The most terrifying villain in television history has a surprising, almost pathetic, weakness: a childhood fear of a cave. The all-powerful, mind-controlling entity known as Vecna, or Henry Creel, has one physical space that his supernatural might cannot conquer, and it is the very reason one of his main targets, Max, has managed to cling to life.
Now, thanks to the revelations made in the London stage production, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, we finally have crucial context about this crippling trauma—and the terrifying origin of the villain's powers.
