Directed by Matt Duffer Ross Duffer Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Jessie Nickson-Lopez   Paul Dichter   Kate Trefry   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 Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Sadie Sink ... Max Mayfield Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington Dacre Montgomery ... Billy Hargrove Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler Sean Astin ... Bob Newby Paul Reiser ... Sam Owens Linnea Berthelsen ... Kali Joe Chrest ... Ted Wheeler Catherine Curtin ... Claudia Henderson Brett Gelman ... Murray Bauman Kai Greene ... Funshine (as Kai L. Greene) Randy Havens ... Scott Clarke James Landry Hébert ... Axel Anna Jacoby-Heron ... Dottie Gabrielle Maiden ... Mick Rob Morgan ... Officer Powell John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan Chelsea Talmadge ... Carol Perkins Glennellen Anderson ... Nicole Cynthia Barrett ... Mrs. Holland Alan Boell ... Adams Gilbert Glenn Brown ... Cop #4 Matty Cardarople ... Keith Madelyn Cline ... Tina Abigail Cowen ... Vicki Charmichael Brian F. Durkin ... Cop #1 Joe Davison ... Nerdy Tech Lauren Halperin ... Dr. Owens' Assistant Christopher Johnson ... Cop #2 Fenton Lawless ... Merril Charles Lawlor ... Mr. Melvald David A MacDonald ... Flamethrower Soldier (as David A. MacDonald) Aaron Munoz ... Mr. Holland (as Aaron Muñoz) Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence Tony Vaughn ... Principal Coleman Ricardo Miguel Young ... TV Reporter Uncredited Cast Angelo Bash ... Cop #3 Jasmine Bolton ... Middle School Kid Melissa Collazo ... Middle School Arcade Gamer Shawron Gaffney ... High School Student Apollo GT ... Pedestrian Alex Hargett ... High School Student Aiden Hattier ... Science Class Kid William Mahnken ... Arcade Attendant Jalen Major ... Middle School Student Trey McGriff ... Hawkins PD Keith Nussbaum ... Pedestrian Edward Parker ... Pedestrian Warren Quandt ... Middle School Kid Alicia Shenreice ... Student Anna Swiney ... Middle School Child Kent Wagner ... Hawkins Scientist J. Gaven Wilde ... Middle School Child Produced by Dan Cohen   Justin Doble   Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Rand Geiger   Shawn Levy   Emily Morris   Iain Paterson   Original Music by Kyle Dixon Michael Stein

Additional Info Premiere: October 27, 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 7.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 6.4 / 10 Site Ranking #41 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Site Ranking