'Stranger Thing Season 5: Will-Vecna opening scene dubbed 'deeply disturbing', social media users call it child abuse

Stranger Things Season 5 opens with a flashback of Will’s first confrontation with Vecna, and it has sparked intense debate over the scene’s tone, implications, and disturbing imagery. Some viewers are calling it inappropriate or suggestive, while others argue it’s being misread entirely within the context of the story’s established horror language. The divide reveals sharply different interpretations of what’s on screen.

'Stranger Thing Season 5: Will-Vecna opening scene dubbed 'deeply disturbing', social media users call it child abuse
Stranger Things Season 5 opens with a flashback of Will’s first confrontation with Vecna, and it has sparked intense debate over the scene’s tone, implications, and disturbing imagery. Some viewers are calling it inappropriate or suggestive, while others argue it’s being misread entirely within the context of the story’s established horror language. The divide reveals sharply different interpretations of what’s on screen.