UPDATED ON MARCH '24
The idea for these fanedits is to recut each season of Stranger Things into full-length films like a horror franchise from the '80s. My goal is to create a set of cohesive films to be watched as a recap of each season or as a first-time viewing experience. This project is a product of passion, love and respect for the original material and it is not designed to serve as a replacement for the show.
Stranger Things
Runtime: 2 hours 47 minutes
Changelist
- Less Wheeler family.
- No Eleven and Benny interaction and no investigation for Benny’s death.
- Less “bad men” searching for Eleven and the boys.
- Removed Nancy in the Upside Down.
- No mentions and appearances of Will’s father.
- No Terry Ives subplot.
- No Nancy in the Upside Down.
- Less Steve and Nancy romance.
Stranger Things 2
Runtime: 2 hours 39 minutes
Changelist
- Eleven’s return right from the start.
- Almost no Billy, just dropping Max at school and some mentions of him being abusive.
- Reduced Max and the boys trying to befriend her.
- Reduced Hopper investigating the crops.
- Removed Will’s sessions with Dr Sam Owens.
- Reduced Joyce and Bod.
- No Halloween party.
- No Nancy and Steve conflict.
- Reduced Nancy and Jonathan.
- Removed Murray.
- Reduced Hopper underground.
- Reduced Dustin and Dart.
- Reduced Demodogs’ attack inside the lab.
- Removed Will’s interrogation in the shack.
- Removed Terry Ives and Lost Sister subplots.
- Re-cut El closing the gate.
Stranger Things 2: The Lost Sister
Runtime: 59 minutes
Description
This complementary film introduces Kali AKA Eight and focuses exclusively on Eleven’s journey outside of Hawkins, while visiting her mother and finding her lost sister.
- The film opens with Kali’s introduction from Episode 1 of Season 2.
- Added “The Lost Sister” title after the opening credits.
- “Flashback scene” of Eleven visiting her mom inside the void.
- The rest of the film follows Eleven’s story from Episodes 5 and 7 of Season 2.
- Removed Eleven’s memory of Max skating aroung Mike, while focusing her powers.
- Added “Tribulations” from the original soundtrack as the ending credits roll.
Stranger Things 3
Runtime: 2 hours 52 minutes
Changelist
- Removed Russian lab introduction.
- Billy’s car crash as the opening scene.
- Removed Billy and miss Wheeler flirt.
- Removed all scenes at the Hawkins Post.
- Reduced Mayor Larry Kline.
- Reduced Heather’s plotline.
- Shortened Miss Driscoll subplot.
- Reduced Joyce research about the magnets (Scott Clarke appears only for a second).
- Reduced Eleven’s sleepover at Max’s house.
- Reduced Russian lab investigation.
- Murray’s first introduction.
- No Russians’ interrogation of Steve and Robin.
- No hospital fight.
- No Steve and Robin romance.
- Less Hopper and Joyce romance.
- Less Alexei.
- Removed 4th of July festival (and Alexei’s death).
- Removed Robin’s babbling over Eleven.
- Reduced kids vs adults confilct about the lab.
- Removed ‘Neverending Story’ singing.
- Removed post credit scene.
- Added hardcoded stylized english subtitles for all Russian dialogue.
Stranger Things 4: Part 1
Runtime: 3 hours 32 minutes
Description & Changelist
This cut covers exclusively the events in Hawkins and Eleven’s storyline in California and Nevada throughout Episodes 1-7.
- Cut-down Dr. Brenner’s introduction
- Removed Suzie changing Dustin’s grades
- Removed Steve and Robin driving to school
- Removed the whole pep rally
- Removed Eleven’s “direyama” presentation
- Cut-down Max’s session with Ms. Kelley
- Removed Eddie’s introduction in the cafeteria
- Removed Jonathan/Argyle and Nancy/Fred talking about their relationship
- Removed Mike and Dustin searching for Lucas’ replacement
- Removed Eddie and Chrissy in the woods
- Cut-down basketball game/Eddie’s DnD campaign
- Cut-down Chrissy in Eddie’s trailer
- Cut-down police finding Chrissy/Montage news cover
- Removed Lucas and basketball team at Benny’s
- Removed Mike’s awkward landing in California/Cut-down Mike, Will and El at Rink-o-mania
- Removed Nancy and Fred driving to the trailers
- Removed Jonathan and Argyle playing “golf”
- Removed Dustin, Max, Steve and Robin searching in the system for Reefer Rick
- Removed Fred’s vision in the woods
- Reomved Mike and Will fighting in Rink-o-mania
- Cut-down Dustin, Max, Steve and Robin talking to Eddie
- Removed Dr. Owens’ introduction
- Removed Mike, Will, El, Jonathan and Argyle driving home and dining with Joyce and Murray
- Removed Jason going to find Eddie
- Removed the gang visiting Eddie
- Cut-down police finding Fred/Removed Mike and El fighting in her room/Removed police arriving to arrest El
- Removed Jason attacking Eddie’s band members
- Cut-down Nancy and Robin in the library
- Removed Max at Ms Kelley’s house
- Removed Dr. Owens and Eleven in the dinner/Restructured Max’s vision
- Removed Jason’s and Erica’s interraction
- Cut-down the gang in Wheelers’ house
- Removed Nancy’s and Robin’s interraction with Pennhurst Asylum’s director
- Removed Max visiting her Mom
- Removed Eddie contacting Nancy/Restructured the gang waking up in Wheelers’ house
- Cut-down Eleven running through the lab/Merged with Dr. Brenner explaining the NINA project thourgh the speakers
- Removed Chrissy’s funeral
- Cut-down Jason searching for Eddie in Rick’s house
- Removed training with the lights in the lab
- Removed Eleven trying to escape
- Removed Jason talking to the cops after Patrick’s murder
- Removed Dr. Brenner talking to Eleven about her powers
- Cut-down the gang arriving at the scene of the crime
- Cut-down the gang searching for Skull Rock
- Removed the town hall meeting/cops at Wheelers’
- Cut-down figthing training in the lab
- Cut-down gang at Lover’s Lake
- Cut-down Steve, Nancy, Rodin and Eddie in the Upside Down before arriving at the Wheelers’ house
- Removed Eleven re-entering in the water tank
- Removed cops interrogating Max, Dustin and Lucas
- Removed Six’s punishment
- Recut One killing the guards
Stranger Things 4: The Monster and the Superhero
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Description & Changelist
This complementary film covers exclusively Hopper’s story, Joyce’s and Murray’s plotline and Mike’s and Will’s arc since they lost Eleven throughout Episodes 1-8.
- Opening scene with footage of Joyce closing the gate from Season 3 and the revelation of Hopper surving the explosion. The film then follows Joyce in California right before she recieves the mail from Russia
- Removed the “It has tits” joke regarding the Russian doll
- Hopper being captured by Russians before Murray arrives at California/Removed getting in the van to Kamchatka
- Recap El’s arrest right after Joyce and Murray leave the house/New scene created of the agents visiting the boys
- De-chringed Yuri/Less dialogue/Less interraction with Joyce and Murray
- Removed all scenes of the General interrogating the agent about Eleven
- Merged Joyce’s and Murray’s attempts to free themselves on Yuri’s plane
- Removed “Neverending Story” reference since it was cut from my “Stranger Things 3” fanedit
- Cut-down prisoners fighting the Demogorgon
- The film ends with Hopper and the gang discovering the monster-lab/The boys discovering the millitary tracks
Stranger Things 4: Part 2
Runtime: 2 hours 24 minutes
Description & Changelist
This cut covers the events of Episodes 8-9
- New opening scene with Eleven waking up and destroying Nina
- Cut-down Nancy’s vision/Moved right after the title card
- Removed the gang planning on getting guns/Stealing the RV
- Removed Brenner and Owens arguing about Eleven leaving
- Removed the gang inside the RV/Steve talking about his dream family/Max and Lucas chatting
- Removed the gang shopping guns
- Removed the gang on the field preparing for battle
- Cut-down the millitary attacking the lab/Removed soldiers’ cringey lines
- Cut-down Brenner lying on the ground/Removed El telling Mike and Will they need to go to Hawkins/Cut to the gang driving to the Creel House
- Removed El and the boys at the gas station
- Restructured El and the boys arriving at Surfer Boy Pizza/Eddie and Dusting shielding the trailer/Removed Argyle making pizza
- Removed Steve, Nancy and Robin walking to the Creel House
- Removed El and Mike in the dinner/Removed Will and Jonathan in the kitchen
- Restructured Mike’s speech/Removed Will’s “You’re the heart” line
- Removed Robin making sandwiches with Vickie
- Removed Nancy and Jonathan outside of Hopper’s cabin
Alternative Cuts:
Stranger Things 3: The NeverEnding Story Cut
Runtime: 2 hours 56 minutes
WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
- Hopper and Joyce failed attempt to open the vault.
- Dustin and Suzie singing the ‘Never Ending Story’ song.
- Alternative ‘Three Months Later’ endind scene.
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