Stranger Things fans think an episode title has confirmed a new monster for season 5 – and yes, it’s from the Dungeons and Dragons universe

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The episode title could also be a reference from the book A Wrinkle in Time

Vecna in Stranger Things 4
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The episode titles of Stranger Thing's fifth and final season have been revealed, some fans think episode 6 is set to introduce us to a brand new monster.

Netflix released a new teaser trailer for Stranger Things season 5 that includes all eight episode titles, with episode 6 bearing the name, "Escape From Camazotz." A few fans took to Reddit to express their excitement at this being a potential new monster for Mike, Eleven, and the gang to fight off – but it might be something else entirely.

Since its first season, the show has used Dungeons and Dragons as a throughline, with its two biggest monsters, The Demagorgon and Vecna, being taken straight from the game. Camazotz, also known as Zotzilaha, is the Olman god of bats. Olman is an underworld within D&D that is home to disease and plague. Camazotz is also, however, the name of a planet in the book and movie A Wrinkle in Time – something the Stranger Things writers have directly posted about before.

Lauren Milici
Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.