Stranger Things Season 2 – 10 Dungeons and Dragons Monsters We Want to See
Matt Molgaard
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Minotaur
We’ve seen tons of Minotaurs on the tube. This is one of the “easier” monsters to work with. It’s also frequently presented in a positive light, as an ally to man as opposed to a rival. That takes away from the idea, or the realization that the Minotaur is a monster, not just some upbeat little animal. I’s a damn monster!
Where Netflix could win big here comes in how they handle something like the Minotaur. Off the top of my head I can’t list one film in which a genuinely menacing, certifiably terrifying Minotaur jumped into the scene. I can name a couple flicks that feature Minotaurs in them, some even featuring villainous Minotaurs, but they’re never scary. In 2016 the technology to make a mean ass, relentless, little boy chewing Minotaur a reality is ready and available.
Just the idea of a terrifying Minotaur makes it an immediately cool contender for new show nemesis. I’d hate to see any one of the kids actually die on the show, but if it has to happen, please, television god, make that happen at the long, razor sharp incisors of a mother-effin-Minotaur.
Baphomet
Minotaurs worship this bastard, that’s how bad he is. Seriously, the Minotaur view Baphomet as some god-like being. And, to an extent they’re kind of right in doing so, as he is a demon ruler of the Endless Maze, some layer in the great Abyss… whatever the hell all that means. It sounds pretty vicious though, right? Sounds… I don’t know, noble, in an evil kind of way.
Baphomet seems like such a sublime character that an appearance this early (this is a series with the potential for a number of additional seasons, which we’ll hopefully get) cries premature. A little growth from the bunch, and some more experience in monster hunting might serve them well in a fight with Baphomet.
There’s a degree of ambiguity in regards to Baphomet’s powers and skill set, and one has to wonder how much we’re expected to assume from the Medieval deity applies to this creature, who is quite different. But what I can read of this one, he’s perceived as an extremely powerful being.
I wouldn’t keep my breath held while waiting for Baphamet to show up.
Wraith
I think tangling with the Wraith may actually be a step backward. I mean no offense to the Wraiths of the world, but fighting a near apparition just seems like a downgrade from the Demogorgon, who was very, very tangible and awfully terrifying. That said, we could see a sharp turn into the mysterious and utilize these strange, undead creatures.
The problem with an idea like the Wraith, for today’s audience, is that the potential for loud, shocking scares is very limited. And while many of us aren’t too keen on the old jump scare, there’s an entire crowd out there that live and die by the jump scare. “Stranger Things” is a bit more complex than that and a creature known for being about as thick as the wind with the ability to essentially drain life forms of all energy, probably won’t make for many jarring sequences.
I’d actually love to be proven wrong, here.
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