One of the coolest things that happened last year was Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, which gave us three different slasher movies set across three different decades, released onto the streaming service in three consecutive weeks. While everyone had their personal favorites, most horror fans agreed that Fear Street was a three-week event that held many […]
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Letterboxd’s Highest Rated Horror Movies of 2021 List Is Topped by One You Probably Haven’t Seen
Here on Bloody Disgusting we’ve published several articles (find them all here) covering *our* favorite horror movies of last year, but it’s always interesting to take a look at year-in-review roundups from other places as well. Letterboxd, for example, kicks off each new year by spotlighting the previous year’s top hits, and their full 2021 Year […]
The 15 Best Horror Movie Performances of 2021
Between a global pandemic that we’re still in the midst of and the increasing library of titles available for streaming, 2021 has been a strange comeback year for the movies. We are blessed once again with the newest films being (somewhat) safe to watch in a movie theater, yet these only make up a fraction […]
The 10 Coolest, Creepiest, and Most Stunning Horror Movie Posters of 2021
Where movie trailers can capture an audience’s attention with a montage of scenes, a poster must do it with a single image. It needs to grab you immediately. When done well, a movie poster not only piques curiosity but there’s an excellent chance we’ll want it on our walls, too. Whether the image matches the […]
[Editorial] The Next R.L. Stine Adaptation Should Be A Choice-Based-Narrative Video Game
Growing up as the youngest of four, I inherited a ton of hand-me-downs from my older siblings, including a spooky gene that really embraced horror movies and Halloween. Consequently, it’s no surprise that I gravitated to the creepy, shimmering R. L. Stine paperbacks that would occasionally pop-up on the shelves in my room. I’d stay […]
From ‘Scream’ to ‘The Exorcist’, Netflix Gives a Closer Look at ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy’s Horror References [Video]
The opening kill of Fear Street Part 1: 1994 recreated the shocking demise of Drew Barrymore’s character in Scream, marking the first of many nods and homages to horror’s best for the trilogy. But how many references did you catch? Netflix released a nearly 10-minute long video to help, giving a closer look at the […]
‘Fear Street’ Blooper Reel Shares Lots of Laughs…and Broken Props From Netflix’s Trilogy! [Video]
Making a movie is a truly intimate experience that can often be likened to summer camp. While it is work and oftentimes grueling, the cast and crew form bonds that can last a lifetime. Netflix was a participant in the San Diego Comic-Con virtual edition, and since the streamer’s Fear Street trilogy is already out, […]
‘Fear Street’ Co-Writer Phil Graziadei Talks Queer Representation with the Horror Queers! [Podcast]
Queer Street. It’s not often that a popular IP gets adapted with explicit queer content added in, but that’s exactly what happened with Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, a groundbreaking event that puts two queer characters front-and-center in a major horror release. Now that all three films have been released, we’re releasing a spoiler-filled interview with the […]
‘Fear Street’ Shines a Light on Horror’s History With a Patriarchal Society
A woman fearful she’ll lose all she holds near and dear. A man with a knife or an ax or a couple of lacerating words as his weapon. That’s usually how most horror flicks start. The woman runs for dear life only to not run fast enough. The killer catches her; cue the opening title […]
The Future of “Fear Street”: Leigh Janiak Hopes to Make More Teen Horror for Netflix!
One of the more ambitious horror projects to come along in recent years, Netflix‘s three Fear Street movies were shot back-to-back by director Leigh Janiak, who played with different tones, styles, time periods, and subgenres throughout the trilogy. The story wrapped up in Fear Street Part 3: 1666, but there’s endless potential for the future […]
All Three ‘Fear Street’ Soundtracks Getting Vinyl Release With Cover Art Inspired by the Original Books!
With the entire trilogy now streaming on Netflix, Waxwork Records has announced today that the soundtracks for all three Fear Street movies are being released on vinyl. Coolest of all, the art for each film pays tribute to the classic illustrations found on the covers of R.L. Stine‘s original books, which Leigh Janiak‘s movies are […]
‘Fear Street’: Sadie Sink Uncovers the Easter Eggs You Might’ve Missed in Netflix’s Trilogy [Video]
“Spoilers ahead,” Sadie Sink cautions. All three films in Netflix and director Leigh Janiak‘s Fear Street franchise are now streaming on Netflix, with Fear Street Part 1: 1994 kicking things off and both Fear Street Part 2: 1978 and Fear Street Part 3: 1666 mostly serving as prequel tales that build out the mythology and […]
Finding Stephen King at the End of Fear Street [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
Curses. Mysteries. Murder. The streets of Shadyside are stained with blood and the teens are always in danger. This is the perilous world of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street, the ’90s young adult series that inspired an entire generation of readers to vanish into the stacks in search of the spooky. Naturally, many of them became […]
[Review] ‘Fear Street Part 3: 1666’ Closes Out the Netflix Trilogy With a Whimper
The first two-thirds of Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy delivered solid love letters to the slashers of yesteryear, connected by an overarching supernatural curse that’s plagued Shadyside since 1666. Director Leigh Janiak demonstrated a much-appreciated mean streak when killing off characters that audiences actively rooted for; she injected her slashers with emotional stakes. For its conclusion, Fear Street jumps even further back […]
From 1666 to 1994, Lengthy ‘Fear Street’ Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes of Entire Trilogy [Exclusive]
Directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street books come to the screen with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy, and the FINAL chapter of the trilogy is on the way tomorrow. Bloody Disgusting has the following exclusive featurette, a lengthy 4-minute long look behind the scenes of the making of all three films with the entire cast and crew, not to […]