Yes, the Stranger Things 4 subtitle team was "a little dragging"

While there is an element of being silly and humorous when creating something like "wet writhing door", the reason the season 4 subtitles are so descriptive is much more practical and necessary. Caption quality checker Karli Webster explained that the reason captions detail an unpleasant sound/feel or nuances of the background score is that they are an instrumental tool to a deaf and hard of hearing audience:

"It's supposed to be an uncomfortable situation, and that's why it was used on the show... What I've noticed quite a bit online is people not really understanding that subtitles are for the deaf and hard of hearing. I've seen a lot of "Why are the subtitles so descriptive? We don't need it." And I know not, but you weren't the primary audience for the subtitles from the start."

This obviously puts the seemingly 'over-descriptive' nature of subtitles in a new perspective, as subtitles work beyond just transcribing dialogue - they convey the subtle shifts in mood in a series supernatural tense and horror-focused in the most visceral of ways. Webster also explained that conveying those subtle shifts in emotion, say from a distressing scene to a hopeful scene, is an essential part of their job, which means they're "just doing [their] job right." . [Fierce guitar riff.]

Stranger Things Season 4 Volumes 1 & 2 are currently streaming on Netflix.