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a littleused sand quarry into a frozen wasteland where Hopper and his fellow inmates are laying train tracks under brutal conditions, and we spent some time in a Soviet Era town where we found the beautiful old church that was turned into Yuri's smuggler den. The true coup for the Art Department in Lithuania, though, was Lukiks Prison, a Tsarist era nightmare with a very dark history. We shot a few scenes on location inside the multitiered cellblocks and outside in the labyrinth of barbed wire that led to a small side gate in the prison yard, but the inspiration we brought back and applied on stage in the demogorgon pit and its network of contingent underground tunnels and auxiliary rooms was priceless. The "Demo Pit" was a massive three- tiered prison yard with cantilevered walkways and elaborate concrete and metal work. We modeled much of its concrete and iron architecture on Lukiks and in a couple of instances, we directly recreated rooms from the Lithuanian location because we couldn't have invented spaces that were more unsettlingly terrifying. Question Two: What dark secrets from Eleven's past set this whole mess in motion? Season four fi nally provided the opportunity to fully fl esh out the bowels of awkins Lab A. & B. DEMAGORGON PIT. MODEL SECTIONS BY JOHNNY THIGPEN. C. DEMAGORGON PIT. (BUILT ON STAGE IN ATLANTA).PRODUCTION STILL. D. HOPPER DOES BATTLE IN DEMAGORGON PIT. PRODUCTION STILL. E. RUSSIAN PRISON ROOM. (ON STAGE IN ATLANTA). PRODUCTION STILL. A B C D E