Directed by Matt Duffer Ross Duffer Written by Ross Duffer Matt Duffer Paul Dichter 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 John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Mark Steger ... The Monster Lucius Baston ... Technician Pete Burris ... Hawkins Head of Security Catherine Dyer ... Agent Connie Frazier Elle Graham ... Sara Hopper Tobias Jelinek ... Lead Agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence Jerri Tubbs ... Diane Hopper Uncredited Cast Stephen Dean ... Deputy Rory Healy ... Agent Jim Heard ... Townsperson Duke Jackson ... Agent Daniel Jarvie ... Special Agent Stephen M. LaBar Jr. ... Agent Lourenz Oviedo ... Officer Shannon Purser ... Barbara Holland Jaye Tyroff ... Military Police #4 Andrew Ward ... Military Truck Driver / soldier 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 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking