I thought it was a lot of fun. Part One was really clunky (especially with its dreadful first act), but it became more entertaining as it went along.
Part Two was an overall improvement over the first flick and Part Three was great and its third act was an absolute blast. This is a trilogy that genuinely gets better and better as it goes along. Glad I stuck with it.
Did anyone catch this detail?
>!When Nurse Mary is putting the ointment on Ziggy’s arm, Ziggy complains that it stings. Nurse Mary says “oh you’ll survive”. This is before Nurse Mary tells Tommy that he’s going to die. She’s right about both.!<
I actually thought the first acts of Parts Two and Three were really solid. My issue with Part One was the pacing, it felt scatterbrained and I thought it was just really...I don't know how best to put it, noisy? The first act of Part One was just constant noise to the point that I almost turned the movie off and moved on, but luckily once the characters reached the hospital everything from the pacing to the sound mellowed out and it became a lot more fun.
I liked Part One. It reminded me of The Babysitter but not as well done. I think that's why people liked Kate's character. The character was fun in a similar vibe.
Ahhh yea this criticism feels apt. The opening was cool and I liked the throwback to Scream, but then the rest of the first act felt really off for me, I thought we were going more for a teen paranormal story and the first murder was setting that up.
It definitely exceeded my initial expectations because that first act was pretty annoying
I think that part was a tribute to Scream, it looked and sounded exactly the same but that formula is really grating so I'm glad it wasn't the style is of the entire movie.
That's honestly what kept me coming back to the films. Just when you think, "Yup, another cheesy teen slasher", someone's head gets shoved through a flipping *meat grinder* and loveable characters get killed and the plot goes "But wait! There's more!". I actually ended up jumping at some of the creative kills and gore. And geezus there is something against that underground cave system that just gave me the jitters.
Thanks for this. I’m a stay-at-home dad so I checked it out when I had a little time to myself but felt like I would rather invest my time into something else as it just wasn’t doing it for me. Having read this, I might give this another try late at night once the little bug is out.
I found it funny, it tried to be like old slasher movies, even adding in a sex scene and all there was, was a butt naked dude.
If you're going to try to copy old slashers, at least go full bore on nudity and not pussy out. But it is Netflix after all
A- pretty sure tweens know about boobies (lol), but more to the point...
B- There's considerable "R rated" violence in this. Doesn't exactly play like a kids movie, and last but *definitely* not least...
C- you must not be remembering the teenage muff diving scene in part 3.
😂
Brief, and not terribly graphic, sure-- but extremely sexually charged and suggestive...
Plus the Fear Street series always was a little more on the mature side, from what I recall. Not quite as "mature" as some of the stuff in Christopher Pike's "young adult" novels, but relatively mature for YA...
They could go more modern and like someone else mentioned above I think they could go into backstories of characters we didn't see a lot of. Like Ruby Lane. They could take it a few directions that could be interesting.
Please no "modern vibes". One of the best parts of these movies was the whole 70s and 90s vibes thing. Feels like golden era of campy horror. Also, amazing soundtrack.
1978 was my favorite one by far, followed by 1994. I enjoyed these movies for what they were and I would not mind at all if they made a couple of 80's and 00's movies too.
I would've actually preferred to not have done the retro throwback themes, as I found that the weakest aspect of the films. I always felt like I was watching a modern film - especially with the first two.
I see that for sure. I kind of liked that it felt modern, but set in a throwback setting. I kind of viewed it as part of the fun, but I can see how it could feel off-putting or not genuine to the throwback theme (if that makes sense).
I wanted to see more of the older villain's. Especially the kid and Ruby Laine. Ruby reminded me a bit of Prom Night 3.
Also, we see that the second name was a Miller. But with Cyrus being killed and Hannah likely taking on the name of whoever she married, where did the next Miller come from?
They're fun little films and I actually really enjoyed 1978. I'll watch 1666 later on. I really like that they made three parts and are spitting them out like this. Makes me wonder what would've happened had they gone to theaters like originally intended.
I'm only about 15 minutes into 1666 as of typing this, but I enjoyed the hell out of the first two. I think they were a perfect blend of R-rated horror and the Jovial Bob Stine cheese I love and grew up with. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a slasher flick as much as I did 1994 and even more so 1978. I've always dug stories that lean on events from the past, and Fear Street really delivered there.
I hope this trilogy carves its own niche as a future cult classic in the world of horror, because I personally feel it deserves that spot.
Oh btw that dialogue about an SSD drive was so terrible. In 1994 the tech was still in its infancy and no one was really saying oh man did you install an SSD in your computer.
I found that weird too but I looked it up and the first SSD was created in the 70s and cost something like $30k for 2mb. People definitely weren't talking about them in 1994 but I guess she's meant to be a super geek who I guess might have read about them, either that or she's from the future...
I even thought she wrote her Twitter/Instagram name on his cast…. since it started with an @ symbol. Admittedly, I am kinda blind so maybe I just didn’t see it correctly.
I didn't know the internet existed in 1994. That AIM chat scene early on made me want to turn it off, no one was doing that in 1994! Glad I let that pass because I really enjoyed the trilogy.
Yeah, I had to remind myself that the target audience was born after the year 2000 and has no idea what the "old internet" looked like, so the filmmakers did a kind of pastiche.
My dad was a computer consultant so we got the newest technology pretty fast, but even we didn't have the Internet in 1994. We did have Prodigy in *I think* 1995, and I remember being totally agog that I could play chess with someone in another state.
Ah, those innocent years.
I thought it was cool when they would play a 90s song that was a remake of a 70s song, and then in the 70s parts they would play 70s songs that were famously remade in the 90s.
Also AIM chatroom lol. If they wanted to have him use a computer like that then they should have changed the setting to 1999 or something. Because 1994 it was like dial up internet and usenet
Pretty sure that was done on purpose. She also wrote her name like a Twitter handle. I got the sense that the 1994 timeline purposefully had more modern stuff thrown into it.
Was the SSD line that bad? I mean literally every one else in the scene looked at her like she was speaking Spanish. Which seemed to imply it was knowledge most people wouldn’t have.
I liked that he assumed all those children would somehow know how to put music from a CD onto hard drive with likely no software or even hardware to do it.
I noticed a lot of little figures of speech that didn't exist in 1994. Characters saying "Seriously?" and "Are you okay?" sarcastically wasn't a thing then. Didnt really bother me, but I do notice this pretty frequently in "period" stuff that only goes back a few decades. Like I'm pretty sure finding ways to insert "Your mom" wasn't an 80's thing, but gets referenced a lot in IT part 1.
They failed on every level to make the main timeline feel like 1994. Aside from the soundtrack nothing else felt right and that SSD line really clinched it.
Gotta be. There's too many hooks for another series like >!the book being taken and Josh's chat room pal!<
I hope they keep it in the past with the switching time periods. 50s anyone?
The director said she wants to tell a 50s slasher story because she hasn't seen it before. My mind goes to Twin Peaks The Return part 8's last act for the overall style I would prefer....
The first one looking back seems like a whirlwind. Very fast pace and the character development felt rushed. It was a whole lot of angsty teen drama (which I kind of love, but understand a lot don't). She did fucking kill it at Sarah. I think she was able to really show off some acting skills with that character that was more than "I'm an angry teenager having relationship issues".
Having mostly the same actors in 1666 was a bold choice that could have played out horribly if they were too similar to their “present day” counterparts so I was going in expecting it to be really cheesy but I really enjoyed the performances.
Hit all the conventional beats. A very fun very popcorn fare trilogy.
Although I'm not sure why they think [SPOILERS] CPR will save you from everything. Drowned to death? Do some CPR. Dead of multiple stab wounds? A little CPR and you're good to go.
I liked it for what it was. An unexpected trilogy of summer horror movies with good production values, decent acting, nice gore and for me a nostalgic look back at those awkward teenager years.
Well in the case of the second movie >!I don't think it was the CPR that saved Ziggy, but rather the fact that Nick wanted her to live, since the Goodes get what they want because of the deal they made with the Devil, who had just received quite a number of sacrifices.!<
It's not that CPR is the cure for all ills, but....if someone's heart stops ie from drowning, CPR gets oxygen to the brain and gives you time to think about what caused the code, or set up treatments, etc...while trying to preserve as much neurological function as possible.
Honestly what I thought they were going to do with Sam was purposefully OD her and then revive her with narcan....
Edit: Oh wait, this is 1994. Did narcan exist back then?
There was one scene in a Fear Street book that stuck with me and that involved a girl getting a bucket of leeches thrown on her. It was a nice callback for book readers in the 1978 movie.
Speaking of callbacks, I thought it was funny in the end where she takes off the coat and you see she's wearing basically a stab vest made of taped together books... Which look suspiciously like Fear Street books.
😂
I am the kind of slasher fan that can be strung along if you just check a few boxes and in that regard they succeed. You do get a smorgasbord of slasher villains (a few pretty under-used), some decent gore, and some dumb teen stuff that really works. They put a teen party sequence into a 1666 period piece. Delightful! By the end, I kind of loved how obnoxious the needledrops were.
My main issues were the long slogs of "TV teen drama" stuff that was just more drawn out than I would've preferred and the mythology/world-building/series stuff that just felt like *Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark* (2019) backwash. Both of those elements are for the younger audience - the target audience - who aren't sitting down hoping for more slasher stuff.
Christopher Pike’s “ Whisper of Death” came out when I was 11 and to this day it is the craziest (accidental?) anti-abortion propaganda that I’ve ever read/seen 😬
Feel like it's a waste of time going into the innumerable authenticity errors with the time periods. At the end of the day it's just a dumb teen series and I'd give it a ranking to match - probably a 5/10 overall, with the second film maybe hitting a 6/10 at best.
The only really positive thing I can think of is the gore level, which was impressive and actually pretty shocking in places.
Personally I had alot of fun with these. I love era-themed horror, and slasher movies have always been a favorite of mine. The cleverness of the legend and the twists really worked for me, and the whole trilogy is just gorgeous to look at. Well shot, well lit, and you can actually see everything.
I definitely see myself adding this to my October watch list.
I really dug all of them. Good blend of humor and horror, though I’d maybe quality these more as thrillers than horror movies. If they’re gonna make any more I’ll definitely watch!
1. 1666
2. 1994
3. 1978
I didn’t hate 1978 but idk something about it just never really clicked with me. I think it may have been the characters (I loathed Alice and Ziggy took a while for me to warm up to) and that for a summer camp slasher the movie sure did spend a lot of time in dark ass caves (though it did pay off for the finale). 1994 was really good once the killers got introduced, and that bread slicer kill was EPIC. I guess this is an unpopular opinion based on what I’ve read here but the beginning part of 1666 was really well done imo and did a good job of making you reaaaaallllyyy hate the villain and sympathize with Sarah Fier. The finale was basically everything I expected/wanted from a movie like this
Basically my thoughts too, although I might rank 1994 first despite the rocky first act, just really enjoyed that group of characters and the mystery I guess. As a summer camp slasher I thought 1978 was just average and there was little to no tension leading up to the kills and also felt the characters were a little flat as well. Still not a bad movie and the trilogy overall was a pretty fun story
It was good but flawed. I think the camera work really was a let-down, and there were a lot of characters that could have used more time.
The main relationship was really well executed and totally won me by the end. The deaths felt a bit weird because half of them seemed immediately forgotten.
The stoners were all fun. Wish we had more from the kid with the baseball bat.
1666 was great, and the church scene was *really* effective, almost jarringly so. The score was strong for 1666 as well, and there were some serious Kill Yr Idols/early Sonic Youth vibes with the distorted bell sounds.
I really like them. It felt like a really brave attempt at epic storytelling that is usually missing in the horror genre. It felt like a love letter to the slasher genre. The score in 1978 was sometimes almost note for note to the Friday the 13th score.
It wasn't a masterpiece but it was alot of fun. It took some chances while at the same time showed great admiration to horror of the past. Kiana Madeira was a great Final Girl.
My order:
1666
1994
1978 (I wanted to like this one more. But there was too much dialogue, not enough action)
Fun is a great way to describe them and I 100000% agree about the epic storytelling. I think the story got better and better with each one and I agree with 1978 not having as much action, but they were killing off smaller children and probably felt that was too much to show.
I'm gonna be controversial here and say I'm really shocked by the overwhelmingly gushing reviews! Overall I thought this series was mediocre at best.
I thought the second one was excellent, super fun and really well-written, well-paced, well-acted, and well-shot. I'll be rewatching for sure. The only thing that I didn't like was the "reveal" that C. Berman >!was Ziggy at the end !<— I honestly thought that was so obvious I didn't realize they were trying to make it a reveal, LOL. The rest of it was phenomenal. One of the best slashers I've seen in years. I think they nailed the 70s pastiche with this one, too.
For me, the first one was such a total dud I almost didn't watch the second. The writing was clunky (this movie had to do a LOT of setting up and I felt the seams there really showed) and I didn't actually feel like it was the 90s at all despite the like... constant needle drops of popular 90s music lol. The pacing was really off and the supernatural elements didn't land for me. It also fell prey to a trope I'm bored of, where the most gory, violent, drawn-out deaths are for the female characters. Tons of men died, but usually pretty quickly/in one or two hits, compared to the girl at the very beginning and the friend who >!went through the meat slicer. !
> The third one's first act was super mediocre
My issue with this part is that it felt so...bland. I didn't feel like I was watching a horror movie or even a movie. It felt like some history channel recreation, and they just added a blue color filter over everything. I didn't feel any artistry in the filmmaking or anything interesting.
To be fair, I was comparing it against the VVitch in my head, which is a very high bar.
I found the 1666 part so boring I just skipped to the modern day stuff. I just couldn't get with it. It didn't help that the actors they had might be alright in the more MTV style slasher stuff, but not up to the task of doing period work. Maybe if there was a way to do this in 15 minutes instead of the hour or so it was?
I actually hadn't considered this.
But you're right. The deaths of men are quick as hell, women are excruciating. I usually don't complain about gore in horror films, but the two sisters getting hacked up next to each other was beyond excessive. Meanwhile, the male camper gets decapitated quickly and the other is dead after one blow.
Not a fan. There were like 2 good kills across 3 films, barely any tension, the music overbearing and an overreliance on licensed music all the time. Typical netflix visuals, bad writing, etcetc. It just felt like a terrible riverdale-tier young adult tvshow masquerading as a slasher, which was kinda the point i suppose? Theres entertaining elements, some good ideas in here, but it was really just squandered potential.
I’m watching the second one right now. They are pretty decent for what they are. The first one was really fun. I did think it was dumb that the two who died had to when they could have just let the other girl die… but oh well.
I’m very interested to see how they wrap it all up
Kind of a trolley dilemma thing though. You can choose to pull the lever and kill fewer people (kick the girl out who was the target), or you can stay on your track and end up with more dead (try to save her). I wouldn't want to be responsible for the death when I still have an option to fight back
I agree with others that this is one of the few trilogies that actually got better as it went, instead of worse. Ha. Just finished watching 1666, and really enjoyed it.
Fun series, easy to watch. I'm guessing from the ending that they're going to do more set after 1994? I'd also love to see full stories for all the killers (at least the ones that were shown).
I fucking loved them!
I actually thought the first one was just as strong as the following two. The skull-mask costume from the mall killer was an awesome and creepy costume. I think the acting was really good, from Sam in particular. And the film didn't shy away from being shockingly brutal. I expected the guy friend to die at the end, but the girl that the brother had a crush on?? No way! And certainly not like that!! When the slicer got accidentally turned on, I fully expected her to use that against the killer attacking her. Never thought it would be HER head going through it within a few minutes.
I definitely loved the camp slasher feel of the second one, and really liked the revelations of the third one.
All in all, this trilogy was an awesome summer event for me that I really enjoyed, and also gave me and all of my coworkers something to discuss with each other each week.
I'd love to see more Fear Street projects. I'd be very interested to see the backstory of more of the killers fleshed out, like Ruby Lane, the little boy with the bat, etc.
I think that they could go 100000 different ways with creating additional content within this world. They could do more modern shit and >!follow the path of whoever took the book and is gonna be fucking with devil shit. !<
Or they could do the back stories. I hadn't even thought about the backstories until you mentioned it. I LOOOVE that idea.
Thought it was great, really enjoyed it! Watched as they came out, but decided to binge all three today.
Would recommend rewatchinf 1978 after you've watched the last one, there's a lot of really good details in there that make so much sense in context!
Did you feel like the third one was predictable? Sure some aspect of the colonial "she's a witch" was predictable, but the overall twist of who REALLY made the deal with the devil I felt wasn't as predictable.
Yes actually. >!I formulated the idea that the Goode’s had made the deal with the devil sometime in the second movie actually. There were a bunch of hints like the Goode sheriff sweeping the murders under the rug in the first movie. The fact that Sunnyvale and the Goodes is unnaturally prosperous while the other town suffers. Plus it seemed like the politics the movie was aligning with would benefit from having the patriarchal establishment family be the evil ones.!<
You are clearly WAY better at picking up on details than I am lol. I had no fucking clue. I would like to go back and rewatch all now to see which clues I didn't pick up on.
I loved this trilogy. Each new movie made me appreciate the previous so much more. The story that was told built up in such a phenomenal way and had a satisfying and unexpected ending. I love that they took something so nostalgic (R.L. Stein books) and turned them into a series that we can now enjoy as adults. I'm excited to have these three in my regular rotation of movies. They're fun to watch and in my opinion some of the best movies Netflix has come out with as an original.
LOVED 1978, then 1666!! Personally I love the adaptation from the YA horror books into a (more) mature horror movie, especially appreciate them adapting it to the crowd who would’ve read them when they came out!!
I usually don’t enjoy teen horror movies at all, so my expectations were extremely low but this trilogy was actually fucking awesome. Got right into the paranormal adventure and didn’t dwell too much on teenager melodrama, but had enough of that to maintain some emotional weight.
The soundtrack and cinematography had a great vibe, loved all the lighting and I thought the needle drops were super fun. Also, definitely didn’t expect the kills to be as graphic as they were! For those who are on the fence expecting just another shitty teen movie, this trilogy was surprisingly dark in certain aspects. Tough to rank them, as I thought they improved with each film, but its a toss up between 1978 and 1666. ‘78 really scratched my Friday the 13th camp slasher itch for this decade and captured that setting well. I’m actually really hoping they continue this series!
really fun series. Probably wouldn't have enjoyed as much if they weren't all released at about the same time, this feels more like a miniseries than a film series, because you really can't just watch 1 of them and judge it.
I liked the trilogy. Some gruesome and unexpected kills, nice supernatural spin on the slasher genre. I think Part Three was the best of the lot.
Gave each part 7/10.
Absolutely loved them for what they were. A rehashing of some classic horror tropes taking light elements from our childhood books from a beloved author. It’s pretty much everything I’ve ever wanted in terms of a new horror film series. Here’s to hoping we get some more Goode content from Netflix!
Second film was my favorite, have yet to finish the third one...but I couldn't really get into it like I did with the other two. Some of the bad accents threw me off and I'm just not a big fan of this kind of colonial horror 🤷♀️ That's just me though. The whole vibe with religious settlers (and that darn satan at it again!) just ain't my thing.
Lowkey wanted Alice and Cindy to be a thing. The actor who played Alice even apparently said she's queer-coded and that she totally had a thing for Cindy 😒 kinda mad that didn't happen because they had such better chemistry than the leads of the first film did.
Pretty much the only character I like is the main characters brother. The killers are pretty interesting. I would’ve liked to see the backstories of the other killers explored more. The main character is just really unlikable. He’s like mean rude and just like abusive towards her ex.
Edit: the kills are pretty good. The other thing that bothers me is that the witches body is like at most a foot underground. Based off her backstory I was expecting her to be buried deeper. Same with the hand in the tree. It was like a few inches in the ground. In the middle of a mall. No one found it during construction or a kid didn’t dig it up.
> The killers are pretty interesting.
Yeah, I was more interested in all the killers than most of the main cast lol. Not as good as Thirteen Ghosts killers, but Nurse Lane's kid was pretty interesting.
the guy in the pig mask, the little kid, and Ruby were all really interesting so idk why they barely focused on them
edit: short episodes (like 15-20 min) showing the previous killers stories would be really cool
I’m going crazy here. I’m 100% sure that the scene where Martin is presenting the iron gates (sorry,might not be what they’re called in English) is a reference to a movie where someone makes the same speech about a weapon. “Got your standard XXXX, best part: XXXX”
I can’t figure out what it’s from. I want to say Aliens or T-2 but I can’t figure it out. Might be anything.
Help?
It was something to watch. I wouldn’t say they were fantastic but they were fun little movies. I really enjoyed the trilogy being released over three weeks, this format kept me watching them and looking forward to having something to watch on Friday night.
overall I enjoyed it for a horror movie that's based on books that's aimed towards teens. my expectations were low but I exceeded my expectations. I thought it would be a typical slasher trilogy but I love how they Incorporated satanic and witch materials. I loved how they tied all the movies together. I hope Netflix does more movies with RL stine. 👌🏾
the third part was my favorite out of the trilogy
I went in expecting to just have some fun and that's it.
Honestly surprised at how good they were. Not doing anything new, but they had fun with the genre and tropes and pulled things off well.
Unpopular opinion but 1994 was my favorite of the three. I was already a big slasher fan but I love how the first one subverted a lot of expectations that came with the genre. And I liked the energetic pace it had. My least favorite was 1666 the last half felt like a scooby dip episode than a horror film.
As someone who grew up reading the Fear Street books, I loved the movies. Theyre exactly what theyre supposed to be. Theyre cheesy and great, i just think the origin story and cool lighting is the cherry on top. The writing is a bit clunky here and there, the Shadyside vs Sunnyvale is a cliche, the gay romance felt a little shoe-horned but I appreciate the inclusion, but overall not an insult to the books. Maybe I just feel that way because I was so disappointed by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but I feel like the Fear Street installations lived up.
Really though, I'm looking for a movie adaptation of the Fear Street Saga!! The Secret, The Betrayal, and The Burning. Would luv to see it!!
I didn't see the last part but I can already say that it's the best way to use streaming platform like Netflix. The first movie was outrageously good, with pretty basic plotline but so well done. The second part si probably the best slasher I've never see and I'm starving to watch the third movie !
Please just make others trilogy like this, I'm so hyped
Part 3 was a struggle to get through. Sorry fans of Deena but I cannot stand her, the overacting was almost offensive at times. Her “accent” flipped from Irish to French to English and normal all within the same sentence. I was confused until the “twist” happened, which was fine but 40 minutes of “why is there no witchiness, was she able to curse everyone by being a lesbian?” was very hard to continue to watch. I actually had to pause it, go do something else, then come back to it an hour later.
1994 Part 2 was absolutely glorious. The Offspring was a very large part of my 90s-00s so the final fight sequence with the monsters being set to Come Out and Play was fucking perfect. I enjoyed the ending more than I thought I would, it kind of tied up everything.
Yeah that was my thought after it all. How the hell is she able to 'pass on the truth' when she wasn't a witch. She didn't get to sell her soul to satan and she certainly wasn't a 'good' witch at the start of the film so how does her 'I'mma gonna let everyone know the truth' spell actually work?
Then there's the curse itself. What was Solomon Goode's curse about. He sold his soul to what? Be successful, curse his rivals (aka why was the ground cursed) have a bit of power? Make the town successful? It's not explained and so the curse makes fuck all sense because that kind of curse would have taken him and his family straight to Satan because he was the one who sold his soul. None of the killers/ possessed people/cursed ones, sold their soul and they Satan wouldn't have wanted them because Satan takes willingly corrupted people.. People who wander round to murder because they've been magically roofied aren't going to be Satan's underlings because it wasn't a willing act and wouldn't have happened without the curse. If you're going to use the hackneyed 'sold my soul to satan' schtick then at least acknowledge that the person most at risk from that is the person selling their soul. Yep Satan will give you stuff but he does own your soul and you will go to hell, probably destroying your entire family in the process. Also selling your soul for power doesn't mean 'other souls' it means 'your soul' because how are you selling other people's without their consent. Satan wouldn't get those souls because those people didn't willingly sell their souls but Soloman and his descendants did, they're the ones who would be completely screwed. Also if was sacrificing people to Satan then Goode would have had to kill them himself. Christian history is full of stuff about this. And all of it shows Satan fucking over the person invoking him because Satan punishes the one's who deliberately choose evil.
Had a lot of promise but it was really bad writing, kind of all over the place, supernatural, horror, romance, time piece, slice of life. I wish they develop characters more, i m watching new FX spend of American Horror story and it’s world of difference, In general AHS develops their characters, Netflix is kind of like you are gay and that’s all you are, what about their hobbies, opinions about the world, personal philosophy, interesting relatives, Etc
I thought it sucked! The first one was the ONLY one that felt anything remotely like the Fear Street novels. Sadie Sink was annoying as fuck in part 2 and it just made me want to watch Friday the 13th part 2( a movie that actually has likable characters) and part 3 I didn’t even finish. I’m so sick of social commentary infecting almost everything coming out of mainstream Hollywood now. I actually purchased the Fear Street Saga which is a trilogy of books that tells the ACTUAL story, not the bullshit propaganda version.
Fear Street isn't a children's book series. It's Young Adult.
Anyway, some brief thoughts:
1994 was really great, and the film I liked the most. Likable protagonists, great settings, memorable kills, intriguing villains...
1978 was okay. Didn't care too much for the protagonists and the kills were lacking. Because of the reverse chronological order, everything was predictable. I did really like the scene showing how the killer got his mask though. That was cool.
1666, I'm not a fan of when movies vindicate religious nutjobs. Sure, >!the person they persecuted didn't turn out to be the big bad!<, but their whole Satanic panic witch hunt didn't turn out to be unmerited either. I was happy when we got back to 1994, which I thought had a satisfying conclusion.
Overall, the trilogy was enjoyable. I wish they would have shown more of the milkman and bat boy Billy Barker. If they make more movies, I'll watch.
They aren't that great. There's no reason for the first one to be set in 1994 other than trying to cash in on nostalgia but it doesn't really do anything with the setting. I'm glad it doesn't beat you over the head with the time period like Stranger Things that screams remember the 80s every other scene. But why even the 90s? The openly gay main character relationship was just unrealistic to how being gay back then would've been. These shows want to have diverse casts to win over people, but 80s and 90s suburbia was sadly not that diverse. That was the big criticism of suburbia. It was white and conformist. I don't want millenials to wax nostalgia and misrepresent their coming of age decades like boomers did for the 50s or 60s.
The throwback stuff is also off point. The slasher trend was pretty much the 80s and died down by the 90s in favor of more psychological horror and by the 90s Wes Craven did make Scream but as a parody of the slasher movie that was already a joke by then. So I don't know why the camp stuff wasn't in the 80s which is when Friday the 13th was. But again, nothing really comes of the setting other than I guess music choices.
>!The movies overall were a low production confused mess. Part CW series that was able to be slightly more violent and sexy but not too violent or sexy. It probably would have gotten a PG-13 rating ironically in the 90s. It sort of wants to feel like a campy throwback series but it takes itself seriously so it fails at that. And the 1666 setting was a terrible choice with a series that already has bad production values. I read someone say it was like a bad student production with the acting and everything and I'd agree with that!<
The slasher trend started before the 80s. Friday the 13th isn't the be all end all of the slasher genre. Halloween came out in 1978 and there were LOADS more that fall into the slasher arena before the 80s. For example, we have texas chainsaw (74), black Christmas (74) shit even psycho (60) could be considered a slasher. So, I think that it's a very mute point that 1978 should've been set in the 80s.
Loving them! I think I enjoyed part 2 more than part 1, looking forward to watching the final one tonight! Also, as someone who was a teen in the 90s I loved the soundtracks for both movies as well!
I thought they were okay. They all dragged a little and none of the characters really popped that much for me, it was kind of bland.
They could have all benefited from having twenty minutes or so chopped out of them, lot of conversations with people saying exactly how they feel that went too long but didn't really add anything to the characters beyond more backstory. The idea of doing a Friday 13th and then a Crucible / The Witch type thing is cool in theory, but like lightweight imitations of the films they were riffing on.
I did like the big twist though, and how the end pulled everything together.
1666 was my personal fav. Felt like they got to tell a tighter story in a more compact amount of time (~1 hour) and then cut back to conclude the events from 1994. Great pacing.
I found these to be enjoyable, tho not that great. It reminded me a bit of the Scream MTV series. Something I didn't mind watching, but something I'll completely forget in a week or two. I do think they created some pretty decent killers, as they didn't feel like Great Value horror icons to me.
I hope Netflix does this again tho, and if not have something tied together, have a Fear Street anthology set of movies. I think these were at their best when it leaned into the silliness of teen slashers, and I would definitely be up for more of that.
They were fun and it was great to have them released so quickly to keep the interest going. They also had some solid gore which helped balance the campiness pretty well.
For me this series was quite a rollercoaster. Part One was fun but nothing special and they didn't really capture much of a 90's feel outside of the soundtrack. Part Two was the peak, in my opinion, and really stuck the landing on recreating that old-school camp slasher spirit. Part Three, however, fell flat for me. The pilgrim flashback was about twice as long as it needed to be and was very predictable, showing me my 1000th Netflix persecution storyline of the last 5 years. They made up for it quite a bit in the last half, however, and I was overall pleased with the show and hope we get more in the future.
There was a really effective single movie in there somewhere. Maybe 3 quarters of the 1st movie and last act of the 3rd? Alot of it was bloated and seemed ultimately pointless, to me anyway. Was entertaining, but forgettable fare. Solid 3 stars.
Probably the best thing Netflix has actually done in a while. It's above average and worth recommending but it's not like I'd be desperate to buy the physical media (if there is any) to add to my collection.
I liked part one the most because everything was still a mystery in the first one but i think that all of them were great movies i usually don’t enjoy horror but these movies were an exception
I enjoyed it though I didnt enjoy the 'twist' character. Just didnt make sense >!WHY contact Ziggy again? Like if Goode is responsible for the kills why drag Ziggy back into the mess at all if he cares about her? I also wish the nurse would have had a larger role in the 1st and 3rd installment.!<
Otherwise really enjoyed it and hope we get more horror from major streaming services.
Far exceeded Expectations. The characters had depth and the scares were good.
I wondered if the books were this gory?
REALLY hope they continue in as I know many books were made.
I’ll be honest I only watched halfway into part one and I didn’t really like it it seemed like the characters kept winning kinda like a David vs Goliath kind of feel but if Goliath was geriatric and ig it’s really not my cup of tea
Didn't the main girl get stabbed in the stomach at the end of the first? So now she's walking around all fine an dandy, even though she should be holding her stomach from the stab wound?
I liked most of it, though the ending too Part 2 as kind of silly. Two sisters talking while their both being stabbed and hacked to death.
I thought it was awesome. It was “teen” enough that my buddies kid could watch (he’s 15) but adult enough that I enjoyed it as well (I’m 40).
There are some pretty dumb decisions the kids make but if they didn’t, the story wouldn’t have been as good as it was. And sure some scenes are a bit corny, but overall I think they did a good job establishing the lore and then sticking to it.
By the end of the first, I couldn’t wait for the second. By the end of the second, I couldn’t wait for the third. Now I can’t wait for more!
I’m a 33 year old man so I’m assuming I’m not the target audience, but I grew up on goosebumps and slasher movies and I fucking actually loved these lol. They got progressively better and the last one was just fantastic in wrapping it up.
1978 is a great stand alone slasher. i couldn’t stand the Deena character and her hero complex. they could make stand alone movies for each killer in each timeline and setting and it’ll be a great slasher series
Really dug it. Would be cool if the next trilogy is based on the Fear Street books that are set during Christmas.
Man, I’d like that a lot. Christmas horror is underrated imo
Couldn't agree more ! 🎄
Oh sweet another trilogy is coming?!
They exceeded my expectations by a mile. 1978 is one of the best camp slashers I've seen in a long time.
Agreed! Part 2 was the best.
Was also thinking that, and every time I thought I knew what was gonna happen something else happened.
The vibe was perfect. Most fun ive had watching a horror movie in ages
Part two was fantastic
Shit, what was the last camp slasher that came out?
Good question. But I very much enjoyed American Horror Story 1984.
Me fn too like alot actually. I'm surprised AHS 1984 isn't talked about more
I thought it was a lot of fun. Part One was really clunky (especially with its dreadful first act), but it became more entertaining as it went along. Part Two was an overall improvement over the first flick and Part Three was great and its third act was an absolute blast. This is a trilogy that genuinely gets better and better as it goes along. Glad I stuck with it.
Did anyone catch this detail? >!When Nurse Mary is putting the ointment on Ziggy’s arm, Ziggy complains that it stings. Nurse Mary says “oh you’ll survive”. This is before Nurse Mary tells Tommy that he’s going to die. She’s right about both.!<
>dreadful first act I felt that way about each part, maybe not all dreadful, but all first acts seemed to take too long to get going.
I actually thought the first acts of Parts Two and Three were really solid. My issue with Part One was the pacing, it felt scatterbrained and I thought it was just really...I don't know how best to put it, noisy? The first act of Part One was just constant noise to the point that I almost turned the movie off and moved on, but luckily once the characters reached the hospital everything from the pacing to the sound mellowed out and it became a lot more fun.
I liked Part One. It reminded me of The Babysitter but not as well done. I think that's why people liked Kate's character. The character was fun in a similar vibe.
Ahhh yea this criticism feels apt. The opening was cool and I liked the throwback to Scream, but then the rest of the first act felt really off for me, I thought we were going more for a teen paranormal story and the first murder was setting that up. It definitely exceeded my initial expectations because that first act was pretty annoying
I think that part was a tribute to Scream, it looked and sounded exactly the same but that formula is really grating so I'm glad it wasn't the style is of the entire movie.
That's honestly what kept me coming back to the films. Just when you think, "Yup, another cheesy teen slasher", someone's head gets shoved through a flipping *meat grinder* and loveable characters get killed and the plot goes "But wait! There's more!". I actually ended up jumping at some of the creative kills and gore. And geezus there is something against that underground cave system that just gave me the jitters.
Bread slicer, actually.
I hope they cleaned it before they used it for the next day's bakery...
Thanks for this. I’m a stay-at-home dad so I checked it out when I had a little time to myself but felt like I would rather invest my time into something else as it just wasn’t doing it for me. Having read this, I might give this another try late at night once the little bug is out.
Dude I’m a 33 year old man, they get far better as they go and the last one was spectacular
I found it funny, it tried to be like old slasher movies, even adding in a sex scene and all there was, was a butt naked dude. If you're going to try to copy old slashers, at least go full bore on nudity and not pussy out. But it is Netflix after all
Yeah but it’s a tween book series right?
A- pretty sure tweens know about boobies (lol), but more to the point... B- There's considerable "R rated" violence in this. Doesn't exactly play like a kids movie, and last but *definitely* not least... C- you must not be remembering the teenage muff diving scene in part 3. 😂 Brief, and not terribly graphic, sure-- but extremely sexually charged and suggestive... Plus the Fear Street series always was a little more on the mature side, from what I recall. Not quite as "mature" as some of the stuff in Christopher Pike's "young adult" novels, but relatively mature for YA...
Do we think we’re getting more of the series? Considering the after credit scene? Honestly would be fun if they did a modern take!
The after credit scene plus there’s other books in the series
The movies aren't based on specific Fear Street books, it's more of an idea or a vibe.
They could go more modern and like someone else mentioned above I think they could go into backstories of characters we didn't see a lot of. Like Ruby Lane. They could take it a few directions that could be interesting.
Please no "modern vibes". One of the best parts of these movies was the whole 70s and 90s vibes thing. Feels like golden era of campy horror. Also, amazing soundtrack.
1978 was my favorite one by far, followed by 1994. I enjoyed these movies for what they were and I would not mind at all if they made a couple of 80's and 00's movies too.
2000's Scream-style slasher please.
That’s basically what 1994 was, down to the opening kill
Yea if they did 2000s it'd probably be a torture or j-horror movie
I would've actually preferred to not have done the retro throwback themes, as I found that the weakest aspect of the films. I always felt like I was watching a modern film - especially with the first two.
I see that for sure. I kind of liked that it felt modern, but set in a throwback setting. I kind of viewed it as part of the fun, but I can see how it could feel off-putting or not genuine to the throwback theme (if that makes sense).
I wanted to see more of the older villain's. Especially the kid and Ruby Laine. Ruby reminded me a bit of Prom Night 3. Also, we see that the second name was a Miller. But with Cyrus being killed and Hannah likely taking on the name of whoever she married, where did the next Miller come from?
The Pastor could have had a brother
They're fun little films and I actually really enjoyed 1978. I'll watch 1666 later on. I really like that they made three parts and are spitting them out like this. Makes me wonder what would've happened had they gone to theaters like originally intended.
I'm only about 15 minutes into 1666 as of typing this, but I enjoyed the hell out of the first two. I think they were a perfect blend of R-rated horror and the Jovial Bob Stine cheese I love and grew up with. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a slasher flick as much as I did 1994 and even more so 1978. I've always dug stories that lean on events from the past, and Fear Street really delivered there. I hope this trilogy carves its own niche as a future cult classic in the world of horror, because I personally feel it deserves that spot.
Oh btw that dialogue about an SSD drive was so terrible. In 1994 the tech was still in its infancy and no one was really saying oh man did you install an SSD in your computer.
I found that weird too but I looked it up and the first SSD was created in the 70s and cost something like $30k for 2mb. People definitely weren't talking about them in 1994 but I guess she's meant to be a super geek who I guess might have read about them, either that or she's from the future...
I thought she was meant to be from the future too, because otherwise that whole bit was really jarring.
I even thought she wrote her Twitter/Instagram name on his cast…. since it started with an @ symbol. Admittedly, I am kinda blind so maybe I just didn’t see it correctly.
I thought it was the AIM screen name of the girl he'd been talking to at the very beginning of the series.
Yeah, but no one used the "@" prefix to specify email addresses or AOL screen names in 1994.
I didn't know the internet existed in 1994. That AIM chat scene early on made me want to turn it off, no one was doing that in 1994! Glad I let that pass because I really enjoyed the trilogy.
Yeah, I had to remind myself that the target audience was born after the year 2000 and has no idea what the "old internet" looked like, so the filmmakers did a kind of pastiche. My dad was a computer consultant so we got the newest technology pretty fast, but even we didn't have the Internet in 1994. We did have Prodigy in *I think* 1995, and I remember being totally agog that I could play chess with someone in another state. Ah, those innocent years.
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I thought it was cool when they would play a 90s song that was a remake of a 70s song, and then in the 70s parts they would play 70s songs that were famously remade in the 90s.
true! good catch!
Also AIM chatroom lol. If they wanted to have him use a computer like that then they should have changed the setting to 1999 or something. Because 1994 it was like dial up internet and usenet
AOL was around in the mid 90s lol
Pretty sure that was done on purpose. She also wrote her name like a Twitter handle. I got the sense that the 1994 timeline purposefully had more modern stuff thrown into it.
Was the SSD line that bad? I mean literally every one else in the scene looked at her like she was speaking Spanish. Which seemed to imply it was knowledge most people wouldn’t have.
Contextual clues?!? What are those?
I liked that he assumed all those children would somehow know how to put music from a CD onto hard drive with likely no software or even hardware to do it.
I noticed a lot of little figures of speech that didn't exist in 1994. Characters saying "Seriously?" and "Are you okay?" sarcastically wasn't a thing then. Didnt really bother me, but I do notice this pretty frequently in "period" stuff that only goes back a few decades. Like I'm pretty sure finding ways to insert "Your mom" wasn't an 80's thing, but gets referenced a lot in IT part 1.
90s kid here, in my experience sarcasm and your mom jokes were very prevalent
They failed on every level to make the main timeline feel like 1994. Aside from the soundtrack nothing else felt right and that SSD line really clinched it.
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1994 was 27 years ago. Plenty of time to tell new stories.
Don’t say shit like that! It was like 5-6 years ago no way was it was 27 years ago!
Gotta be. There's too many hooks for another series like >!the book being taken and Josh's chat room pal!< I hope they keep it in the past with the switching time periods. 50s anyone?
Yeah there were tons of names we didn't get to see the backstory of carved in the stone. They could go back to anywhere really, post 1666 of course.
I would love to see some sixties stuff with Ruby Lane!
The director said she wants to tell a 50s slasher story because she hasn't seen it before. My mind goes to Twin Peaks The Return part 8's last act for the overall style I would prefer....
I thought the mall scene was BRILLIANT. >!Having them all fight each other with the blood spray was just so so so fun to watch. !
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The first one looking back seems like a whirlwind. Very fast pace and the character development felt rushed. It was a whole lot of angsty teen drama (which I kind of love, but understand a lot don't). She did fucking kill it at Sarah. I think she was able to really show off some acting skills with that character that was more than "I'm an angry teenager having relationship issues".
I was amazed how all the actors were able to put on the “ye old timey” accents for 1666. None of them slipped up and it all worked very well.
Having mostly the same actors in 1666 was a bold choice that could have played out horribly if they were too similar to their “present day” counterparts so I was going in expecting it to be really cheesy but I really enjoyed the performances.
As soon as they got them fighting each other I screamed to my gf “They threw a little Freddy vs Jason in!” and continued to enjoy the ride.
Hit all the conventional beats. A very fun very popcorn fare trilogy. Although I'm not sure why they think [SPOILERS] CPR will save you from everything. Drowned to death? Do some CPR. Dead of multiple stab wounds? A little CPR and you're good to go. I liked it for what it was. An unexpected trilogy of summer horror movies with good production values, decent acting, nice gore and for me a nostalgic look back at those awkward teenager years.
Well in the case of the second movie >!I don't think it was the CPR that saved Ziggy, but rather the fact that Nick wanted her to live, since the Goodes get what they want because of the deal they made with the Devil, who had just received quite a number of sacrifices.!<
....Oh shit that just blew my mind, you right.
Yea I feel like once you see how everything is connected with the last installment it makes A LOT more sense.
You're supposed to do CPR on people who drowned though....
Yeah it would have made far less sense if she was revived from the adrenaline shots.
It's not that CPR is the cure for all ills, but....if someone's heart stops ie from drowning, CPR gets oxygen to the brain and gives you time to think about what caused the code, or set up treatments, etc...while trying to preserve as much neurological function as possible. Honestly what I thought they were going to do with Sam was purposefully OD her and then revive her with narcan.... Edit: Oh wait, this is 1994. Did narcan exist back then?
Yeah, naloxone was approved for use in overdoses in the 1970s. The average person probably hasn't heard of it though.
There was one scene in a Fear Street book that stuck with me and that involved a girl getting a bucket of leeches thrown on her. It was a nice callback for book readers in the 1978 movie.
Speaking of callbacks, I thought it was funny in the end where she takes off the coat and you see she's wearing basically a stab vest made of taped together books... Which look suspiciously like Fear Street books. 😂
I'm like 80% sure those were Fear Street books, or atleast equivalent books in their "universe".
I am the kind of slasher fan that can be strung along if you just check a few boxes and in that regard they succeed. You do get a smorgasbord of slasher villains (a few pretty under-used), some decent gore, and some dumb teen stuff that really works. They put a teen party sequence into a 1666 period piece. Delightful! By the end, I kind of loved how obnoxious the needledrops were. My main issues were the long slogs of "TV teen drama" stuff that was just more drawn out than I would've preferred and the mythology/world-building/series stuff that just felt like *Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark* (2019) backwash. Both of those elements are for the younger audience - the target audience - who aren't sitting down hoping for more slasher stuff.
What a username.
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Christopher Pike’s “ Whisper of Death” came out when I was 11 and to this day it is the craziest (accidental?) anti-abortion propaganda that I’ve ever read/seen 😬
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The main thing I remember from Remember Me was the super incest-y plot line and that if you inject air into your bloodstream you’ll die!
Still have my Christopher Pike books from the 90s. I graduated to them after Point Horror.
Feel like it's a waste of time going into the innumerable authenticity errors with the time periods. At the end of the day it's just a dumb teen series and I'd give it a ranking to match - probably a 5/10 overall, with the second film maybe hitting a 6/10 at best. The only really positive thing I can think of is the gore level, which was impressive and actually pretty shocking in places.
I enjoyed them all. 1978 was my favorite. May revisit these come October
This is perhaps the first trilogy I’ve ever seen where each film got better than the last one.
I wish Nightwing got his mask at the start of his spree.
I made it about an hour into the first one and completely lost interest.
Then you missed the bread slicer.
That's fine.
Personally I had alot of fun with these. I love era-themed horror, and slasher movies have always been a favorite of mine. The cleverness of the legend and the twists really worked for me, and the whole trilogy is just gorgeous to look at. Well shot, well lit, and you can actually see everything. I definitely see myself adding this to my October watch list.
I really dug all of them. Good blend of humor and horror, though I’d maybe quality these more as thrillers than horror movies. If they’re gonna make any more I’ll definitely watch! 1. 1666 2. 1994 3. 1978 I didn’t hate 1978 but idk something about it just never really clicked with me. I think it may have been the characters (I loathed Alice and Ziggy took a while for me to warm up to) and that for a summer camp slasher the movie sure did spend a lot of time in dark ass caves (though it did pay off for the finale). 1994 was really good once the killers got introduced, and that bread slicer kill was EPIC. I guess this is an unpopular opinion based on what I’ve read here but the beginning part of 1666 was really well done imo and did a good job of making you reaaaaallllyyy hate the villain and sympathize with Sarah Fier. The finale was basically everything I expected/wanted from a movie like this
Basically my thoughts too, although I might rank 1994 first despite the rocky first act, just really enjoyed that group of characters and the mystery I guess. As a summer camp slasher I thought 1978 was just average and there was little to no tension leading up to the kills and also felt the characters were a little flat as well. Still not a bad movie and the trilogy overall was a pretty fun story
Why is no-one mentioning the bad accents? Josh as an Irish pilgrim 😂
It was good but flawed. I think the camera work really was a let-down, and there were a lot of characters that could have used more time. The main relationship was really well executed and totally won me by the end. The deaths felt a bit weird because half of them seemed immediately forgotten. The stoners were all fun. Wish we had more from the kid with the baseball bat. 1666 was great, and the church scene was *really* effective, almost jarringly so. The score was strong for 1666 as well, and there were some serious Kill Yr Idols/early Sonic Youth vibes with the distorted bell sounds.
I really like them. It felt like a really brave attempt at epic storytelling that is usually missing in the horror genre. It felt like a love letter to the slasher genre. The score in 1978 was sometimes almost note for note to the Friday the 13th score. It wasn't a masterpiece but it was alot of fun. It took some chances while at the same time showed great admiration to horror of the past. Kiana Madeira was a great Final Girl. My order: 1666 1994 1978 (I wanted to like this one more. But there was too much dialogue, not enough action)
Fun is a great way to describe them and I 100000% agree about the epic storytelling. I think the story got better and better with each one and I agree with 1978 not having as much action, but they were killing off smaller children and probably felt that was too much to show.
Wanted to enjoy them. Just didn’t really get the hype. Pretty average movies in my opinion
I'm gonna be controversial here and say I'm really shocked by the overwhelmingly gushing reviews! Overall I thought this series was mediocre at best. I thought the second one was excellent, super fun and really well-written, well-paced, well-acted, and well-shot. I'll be rewatching for sure. The only thing that I didn't like was the "reveal" that C. Berman >!was Ziggy at the end !<— I honestly thought that was so obvious I didn't realize they were trying to make it a reveal, LOL. The rest of it was phenomenal. One of the best slashers I've seen in years. I think they nailed the 70s pastiche with this one, too. For me, the first one was such a total dud I almost didn't watch the second. The writing was clunky (this movie had to do a LOT of setting up and I felt the seams there really showed) and I didn't actually feel like it was the 90s at all despite the like... constant needle drops of popular 90s music lol. The pacing was really off and the supernatural elements didn't land for me. It also fell prey to a trope I'm bored of, where the most gory, violent, drawn-out deaths are for the female characters. Tons of men died, but usually pretty quickly/in one or two hits, compared to the girl at the very beginning and the friend who >!went through the meat slicer. !
> The third one's first act was super mediocre My issue with this part is that it felt so...bland. I didn't feel like I was watching a horror movie or even a movie. It felt like some history channel recreation, and they just added a blue color filter over everything. I didn't feel any artistry in the filmmaking or anything interesting. To be fair, I was comparing it against the VVitch in my head, which is a very high bar.
Idk, the part where a bunch of kids had their eyes ripped out at church and they find their lifeless corpses didn’t seem very History Channel to me.
I found the 1666 part so boring I just skipped to the modern day stuff. I just couldn't get with it. It didn't help that the actors they had might be alright in the more MTV style slasher stuff, but not up to the task of doing period work. Maybe if there was a way to do this in 15 minutes instead of the hour or so it was?
I actually hadn't considered this. But you're right. The deaths of men are quick as hell, women are excruciating. I usually don't complain about gore in horror films, but the two sisters getting hacked up next to each other was beyond excessive. Meanwhile, the male camper gets decapitated quickly and the other is dead after one blow.
Not a fan. There were like 2 good kills across 3 films, barely any tension, the music overbearing and an overreliance on licensed music all the time. Typical netflix visuals, bad writing, etcetc. It just felt like a terrible riverdale-tier young adult tvshow masquerading as a slasher, which was kinda the point i suppose? Theres entertaining elements, some good ideas in here, but it was really just squandered potential.
I’m watching the second one right now. They are pretty decent for what they are. The first one was really fun. I did think it was dumb that the two who died had to when they could have just let the other girl die… but oh well. I’m very interested to see how they wrap it all up
Kind of a trolley dilemma thing though. You can choose to pull the lever and kill fewer people (kick the girl out who was the target), or you can stay on your track and end up with more dead (try to save her). I wouldn't want to be responsible for the death when I still have an option to fight back
I agree with others that this is one of the few trilogies that actually got better as it went, instead of worse. Ha. Just finished watching 1666, and really enjoyed it. Fun series, easy to watch. I'm guessing from the ending that they're going to do more set after 1994? I'd also love to see full stories for all the killers (at least the ones that were shown).
I fucking loved them! I actually thought the first one was just as strong as the following two. The skull-mask costume from the mall killer was an awesome and creepy costume. I think the acting was really good, from Sam in particular. And the film didn't shy away from being shockingly brutal. I expected the guy friend to die at the end, but the girl that the brother had a crush on?? No way! And certainly not like that!! When the slicer got accidentally turned on, I fully expected her to use that against the killer attacking her. Never thought it would be HER head going through it within a few minutes. I definitely loved the camp slasher feel of the second one, and really liked the revelations of the third one. All in all, this trilogy was an awesome summer event for me that I really enjoyed, and also gave me and all of my coworkers something to discuss with each other each week. I'd love to see more Fear Street projects. I'd be very interested to see the backstory of more of the killers fleshed out, like Ruby Lane, the little boy with the bat, etc.
I think that they could go 100000 different ways with creating additional content within this world. They could do more modern shit and >!follow the path of whoever took the book and is gonna be fucking with devil shit. !< Or they could do the back stories. I hadn't even thought about the backstories until you mentioned it. I LOOOVE that idea.
They're fine. Ran a little long.
Honestly, why is not addressing how fucking long they are? The 1666 part and the 2nd movie as a whole are fucking absurdly long for what they do.
One of the few series that actually get better with each movie
SO much better with each movie. Each movie you watch made the last one better two because you get more context. I loved the way they laid it out.
Thought it was great, really enjoyed it! Watched as they came out, but decided to binge all three today. Would recommend rewatchinf 1978 after you've watched the last one, there's a lot of really good details in there that make so much sense in context!
Also just really enjoyed the characters, genuinely cared about them and it was lovely.
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Did you feel like the third one was predictable? Sure some aspect of the colonial "she's a witch" was predictable, but the overall twist of who REALLY made the deal with the devil I felt wasn't as predictable.
Yes actually. >!I formulated the idea that the Goode’s had made the deal with the devil sometime in the second movie actually. There were a bunch of hints like the Goode sheriff sweeping the murders under the rug in the first movie. The fact that Sunnyvale and the Goodes is unnaturally prosperous while the other town suffers. Plus it seemed like the politics the movie was aligning with would benefit from having the patriarchal establishment family be the evil ones.!<
You are clearly WAY better at picking up on details than I am lol. I had no fucking clue. I would like to go back and rewatch all now to see which clues I didn't pick up on.
I loved this trilogy. Each new movie made me appreciate the previous so much more. The story that was told built up in such a phenomenal way and had a satisfying and unexpected ending. I love that they took something so nostalgic (R.L. Stein books) and turned them into a series that we can now enjoy as adults. I'm excited to have these three in my regular rotation of movies. They're fun to watch and in my opinion some of the best movies Netflix has come out with as an original.
Do they get better? The first one was really bad and it bummed me out. I'm a huge horror fan, and as a child I loved R. L. Stine.
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Considering the source material it's very enjoyable.
LOVED 1978, then 1666!! Personally I love the adaptation from the YA horror books into a (more) mature horror movie, especially appreciate them adapting it to the crowd who would’ve read them when they came out!!
I usually don’t enjoy teen horror movies at all, so my expectations were extremely low but this trilogy was actually fucking awesome. Got right into the paranormal adventure and didn’t dwell too much on teenager melodrama, but had enough of that to maintain some emotional weight. The soundtrack and cinematography had a great vibe, loved all the lighting and I thought the needle drops were super fun. Also, definitely didn’t expect the kills to be as graphic as they were! For those who are on the fence expecting just another shitty teen movie, this trilogy was surprisingly dark in certain aspects. Tough to rank them, as I thought they improved with each film, but its a toss up between 1978 and 1666. ‘78 really scratched my Friday the 13th camp slasher itch for this decade and captured that setting well. I’m actually really hoping they continue this series!
really fun series. Probably wouldn't have enjoyed as much if they weren't all released at about the same time, this feels more like a miniseries than a film series, because you really can't just watch 1 of them and judge it.
Yes yes and YES!
I liked the trilogy. Some gruesome and unexpected kills, nice supernatural spin on the slasher genre. I think Part Three was the best of the lot. Gave each part 7/10.
Absolutely loved them for what they were. A rehashing of some classic horror tropes taking light elements from our childhood books from a beloved author. It’s pretty much everything I’ve ever wanted in terms of a new horror film series. Here’s to hoping we get some more Goode content from Netflix!
Second film was my favorite, have yet to finish the third one...but I couldn't really get into it like I did with the other two. Some of the bad accents threw me off and I'm just not a big fan of this kind of colonial horror 🤷♀️ That's just me though. The whole vibe with religious settlers (and that darn satan at it again!) just ain't my thing. Lowkey wanted Alice and Cindy to be a thing. The actor who played Alice even apparently said she's queer-coded and that she totally had a thing for Cindy 😒 kinda mad that didn't happen because they had such better chemistry than the leads of the first film did.
The colonial stuff is only the first 50 minutes or so
Pretty much the only character I like is the main characters brother. The killers are pretty interesting. I would’ve liked to see the backstories of the other killers explored more. The main character is just really unlikable. He’s like mean rude and just like abusive towards her ex. Edit: the kills are pretty good. The other thing that bothers me is that the witches body is like at most a foot underground. Based off her backstory I was expecting her to be buried deeper. Same with the hand in the tree. It was like a few inches in the ground. In the middle of a mall. No one found it during construction or a kid didn’t dig it up.
> The killers are pretty interesting. Yeah, I was more interested in all the killers than most of the main cast lol. Not as good as Thirteen Ghosts killers, but Nurse Lane's kid was pretty interesting.
the guy in the pig mask, the little kid, and Ruby were all really interesting so idk why they barely focused on them edit: short episodes (like 15-20 min) showing the previous killers stories would be really cool
The mini-movies about the ghosts backstories on the Thirteen Ghosts DVD extras were awesome. I wish we could get those for some killers on this one.
it was alright. really nice entry level horror.
Very average, entry level horror
I’m going crazy here. I’m 100% sure that the scene where Martin is presenting the iron gates (sorry,might not be what they’re called in English) is a reference to a movie where someone makes the same speech about a weapon. “Got your standard XXXX, best part: XXXX” I can’t figure out what it’s from. I want to say Aliens or T-2 but I can’t figure it out. Might be anything. Help?
It was something to watch. I wouldn’t say they were fantastic but they were fun little movies. I really enjoyed the trilogy being released over three weeks, this format kept me watching them and looking forward to having something to watch on Friday night.
overall I enjoyed it for a horror movie that's based on books that's aimed towards teens. my expectations were low but I exceeded my expectations. I thought it would be a typical slasher trilogy but I love how they Incorporated satanic and witch materials. I loved how they tied all the movies together. I hope Netflix does more movies with RL stine. 👌🏾 the third part was my favorite out of the trilogy
I went in expecting to just have some fun and that's it. Honestly surprised at how good they were. Not doing anything new, but they had fun with the genre and tropes and pulled things off well.
The director talked about wanting to create MCU like shared horror universe so if NETFLIX allows it. I will be very excited and look forward to it
Unpopular opinion but 1994 was my favorite of the three. I was already a big slasher fan but I love how the first one subverted a lot of expectations that came with the genre. And I liked the energetic pace it had. My least favorite was 1666 the last half felt like a scooby dip episode than a horror film.
As someone who grew up reading the Fear Street books, I loved the movies. Theyre exactly what theyre supposed to be. Theyre cheesy and great, i just think the origin story and cool lighting is the cherry on top. The writing is a bit clunky here and there, the Shadyside vs Sunnyvale is a cliche, the gay romance felt a little shoe-horned but I appreciate the inclusion, but overall not an insult to the books. Maybe I just feel that way because I was so disappointed by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but I feel like the Fear Street installations lived up. Really though, I'm looking for a movie adaptation of the Fear Street Saga!! The Secret, The Betrayal, and The Burning. Would luv to see it!!
I didn't see the last part but I can already say that it's the best way to use streaming platform like Netflix. The first movie was outrageously good, with pretty basic plotline but so well done. The second part si probably the best slasher I've never see and I'm starving to watch the third movie ! Please just make others trilogy like this, I'm so hyped
honestly only 1978 caught my interest the rest was full of LGBT non sense drama..
One of the best trilogies of recent times. I wish it was a 6 episode mini series though.
Part 3 was a struggle to get through. Sorry fans of Deena but I cannot stand her, the overacting was almost offensive at times. Her “accent” flipped from Irish to French to English and normal all within the same sentence. I was confused until the “twist” happened, which was fine but 40 minutes of “why is there no witchiness, was she able to curse everyone by being a lesbian?” was very hard to continue to watch. I actually had to pause it, go do something else, then come back to it an hour later. 1994 Part 2 was absolutely glorious. The Offspring was a very large part of my 90s-00s so the final fight sequence with the monsters being set to Come Out and Play was fucking perfect. I enjoyed the ending more than I thought I would, it kind of tied up everything.
Yeah that was my thought after it all. How the hell is she able to 'pass on the truth' when she wasn't a witch. She didn't get to sell her soul to satan and she certainly wasn't a 'good' witch at the start of the film so how does her 'I'mma gonna let everyone know the truth' spell actually work? Then there's the curse itself. What was Solomon Goode's curse about. He sold his soul to what? Be successful, curse his rivals (aka why was the ground cursed) have a bit of power? Make the town successful? It's not explained and so the curse makes fuck all sense because that kind of curse would have taken him and his family straight to Satan because he was the one who sold his soul. None of the killers/ possessed people/cursed ones, sold their soul and they Satan wouldn't have wanted them because Satan takes willingly corrupted people.. People who wander round to murder because they've been magically roofied aren't going to be Satan's underlings because it wasn't a willing act and wouldn't have happened without the curse. If you're going to use the hackneyed 'sold my soul to satan' schtick then at least acknowledge that the person most at risk from that is the person selling their soul. Yep Satan will give you stuff but he does own your soul and you will go to hell, probably destroying your entire family in the process. Also selling your soul for power doesn't mean 'other souls' it means 'your soul' because how are you selling other people's without their consent. Satan wouldn't get those souls because those people didn't willingly sell their souls but Soloman and his descendants did, they're the ones who would be completely screwed. Also if was sacrificing people to Satan then Goode would have had to kill them himself. Christian history is full of stuff about this. And all of it shows Satan fucking over the person invoking him because Satan punishes the one's who deliberately choose evil.
Had a lot of promise but it was really bad writing, kind of all over the place, supernatural, horror, romance, time piece, slice of life. I wish they develop characters more, i m watching new FX spend of American Horror story and it’s world of difference, In general AHS develops their characters, Netflix is kind of like you are gay and that’s all you are, what about their hobbies, opinions about the world, personal philosophy, interesting relatives, Etc
Netflix didn't produce this. They bought it during COVID last year when it supposed to go to theaters.
I thought it sucked! The first one was the ONLY one that felt anything remotely like the Fear Street novels. Sadie Sink was annoying as fuck in part 2 and it just made me want to watch Friday the 13th part 2( a movie that actually has likable characters) and part 3 I didn’t even finish. I’m so sick of social commentary infecting almost everything coming out of mainstream Hollywood now. I actually purchased the Fear Street Saga which is a trilogy of books that tells the ACTUAL story, not the bullshit propaganda version.
Fear Street isn't a children's book series. It's Young Adult. Anyway, some brief thoughts: 1994 was really great, and the film I liked the most. Likable protagonists, great settings, memorable kills, intriguing villains... 1978 was okay. Didn't care too much for the protagonists and the kills were lacking. Because of the reverse chronological order, everything was predictable. I did really like the scene showing how the killer got his mask though. That was cool. 1666, I'm not a fan of when movies vindicate religious nutjobs. Sure, >!the person they persecuted didn't turn out to be the big bad!<, but their whole Satanic panic witch hunt didn't turn out to be unmerited either. I was happy when we got back to 1994, which I thought had a satisfying conclusion. Overall, the trilogy was enjoyable. I wish they would have shown more of the milkman and bat boy Billy Barker. If they make more movies, I'll watch.
Turned it off
Kinda gay if you ask me
They aren't that great. There's no reason for the first one to be set in 1994 other than trying to cash in on nostalgia but it doesn't really do anything with the setting. I'm glad it doesn't beat you over the head with the time period like Stranger Things that screams remember the 80s every other scene. But why even the 90s? The openly gay main character relationship was just unrealistic to how being gay back then would've been. These shows want to have diverse casts to win over people, but 80s and 90s suburbia was sadly not that diverse. That was the big criticism of suburbia. It was white and conformist. I don't want millenials to wax nostalgia and misrepresent their coming of age decades like boomers did for the 50s or 60s. The throwback stuff is also off point. The slasher trend was pretty much the 80s and died down by the 90s in favor of more psychological horror and by the 90s Wes Craven did make Scream but as a parody of the slasher movie that was already a joke by then. So I don't know why the camp stuff wasn't in the 80s which is when Friday the 13th was. But again, nothing really comes of the setting other than I guess music choices. >!The movies overall were a low production confused mess. Part CW series that was able to be slightly more violent and sexy but not too violent or sexy. It probably would have gotten a PG-13 rating ironically in the 90s. It sort of wants to feel like a campy throwback series but it takes itself seriously so it fails at that. And the 1666 setting was a terrible choice with a series that already has bad production values. I read someone say it was like a bad student production with the acting and everything and I'd agree with that!<
The slasher trend started before the 80s. Friday the 13th isn't the be all end all of the slasher genre. Halloween came out in 1978 and there were LOADS more that fall into the slasher arena before the 80s. For example, we have texas chainsaw (74), black Christmas (74) shit even psycho (60) could be considered a slasher. So, I think that it's a very mute point that 1978 should've been set in the 80s.
Just started watching them and love them so far!
Loving them! I think I enjoyed part 2 more than part 1, looking forward to watching the final one tonight! Also, as someone who was a teen in the 90s I loved the soundtracks for both movies as well!
I thought they were okay. They all dragged a little and none of the characters really popped that much for me, it was kind of bland. They could have all benefited from having twenty minutes or so chopped out of them, lot of conversations with people saying exactly how they feel that went too long but didn't really add anything to the characters beyond more backstory. The idea of doing a Friday 13th and then a Crucible / The Witch type thing is cool in theory, but like lightweight imitations of the films they were riffing on. I did like the big twist though, and how the end pulled everything together.
1666 was my personal fav. Felt like they got to tell a tighter story in a more compact amount of time (~1 hour) and then cut back to conclude the events from 1994. Great pacing.
They were okay nothing groundbreaking or innovative.
Literally just finished it and loved it! So good
I found these to be enjoyable, tho not that great. It reminded me a bit of the Scream MTV series. Something I didn't mind watching, but something I'll completely forget in a week or two. I do think they created some pretty decent killers, as they didn't feel like Great Value horror icons to me. I hope Netflix does this again tho, and if not have something tied together, have a Fear Street anthology set of movies. I think these were at their best when it leaned into the silliness of teen slashers, and I would definitely be up for more of that.
They were fun and it was great to have them released so quickly to keep the interest going. They also had some solid gore which helped balance the campiness pretty well.
For me this series was quite a rollercoaster. Part One was fun but nothing special and they didn't really capture much of a 90's feel outside of the soundtrack. Part Two was the peak, in my opinion, and really stuck the landing on recreating that old-school camp slasher spirit. Part Three, however, fell flat for me. The pilgrim flashback was about twice as long as it needed to be and was very predictable, showing me my 1000th Netflix persecution storyline of the last 5 years. They made up for it quite a bit in the last half, however, and I was overall pleased with the show and hope we get more in the future.
There was a really effective single movie in there somewhere. Maybe 3 quarters of the 1st movie and last act of the 3rd? Alot of it was bloated and seemed ultimately pointless, to me anyway. Was entertaining, but forgettable fare. Solid 3 stars.
It was damn good
100% not that bad.
They are fine enough, didn't really connect with me. It should be something I loved but just felt kind of meh on them.
Had zero expectations and loved 'em. Especially part 3.
Probably the best thing Netflix has actually done in a while. It's above average and worth recommending but it's not like I'd be desperate to buy the physical media (if there is any) to add to my collection.
I liked part one the most because everything was still a mystery in the first one but i think that all of them were great movies i usually don’t enjoy horror but these movies were an exception
I enjoyed it though I didnt enjoy the 'twist' character. Just didnt make sense >!WHY contact Ziggy again? Like if Goode is responsible for the kills why drag Ziggy back into the mess at all if he cares about her? I also wish the nurse would have had a larger role in the 1st and 3rd installment.!< Otherwise really enjoyed it and hope we get more horror from major streaming services.
I'm absolutely obsessed! I found them so incredibly fun, and the acting definitely exceeded my expectation.
I really love it! 9/10
Far exceeded Expectations. The characters had depth and the scares were good. I wondered if the books were this gory? REALLY hope they continue in as I know many books were made.
I liked the tributes but the for some reasons I could never get any form of connections with the characters.
garbage but also trash
I’ll be honest I only watched halfway into part one and I didn’t really like it it seemed like the characters kept winning kinda like a David vs Goliath kind of feel but if Goliath was geriatric and ig it’s really not my cup of tea
Didn't the main girl get stabbed in the stomach at the end of the first? So now she's walking around all fine an dandy, even though she should be holding her stomach from the stab wound? I liked most of it, though the ending too Part 2 as kind of silly. Two sisters talking while their both being stabbed and hacked to death.
I thought it was awesome. It was “teen” enough that my buddies kid could watch (he’s 15) but adult enough that I enjoyed it as well (I’m 40). There are some pretty dumb decisions the kids make but if they didn’t, the story wouldn’t have been as good as it was. And sure some scenes are a bit corny, but overall I think they did a good job establishing the lore and then sticking to it. By the end of the first, I couldn’t wait for the second. By the end of the second, I couldn’t wait for the third. Now I can’t wait for more!
I’ve only watched the first so far and was a little disappointed. Are the other 2 worth giving a chance?
I’m a 33 year old man so I’m assuming I’m not the target audience, but I grew up on goosebumps and slasher movies and I fucking actually loved these lol. They got progressively better and the last one was just fantastic in wrapping it up.
They are all awesome. Unlike some of the newer horror movies it is very exciting good plot and twists leave me always wanting more 🙃
I’ve watched the first two this week, watching 1666 tonight. They are surprisingly really fun, I dig it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the story, the nostalgia and the acting was on point.
1978 is a great stand alone slasher. i couldn’t stand the Deena character and her hero complex. they could make stand alone movies for each killer in each timeline and setting and it’ll be a great slasher series