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Stranger Things has finally given a definitive answer about the Upside Down in Season 5 Volume 2. What once appeared to be a parallel dimension is now revealed to be something far more unstable and ...

Just what is The Upside Down in Stranger Things‘ world? The truth is that we still don’t know in full. After four seasons of the show, we know how Vecna became a part of The Upside Down and how that ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Stranger Things season 5, Volume 2. The origins of the Upside Down are entangled with the origins of Stranger Things itself. More than 10 years ago, when ...

Nine years later, fans are finally getting answers to long-awaited questions regarding the Stranger Things universe — including what the Upside Down actually is. The revelatory moment arrives during ...

Just when we thought we've cracked the code on everything that was going on in Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers and the rest of the show's writers decide to throw us a curveball that we definitely ...