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 Aimee Mullins ... Terry Ives John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds) Mark Steger ... The Monster Amy Seimetz ... Becky Ives Glennellen Anderson ... Nicole Andrew Benator ... Elevator Scientist Adam Boyer ... Hunting Store Owner Catherine Dyer ... Agent Connie Frazier Randy Havens ... Scott Clarke Hugh B. Holub ... Scientist (as Hugh Holub) Tobias Jelinek ... Lead Agent Cade Jones ... James Linda Kang ... Female Clerk Kevin Patrick Murphy ... Grocery Store Manager Anniston Price ... Holly Wheeler Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler Chester Rushing ... Tommy Hagan Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence Chase Stokes ... Reed Chelsea Talmadge ... Carol Perkins Robert Walker Branchaud ... Agent Repairman (as Robert Walker-Branchaud) Peyton Wich ... Troy Uncredited Cast Fernando Campos ... Security Guard Marshall Choka ... Scientist Stephen Dean ... Hawkins Police Officer Philip Dido ... Security Guard Jim Heard ... Townsperson Walter Hendrix III ... Lab Tech #1 John Archer Lundgren ... Winky's Patron Max Perethian ... Lab Tech #2 Rachel Marie Wilson ... Grocery Store Patron 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