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I will talk about the theory going around that Victor Creel is Vecna in Stranger Things 4!
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Following the release of the Stranger Things season 4 trailer, the Duffer Brothers sat down
with IGN to breakdown and discuss some of the more intriguing hints and characters introduced in the
trailer. The creators briefly touched upon Victor Creel, the scarred bearded man surrounded by
darkness portrayed by Robert Englund, describing him as a "pivotal" character in the upcoming
series. When Englund was first announced in the role, Netflix revealed what role Victor Creel
will play in season 4. He will be a disturbed, intimidating man imprisoned for a gruesome murder
in the 1950s. While the Duffers avoided sharing too many details that could spoil Englund's role,
they did reveal that the veteran horror actor actually approached them to be involved,
before hinting that the season is heavily inspired by Englund's Elm Street slasher series.
“The fact that he came to us in a season that’s so deeply inspired by the Nightmare series
and by his performance especially in those movies, it felt like fate, it felt like,
‘okay, this is meant to be.’" In September 2021, Netflix shared a new teaser for Stranger Things 4,
titled “Creel House.” The teaser shows a family of four moving into the house, with the father
being a younger version of Victor Creel, played by Kevin l. Johnson in flashbacks. The teaser shows
them living a seemingly normal life before the lights of the house begin to flicker,
and animals seem to die surrounding the house. As has been the case in Stranger Things thus far,
these unusual happenings are signs of the Upside Down's corruption and intrusion into the world.
There is a quick shot of Creel looking back at his dead kids on the floor before the teaser jumps to
1986, showing the gang in Hawkins exploring the house. The final shot then shows a tall
grandfather clock from the house before showing the same clock in the Upside Down, with the red
lightning and spores synonymous with the portrayal of the other dimension in the show being present.
This clock, and the Creel House, show up again in the trailer that came out yesterday.
Max sees the same clock inside a wall at school, with cracks similar to those of the portal to the
Upside Down around it. Later in the same trailer, the Creel House is shown in its entirety in the
Upside Down, surrounded by Demobats. All of this from Stranger Things season 4 and its trailers
point to the Creel House being closely linked to the Upside Down in several potential ways.
This brings us to Vecna, who is confirmed to be the main villain of Stranger Things 4.
Unlike the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer before it, Vecna stands out in the sense that he looks
human, hell he even speaks throughout the trailer itself. In Dungeons and Dragon lore,
Vecna was a powerful wizard who became a lich.
Given that character's transformation from a person seeking dark magic to an evil,
immortal creature, the kids of Stranger Things would likely attribute this name to a character
that underwent a similar change with similar characteristics, as was done with the Mind
Flayer. All of this points to Vecna being a human in the past before becoming involved with
the Upside Down somehow. That finally brings us to the theory that Vecna is Victor Creel.
Given the Creel House's connection to the Upside Down, as well as the humanoid appearance of Vecna,
this theory holds a lot of weight. In 1959, Creel was arrested for the murders of his family,
as hinted at in the Creel House teaser, before being sent to Pennhurst Mental Hospital,
where he resides in 1986, the year the show is set. With the house having an obvious connection
to the Upside Down, it is more than likely that Victor Creel became obsessed with learning about
the other dimension and its dark powers, not unlike Vecna from Dungeons & Dragons. This
could have led to Victor being corrupted by the Upside Down, maybe the Mind Flayer, and murdering
his family. Over the years, Victor Creel may have been slowly transforming into Vecna before coming
into conflict with the show's main characters over their attempts to stop the Upside Down,
explaining the monster's villainous role in Stranger Things 4. From his connection
to the Creel House, Vecna's unlikely humanoid appearance and voice, and a horror actor of
Robert Englund's caliber, it is entirely possible Vecna is, in fact, Victor Creel, with both being
the main antagonist of Stranger Things 4 for the beloved heroes to overcome. We shall see if this
theory ends up being correct when season 4 arrives. Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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