One of the most annoying things in human existence is seeing Netflix buffering at 99%. The other is waiting for “Stranger Things” season five to arrive.

Shawn Levy is a Canadian filmmaker and executive producer for Stranger Things, directing key episodes and co-founding 21 Laps Entertainment, which launched the series on Netflix in 2016.

Unlike the other “Final Destination” films, which make elaborate twenty minute set pieces out of their main “accident,” the ...