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Fear Street 1994, Fear Street 1978, Fear Street 1666, Fear Street Prom Queen, and A Hard Place

Fear Street 1994, Fear Street 1978, Fear Street 1666, Fear Street Prom Queen, and A Hard Place

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 This week, we look at all four films in the Netflix series “Fear Street.” The first trilogy came out in 2021, and “Prom Queen” is a new, marginally connected new release. We’ll also watch a cool new indie film, “A Hard Place,” with so many monsters! Oh yeah— shorts have returned. We have four of them for you this week, with more on the way!“The Horror Guys Guide to the Horror Films of Christopher Lee” is available NOW!https://www.horrormonthly.com/horror-guys-guides/christopher-lee-filmsCheck out our selection of short horror biographies, including Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and many more: https://www.hourlongpress.com/The latest issue of “Horror Monthly” is now on sale! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.com[Affiliate Link] Try Workflowy, a great do-it-all outliner: https://workflowy.com/invite/4958355e.lnxMainstream Films:2021 Fear Street Part One - 1994* Directed by Leigh Janiak* Written by R.L. Stine, Kyle Killen, Phil Graziadei* Stars Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr. * Run Time: 1 Hour, 47 Minutes* Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9PuKH4hKSUSpoiler-Free Judgment ZoneA lot of teenagers in their 20s go through drama, romance and horror as they try to fight a witchy evil that’s been tainting their town for hundreds of years. There are a lot of 1990s references that are hit and miss, but they mostly get the vibe right. It’s well made overall, and there are some good moments, but we found much of it dull and predictable. It’s certainly not the worst thing we’ve seen, but we were pretty lukewarm toward it.Spoilery SynopsisA woman buys a book at the B. Dalton’s in a mall full of stores, so we know this is the 90s. Heather answers a phone call from Ryan, but the line drops. He gives her a jump scare using a blow-up sex doll, and they get separated again. Suddenly, a man in a skull-faced Halloween costume attacks her with a knife. She runs to another store and calls 911. She whomps him with a lava lamp, but he eventually catches and stabs her. As we hear gunfire, the killer pulls off his mask, and it’s Ryan. As the cop shoots him, both teenagers die in the middle of the food court. Credits roll as we hear news reports that Shadyside has all kinds of crazy slashers and murders. Deena watches the news as Sheriff Nick talks about all the town’s serial killers. She yells at her little brother Josh about running up the AOL bill with the Internet. He’s in chat rooms on AOL talking about the serial killer and the massacre last night at the mall. At school, everyone thinks “The Witch” is back, and that seems to be all anyone talks about. There’s a lot of very typical high school drama as the school has a memorial service for Heather and Ryan. Mayor Goode is there, and he addresses the crowd. Deena runs into her ex, Samantha, and returns a bunch of stuff she borrowed from her. Sheriff Goode talks next, as Deena and Sam argue about Sam moving to Sunnyvale, away from Shadyside. The memorial service soon turns into a big brawl as the two football teams fight. They all seem to attend a school with no adults present, not even a bus driver. On the way home, the Sunnyvalers' car attacks the Shadysiders’ bus, and that goes badly. When the car goes off the road, Sam sees something. The next night, Deena sees Skullface outside and runs him off, then she goes to her friend Kate’s house. Kate and her brother then tell the story to Josh and Deena. They all assume it’s Peter, Sam’s new boyfriend. They go to the hospital, where Peter has been with Sam all day. As Deena and Sam argue, someone stabs Peter in the back, as this is one of those hospitals without any staff or other patients. After much running around and fighting, Deena knocks the killer's mask off, and it’s Ryan– again, even though he’s clearly already been killed. They talk to Sheriff Goode, who doesn’t believe them, since they’re accusing the kid the sheriff killed just last night. On the way out of the police station, Deena shoots a girl who doesn’t die after attacking Simon. Josh listens to Simon’s story and recognizes Ruby Lane, a woman who killed her friends and herself thirty years ago in 1965. He has a crazy wall full of old news clippings of slashers and murders in the town. Normal people keep turning into psychos, and it goes all the way back to 1666. Sarah Fier was a witch, and she’s been possessing people to use as killers. Sarah remembers seeing the witch in the woods, so the whole group goes out there to look. They find Sarah’s bones and try to bury them to put the witch back to rest. They get chased by a man in a scarecrow mask with an axe. The witch is not back at rest. Sam thinks the killers are specifically coming for her. The killers seem to be able to smell Sam’s blood, which is on Simon’s shirt and Deena’s shoe. They break into the high school ...
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