Directed by Rebecca Thomas Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Justin Doble   Jessie Nickson-Lopez   Paul Dichter   Kate Trefry   Cast Winona Ryder ... Joyce Byers (credit only) David Harbour ... Jim Hopper Finn Wolfhard ... Mike Wheeler Millie Bobby Brown ... Eleven Gaten Matarazzo ... Dustin Henderson (credit only) Caleb McLaughlin ... Lucas Sinclair (credit only) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers (credit only) Sadie Sink ... Max Mayfield (credit only) Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler (credit only) Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers (credit only) Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington (credit only) Dacre Montgomery ... Billy Hargrove (credit only) Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler (credit only) Sean Astin ... Bob Newby (credit only) Paul Reiser ... Sam Owens (credit only) Matthew Modine ... Martin Brenner Linnea Berthelsen ... Kali Kai Greene ... Funshine (as Kai L. Greene) James Landry Hébert ... Axel Anna Jacoby-Heron ... Dottie Gabrielle Maiden ... Mick Aimee Mullins ... Terry Ives Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Ray Amy Seimetz ... Becky Ives Avis-Marie Barnes ... Elderly Woman Alan Boell ... Adams Keith Brooks ... Gas Station Clerk Paul Vincent Freeman ... Security Guard Jarrett Michael Collins ... Swat Member #1 (as Jarrett Michael) Vanathi Parthiban ... Young Kali (as Vanathi Kalai Parthiban) Thomas Tull ... Man on Street Wes Kidd ... Swat Member #2 Pj McDonnell ... Mentally Ill Man (as PJ McDonnell) Uncredited Cast Juan Gaspard ... Homeless Person John Kaler ... Chicago PD Officer Provazoli John Archer Lundgren ... Homeless Person Matthew Excel Simmons ... Hip Hop Member 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 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Site Ranking