Netflix Documentary Explains the Stranger Things Finale’s Missing Demogorgons

Overview

• The making‑of film One Last Adventure, released this week, shows the writers initially expected Demogorgons and other creatures to appear in the Abyss.
• Writer Paul Dichter is shown arguing that leaving the new dimension empty felt “crazy,” reflecting early room assumptions about including monsters.
• Matt Duffer says an onslaught of creatures was unnecessary because the Mind Flayer served as the ultimate weapon for the finale’s confrontation.
• The documentary confirms a planned midpoint set piece with Demogorgons and a discussed visual of Demogorgon eggs were cut to avoid repetition and overloading the episode.
• The film rebuts the online “ConformityGate” theory by framing the omissions as a pacing choice, though some fans and critics still see the absence as narratively jarring.