Directed by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Alison Tatlock   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 Ross Partridge ... Lonnie Byers John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Mark Steger ... The Monster Andrew Benator ... Elevator Scientist Pete Burris ... Hawkins Head of Security Bill Eudaly ... Pastor Charles Kaylee Glover ... Jennifer Hayes Randy Havens ... Scott Clarke Hugh B. Holub ... Scientist (as Hugh Holub) Tobias Jelinek ... Lead Agent Charles Lawlor ... Mr. Melvald Andre Pushkin ... Russian Man Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence Jerri Tubbs ... Diane Hopper (voice) Tony Vaughn ... Principal Coleman Robert Walker Branchaud ... Agent Repairman (as Robert Walker-Branchaud) Uncredited Cast Camden Ella Brown ... Middle School Girl Judy McGee Burley ... Cafeteria Worker Daniel Guttenberg ... Mr. Henderson Bradford Haynes ... Mr. Sinclair Jim Heard ... Townsperson Tabitha Kilgore ... Mrs. Henderson Ryder Morlong ... Middle School Student Tara Wescott ... Mrs. Sinclair 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 / 21,102 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking