent Shane Donovan Lewis ... Middle School Student John Archer Lundgren ... Search Party Ryder Morlong ... Middle School Student Ryan Newton ... High School Student Bobby Pizer ... High School Student Produced by Dan Cohen   Justin Doble   Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Karl Gajdusek   Rand Geiger   Cindy Holland   Shawn Levy   Jessica Mecklenburg   Emily Morris   Iain Paterson   Alison Tatlock   Matthew Thunell   Brian Wright   Original Music by Kyle Dixon Michael Stein

Additional Info Premiere: July 15, 2016 DVD Release: October 17, 2017 Blu-ray Release: October 17, 2017 Country: Distributor: Netflix Websites: Production Companies 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre Netflix Distributors Netflix   (2016-) (World-wide) (video) (SVoD) Warner Home Video   (2017-) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating 7.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.6 / 10 Female Users 6.4 / 10 Site Ranking #42 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking