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Stranger Things - Film Edition (Released)

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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.
    https://streamable.com/lz710r

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What a cool idea. I’m yet to buy the first season on bluray - when I do I’ll be sending you a PM you for Part 1 😃

Tighten Up and then turn it all the way up to 11!

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Have pm’ed you asking for links, really like the sound of this edit.

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Hello, that looks amazing. Can you please send Film 1 link for PM?

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No Eleven. Every scene with Eleven up to the point where she appears in Byers’ house was removed.

I mean it makes sense for runtime but at the same time you’re losing by far the best plotline. If anything, I’d rather have a movie just covering El’s story in Season 2.

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Anakin Starkiller said:

No Eleven. Every scene with Eleven up to the point where she appears in Byers’ house was removed.

I mean it makes sense for runtime but at the same time you’re losing by far the best plotline. If anything, I’d rather have a movie just covering El’s story in Season 2.

I hear you. I struggled a lot with this choise.
As I said,my main goal was the runtime and with her whole story the film was just too long.

I want to revisit the whole project sometime in the future (maybe after Season 4) and maybe then I will try to make a seperate film.

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I loved season 1 of Stranger Things, but the subsequent two seasons were a bit too bloated for me. Curious to see how movies 2 and 3 turn out. It would be interesting to do Movie 2.5 with the El storyline.

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Very cool. I had basically the same idea but of course did nothing with it. This was actually pretty common in the 80’s where series were cut down to feature film length to be released overseas in the cinema.

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Any idea when Movie two is going to be out please?

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ANNOUNCEMENT

I decided to revisit the whole project from the start, since I have not been happy with the final result for some time now. Many transitions between scenes were a bit rough and some plotlines may have not been quiet easy to follow.
Major adjustments accured on all three films for better pacing and a more immersive experience for first time viewers and fans alike. Naturally, this also made the movies a bit longer.

As soon as all three films are available for sharing I will post another announcement and update the original post with the new runtimes and changelists.

For now, I can share with you some of the changes I made for “Stranger Things 2”.
As some of you pointed, losing Eleven’s storyline may has not been the brightest choise. So, in this approach
I decided to include her whole arc insted of a flashback later on.
But this choice lead to a much longer final cut. So, in my current cut for “Stranger Things 2” I left out the whole Lost Sister plotline, since many viewers find it odd and hasn’t really anything to do with the overall story.

In order to justify some developments throught the movie, I made two new scenes.
The first one is a dream sequence at El’s mother’s house where she sees what happened back in Hawkins which leads to her return.
https://vimeo.com/411732825
(password: edit1)
The second one is an alterantion of Brenner’s voiceover while El is closing the Gate, replacing his footage from Kali’s illusion with scenes from Season 1 and including a brief appearance of El’s mother istead of Kali.
https://vimeo.com/411737234
(password: edit 2)

While I do believe that losing the Lost Sister plot makes a better movie, it surely creates a problem with El’s new punk look. I can only hope that Hopper’s comment about Aunt Becky giving her those clothes makes up for it.

Now, in case Kali returns in future seasons, I also made another cut with the whole Lost Sister plot in it.
In this cut, El travels to Illinois after finding out about her sister in her contact with her mother in Hopper’s cabin.
https://vimeo.com/411747304
(password: edit3)

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Anakin Starkiller said:

In my books a film should never exceed 2 and 1/2 hours.

As I said that’s the perfect runtime for me too.
But in my books a film should also have structure, logic and continuity. And in this case I made the choice to sacrifice the runtime in order to achieve those goals.

So if for example Steve appears in the end of Film 1 with blood on his face, I can’t get rid of his stupid argument with Nancy because that’s where Jonathan comes and breaks his nose.

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Tell that to the guys who deleted the scene where Indiana Jones gets inside the sub before it submerges. Lol.

But in all seriousness I get what you mean.

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I was planning on doing this myself, but if you’ve already done it, I’d love to see it. I’m not a fan of any of the Eleven stuff in the 2nd season so cutting it out is a smart move I reckon.

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Maybe you think that but I thought all the Eleven stuff past episode 5 or so was pretty uninteresting. Especially since everything else in the season is so good, whenever there was an Eleven scene I just wanted it to end

When is Force Awakens despecialized coming out

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I just joined, but would love to see the film edits of Stranger Things. Where can i find them?

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