Dais Johnston

Staunton

It's pronounced "daze." they/she. 26. Staff writer @inversedotcom Above my fortunes but my state is well, I am a gentleman. dais.johnston at bustle dot com.

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Articles

'Stranger Things' Season 5 Release Date Revealed By Netflix — And It's Weirder Than You Think

6 days ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

Calling Stranger Things Season 5 “hotly anticipated” would be like calling Eleven “a little bit traumatized”: a massive understatement. It’s almost been a full decade since we met the Hawkins gang for the first time, and now their journey is almost at an end. After multiple delays, Netflix ultimately settled on a 2025 release date for the fifth and final season, and the show is actually on track to finish before the end of the year.
Netflix's Most Brutal Dystopian Show Finally Resolves Its Big Cliffhanger

6 days ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

Squid Game is back for one final round. The smash hit Netflix series has fast tracked its final two seasons, releasing Season 2 in December 2024 and Season 3 in June 2025. The quick turnaround is just what the show needs, though, because Season 2 only showed half of Gi-hun’s return to the games: Season 2 and 3 were originally one big story, divided into two seasons. It may have only been six months, but that epic cliffhanger has us wondering what will come next at the end of June.
'Severance' May Become Apple TV’s First Sci-Fi Franchise

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

Severance created a whole new sector of Apple TV+ sci-fi fans. The streamer has always been quietly dominating the genre with shows like Foundation, For All Mankind, and Silo, but Severance had something those shows didn’t: a simple, relatable premise.
George R.R. Martin Sets Fans Straight On

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

Everyone’s procrastinated at some point in their lives: you’ve turned in homework late, abandoned a creative project, or put off an important errand. But George R. R. Martin has turned that vice into a running joke. Martin has been working on The Winds of Winter, the next book in the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series that served as the source material for Game of Thrones, since 2010, and his first tentative completion goal was 2014.
We Could Get Even More Batman Spinoffs Before

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

The Penguin proved that prestige, high-profile TV spinoffs weren’t just the stuff of Marvel and Star Wars. The series took Colin Farrell’s take on Oswald Cobblepott (now known as Oz Cobb) and dropped him in a crime thriller series inspired by The Sopranos — fitting, considering its shares a streaming service with the classic HBO series. But after The Penguin ended, fans were left wondering what comes next.
The Biggest 'Last Of Us' Mystery Just Got A Lame Conclusion

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

The ending of The Last of Us — both the game and Season 1 of HBO’s show — is tremendously satisfying. Joel Miller, a man plagued by the fact that he couldn’t save his daughter, is determined to live out the rest of his days alone when he meets Ellie, a teenager who’s somehow immune to the infection that destroyed the world, and who offers hope that a cure can be made.
Netflix Just Quietly Released The Most Innovative Slasher Of The Year

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

Netflix’s Fear Street movies filled a big hole in the streamer’s offerings. Stranger Things is a nostalgic, horror-tinged book adaptation series, and the Fear Street saga did the same thing for movies. The first three movies based on R.L. Stine’s books were released only a week apart back in 2021, but since then, the franchise has lain dormant.
The Best Horror Movie Of 2025 Already Has A Digital Release Date

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

In a cinematic landscape dominated by sequels, adaptations, and reboots, original stories can struggle to break through. But Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s innovative vampire thriller, managed to capture audiences and keep IMAX theaters packed week after week. Now that it’s broken box office records, it’s time to invite Smoke and Stack into our homes with a digital release. In only a week, you’ll be able to watch that literal barn-burning musical number again and again.
'The Handmaid's Tale's Ending Brought The Show Back To Its Worst Habits

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

After eight years and six seasons, The Handmaid’s Tale has finally reached the final page. The Hulu series stretched Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel into a long saga, following June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) as she tried to survive life as a Handmaid in the ultra-religious regime known as Gilead. In the last episodes of Season 6, it seemed like everything was pointing to a happy ending, with many Gilead commanders dying in two different rebel attacks.
'The Last Of Us' Season 3 Release Window, Plot, Cast, and More For The HBO Apocalypse Show

1 week ago | inverse.com | Dais Johnston

The Last of Us Part II contained one of the biggest plot twists in video game history. After the player plays as Ellie and witnesses the new villain Abby brutally murder Joel, the heroic father figure from the first game, the game’s perspective switches. After playing as Ellie for the three days it took to track down Abby (and a few flashbacks), the two finally meet, but before anything can be resolved, the player is suddenly playing as Abby, three days previously.