Ready to take another walk on the Shadyside? Four years after Leigh Janiak's Fear Street trilogy (1994, 1978, 1666), based on R. L. Stine's newborn
Ready to take another walk on the Shadyside? Four years after Leigh Janiak’s Fear Street trilogy (1994, 1978, 1666), based on R. L. Stine’s newborn adult horror books, weekly dropped on Netflix, the streamer is gearing up for another round of genre homaging goodness with 80s set slasher Fear Street: Prom Queen. Helmed by Matt Palmer, the latest instalment in the franchise is — you guessed it! — a prom night chiller, and one that’s set to see a up-to-date era of horror begin as a cloaked figure stalks the corridors of Shadyside High School in 1988. Check out the teaser for the movie below;
Pendulous axes. Screaming girls. A blood-spattered mirrorball. Sure, this teaser for Fear Street: Prom Queen is very much just a teaser and nothing more, but once again it looks like Netflix has nailed the vibe of its nostalgic setting and isn’t holding back on the bloodiness fourth time around. And if the film is a patch on Stine’s eponymous 1992 book, then you can rest assured that we’ll be in for another straight-up banger.
The official synopsis reads as follows: “In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.” Among said class are India Fowler, Suzanna Son (Red Rocket), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War), and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From)
Will anyone survive til last dance? Will the identity of the mysterious figure from that 1666 post-credit scene be revealed? And just how heavily will 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen high school slasher Prom Night be referenced here? We’ll find out the answers to all of those questions and more when Fear Street: Prom Queen lands on Netflix on 23 May. Just enough time to order a up-to-date tux!
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